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The historical quartet of major championships

Before the professional game acquired its modern dominance, the British Amateur and the U.S. Amateur were regarded as majors. Many people consider this usage obsolete, while others make a distinction between professional majors and total majors. In any case, if wins in these tournaments are included there are four men with ten or more major titles: Jack Nicklaus 20; Bobby Jones 13; Tiger Woods 13; Walter Hagen 11.

It should also noted that the Masters was not considered to be a major championship in its earlier years, that distinction belonging to the Western Open.

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