The 153rd Open will be held at Royal Portrush, Northern Ireland July 17-20.
The PGA Tour’s final major of 2025 has seen its share of professional golfers who live in Palm Beach County hoist the Claret Jug.
For that matter, if you add up all the majors won by those who now call Palm Beach County (and Jupiter Island) home, that total would come to an amazing 81. Of course, 33 of those were won by Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.
Here is a list of all those local golfers and how many majors they have on their resumes:
Major golf championships won by Palm Beach County area pro golfers
Jack Nicklaus, 18
The Golden Bear won six Masters, five PGAs, four U.S. Opens and three (British) Opens. His first major was the 1962 U.S. Open and his last majors championship was the 1986 Masters.
Tiger Woods, 15
Will Tiger ever catch Jack? He turns 50 in December and his body has been wracked with injuries.
Gary Player, 9
The South African native is one of five players to complete the career Grand Slam.
Brooks Koepka, 5
All of the Palm Beach County native’s majors have come in the last eight years.
Rory McIlroy, 5
McIlroy’s win at Augusta in April gave him the career grand slam.
Ernie Els, 4
Els one of six players to have won both the U.S. Open and The Open Championship twice.
Ray Floyd, 4
All of Floyd’s majors have been on U.S. soil.
Nick Price, 3
A native of Zimbabwe, Price once spent 43 weeks as the No. 1 player in the world.
Dustin Johnson, 2
Johnson’s victory at the 2020 Masters set a tournament record for low score, 20-under 268.
Bernhard Langer, 2
The ageless wonder played his final round at the Masters in April.
Greg Norman, 2
The Shark probably should be higher on this list, finishing second in eight majors.
Xander Schauffele, 2
Schauffele’s two majors – PGA, Open – came in 2024.
Justin Thomas, 2
Thomas’ first major – the 2017 PGA – was the year he won the FedEx Cup.
Golfers with one major on their resume
Ian Baker-Finch, Keegan Bradley, Mark Calcavecchia, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Justin Leonard, Shane Lowry, Charl Schwartzel and Gary Woodland.
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Golf’s major championships owned by 21 golfers who call Palm Beach County area home
Reporting by Tom D’Angelo and Nick Pugliese, Palm Beach Post / Palm Beach Post
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