Gary Player

Gary Player

    Majors won: 9 (1961, 1974 & 1978 Masters; 1965 U.S. Open; 1959, 1968 & 1974 Open Championship; 1962 & 1972 PGA Championship)

PGA Tour victories: 24 (25th all time)

Notes: Along with those 24 PGA Tour wins, the man known as the Black Knight also won 72 times on South Africa's Sunshine Tour -- a record. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six decades and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. He's one of five players to achieve a career grand slam -- he was the third to do so. His victory at the 1965 U.S. Open made Player the only non-American to win all four majors.