In 1965, who became the first non-American golfer to win the Masters, the US Open, The Open Championship and the PGA Championship?
The Open Championship early postwar years The Open was dominated by golfers from the Commonwealth, with South African Bobby Locke and Australian Peter Thomson winning the Claret Jug in eight of the 11 championships from 1948 and 1958 between them. During this period, The Open often had a schedule conflict with the match-play PGA Championship, which meant that Ben Hogan, the best American golfer at this time, competed in The Open just once, in 1953 at Carnoustie, a tournament he won. Another South African, Gary Player was Champion in 1959. This was at the beginning of the "Big Three" era in professional golf,
The Open Championship Likewise, the Masters and PGA Championship are often referred to as the "U.S. Masters" and "U.S. PGA Championship" outside of the United States, the latter being distinguished in the UK from the European Tour's BMW PGA Championship. Although it is not the official title of the men's championship, the Open's women's counterpart is officially titled the Women's British Open. The R&A has contractually required its media rightsholders to refer to the event as The Open Championship; NBC presenter Johnny Miller admitted that during the network's first year as U.S. broadcaster, he sometimes had to correct himself on-air after accidentally referring