section_path: Men's golf/Career Grand Slam/Modern era Grand Slam/Players in search of the modern era career Grand Slam
section_name: Players in search of the modern era career Grand Slam
paragraph_text: Players in search of the modern era career Grand Slam
  
  Several players in the modern era have been one major championship short of completing the career grand slam, having never won (those in italics remain active as of 2025):
  
  Tommy Armour (3), Jim Barnes (4) and Walter Hagen (11) also won three of the four but were in the twilight of their careers when the Masters Tournament was founded and would not have been expected to win at that time.
  
  Several players in the modern era have been one major championship short of completing the career grand slam, having never won (those in italics remain active as of 2025):
  
  Tommy Armour (3), Jim Barnes (4) and Walter Hagen (11) also won three of the four but were in the twilight of their careers when the Masters Tournament was founded and would not have been expected to win at that time.