Prompt 6 of 7
Name a golfer who has won a major championship
224 accepted answers across 6 rarity tiers.
100 ptsOne in a Krillion2 answers
The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.
- Babe Zaharias— Won Olympic gold in hurdles and javelin, then switched sports and won ten golf majors. The most versatile champion who ever lived.
- Old Tom Morris— Won four Open Championships in the 1860s and designed St Andrews. Golf's founding father, from before anyone had a driver made of metal.
85 ptsDeep Cut164 answers
Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.
- Al Geiberger— Mr. 59 — the first man to break 60 in a tour event.
- Amy Alcott
- Andy North— Won three times on tour. Two of them were US Opens.
- Angel Cabrera
- Anna Nordqvist
- Ariya Jutanugarn
- Art Wall
- Ashleigh Buhai
- Ben Curtis
- Betsy King
- Bill Rogers
- Bob Charles— The first left-hander to win a major, the 1963 Open.
- Bob Goalby
- Bob Rosburg
- Bob Tway
- Bobby Locke
- Bobby Nichols
- Cary Middlecoff
- Celine Boutier
- Chandler Harper
- Charl Schwartzel
- Charles Coody
- Chick Evans
- Claude Harmon— The last club pro to win a major, the 1948 Masters. Butch's dad.
- Corey Pavin
- Craig Stadler
- Craig Wood
- Cristie Kerr
- Curtis Strange
- Danielle Kang
- Danny Willett
- Darren Clarke
- Dave Marr
- Dave Stockton
- David Duval
- David Graham
- David Toms
- Davis Love III
- Denny Shute
- Dick Mayer
- Don January
- Doug Ford
- Dow Finsterwald
- Ed Furgol
- Francesco Molinari
- Francis Ouimet— The amateur caddie who stunned the world by winning the 1913 US Open.
- Fred Daly
- Fuzzy Zoeller
- Gary Woodland
- Gay Brewer
- Gene Littler
- Gene Sarazen— Invented the sand wedge and completed the first career Grand Slam.
- Geoff Ogilvy
- George Archer
- Georgia Hall
- Graeme McDowell
- Hal Sutton
- Hale Irwin
- Hannah Green
- Harry Vardon
- Henrik Stenson
- Henry Cotton
- Herman Keiser
- Horton Smith— Won the very first Masters in 1934.
- Hubert Green
- Ian Baker-Finch
- Ian Woosnam
- In Gee Chun
- Inbee Park
- Jack Fleck— The unknown club pro who beat Ben Hogan in a playoff at the 1955 US Open.
- Jackie Burke
- James Braid
- Jason Dufner
- Jay Hebert
- Jeff Sluman
- Jerry Barber
- Jerry Pate
- Jim Barnes
- Jim Ferrier
- Jim Turnesa
- Jimmy Demaret
- Jimmy Walker
- Jin Young Ko
- Jiyai Shin
- John Henry Taylor
- John Mahaffey
- Jose Maria Olazabal
- Juli Inkster
- Julius Boros
- Justin Leonard
- Karrie Webb
- Kathy Whitworth
- Keegan Bradley
- Kel Nagle
- Ken Venturi
- Lanny Wadkins
- Larry Mize— Holed a 140-foot chip to beat Greg Norman at the 1987 Masters. Augusta's own.
- Larry Nelson
- Laura Davies
- Lee Janzen
- Lew Worsham
- Lilia Vu
- Lionel Hebert
- Lloyd Mangrum
- Lorena Ochoa
- Lou Graham
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Lucas Glover
- Lydia Ko
- Mark Brooks
- Mark Calcavecchia
- Mark O'Meara
- Martin Kaymer
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Max Faulkner
- Michael Campbell
- Mickey Wright— Thirteen majors and, per Ben Hogan, the best swing he ever saw. Full stop.
- Minjee Lee
- Morgan Pressel
- Nick Price
- Orville Moody
- Pat Bradley
- Patty Berg— Fifteen majors — still the record, for anyone.
- Paul Lawrie
- Paul Runyan
- Paula Creamer
- Peter Thomson— Five Open Championships for Australia.
- Ralph Guldahl
- Raymond Floyd
- Retief Goosen
- Rich Beem
- Roberto De Vicenzo
- Sandy Lyle
- Scott Simpson
- Se Ri Pak
- Shaun Micheel
- So Yeon Ryu
- Stacy Lewis
- Steve Elkington
- Steve Jones
- Stewart Cink
- Sung Hyun Park
- Suzann Pettersen
- Ted Ray
- Todd Hamilton
- Tom Kite
- Tom Lehman
- Tom Weiskopf
- Tommy Aaron
- Tommy Armour— The Silver Scot. Yes, the name on the clubs won three majors.
- Tommy Bolt— Won the 1958 US Open between club throws. 'Thunder' Bolt, of course.
- Tony Jacklin
- Tony Lema— 'Champagne Tony' bought the press bubbly after winning the 1964 Open. Gone two years later in a plane crash.
- Trevor Immelman
- Walter Burkemo
- Walter Hagen
- Wayne Grady
- Webb Simpson
- Willie Park— Won the first Open Championship ever played, 1860.
- Y.E. Yang— The only man to run down Tiger in a final-round major duel, 2009 PGA.
- Yani Tseng
- Young Tom Morris— Old Tom's son, who won four Opens of his own before dying at 24.
- Yuka Saso
- Zach Johnson
60 ptsRare41 answers
Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.
- Aaron Rai— The 2026 PGA Championship, his first major, by three shots.
- Adam Scott
- Annika Sorenstam
- Ben Crenshaw
- Bernhard Langer
- Billy Casper
- Brian Harman
- Brooke Henderson
- Bubba Watson
- Byron Nelson
- Cameron Smith
- Collin Morikawa
- Ernie Els
- Fred Couples
- Haeran Ryu— Back-to-back 2026 majors, the Women's PGA and the Evian, for her first two.
- Hideki Matsuyama
- J.J. Spaun— Rain-soaked Oakmont, 2025 — closed with a 64-foot birdie putt.
- Jason Day
- Jim Furyk
- John Daly
- Johnny Miller
- Justin Rose
- Lee Trevino
- Lexi Thompson
- Michelle Wie
- Mike Weir— Canada's Masters champion, 2003.
- Nancy Lopez
- Nelly Korda
- Nick Faldo
- Padraig Harrington
- Patrick Reed
- Paul Azinger
- Payne Stewart
- Ryan Fox— Took his maiden major at Royal Birkdale in the 2026 Open.
- Sam Snead
- Sergio Garcia
- Seve Ballesteros
- Shane Lowry
- Vijay Singh
- Wyndham Clark
- Xander Schauffele
30 ptsSchooler10 answers
A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.
- Ben Hogan
- Brooks Koepka
- Bryson DeChambeau
- Dustin Johnson
- Gary Player
- Jon Rahm
- Jordan Spieth
- Justin Thomas
- Scottie Scheffler
- Tom Watson
15 ptsToo Clever2 answers
An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.
- Bobby Jones— The amateur legend and Masters founder. The golf-history flex, right on cue.
- Greg Norman— The Shark. Famous mostly for the majors he lost, but yes, he won two Opens.
10 ptsPlankton5 answers
The most common answer on the board.
- Arnold Palmer
- Jack Nicklaus
- Phil Mickelson
- Rory McIlroy
- Tiger Woods