Who is the player who has come closest to meeting the modern definition of golf's Grand Slam by holding all four modern major championships simultaneously?
Grand Slam (golf) July on five occasions. The PGA was played in August in 1965 but returned to July for the next three. With the formation of the Tournament Players Division in late 1968, now the PGA Tour, the PGA Championship permanently moved to August in 1969, except for the 1971 edition, held in late February to avoid the summer heat of Florida. Tiger Woods came closest to meeting the modern definition of golf's Grand Slam by holding all four modern major championships simultaneously — the U.S. Open, Open Championship, and PGA Championship in 2000 and the 2001 Masters — although not in
Grand Slam (golf) Grand Slam (golf) The Grand Slam in professional golf is winning all of golf's major championships in the same calendar year. Other variations include the Career Grand Slam, winning all of the major tournaments within a player's career, or the Tiger Slam, holding all major titles at the same time although not in the same year. The Grand Slam in men's golf is an unofficial term used to describe a golfer who wins all four major championships in a calendar year. In the modern era, the Grand Slam requires victories at the Masters Tournament, the U.S. Open, The Open Championship