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who won 11 golf tournaments in a row

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Texas native Byron Nelson
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set the record for most consecutive tournament victories when he won 11 straight in 1945.

Who won 11 tournaments in a row on the PGA Tour?

In 1945, Byron Nelson won an amazing 11 PGA Tour tournaments in a row that he played. He won 18 tournaments overall that year! It is certainly the most remarkable year any golfer has ever had on any tour, at any time.

Who has won the most consecutive tournaments in golf?

Texas native Byron Nelson set the record for most consecutive tournament victories when he won 11 straight in 1945. Many, including Woods, have likened Nelson’s mark to Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak, which occurred four years before Nelson established his record.

How many tournaments has Byron Nelson won in a row?

In 1945, Byron Nelson won an amazing 11 PGA Tour tournaments in a row that he played. He won 18 tournaments overall that year! It is certainly the most remarkable year any golfer has ever had on any tour, at any time. Here are the tournaments that made up Nelson's 11-event win streak that year:

How many golfers have won 3 in a row?

Many Golfers Have Won 3 In a Row. 1 Walter Hagen, 1923. 2 Joe Kirkwood Sr., 1924. 3 Johnny Farrell, 1927. 4 "Wild Bill" Mehlhorn, 1929. 5 Horton Smith, 1929. 6 Paul Runyan, 1933. 7 Henry Picard, 1939 (included the PGA Championship) 8 Jimmy Demaret, 1940. 9 Ben Hogan, 1940. 10 Byron Nelson, 1944.

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How many tournaments did Tiger win in a row?

Seven Consecutive PGA Tour Wins. Between 2006 and 2007, Woods won seven consecutive PGA Tour events, which is second only to Byron Nelson's streak of 11 wins in a row back in 1945. Woods also possess streaks of six consecutive wins (1999 to 2000) and five consecutive wins (2007 to 2008).

Who has won the most tournaments in golf?

List of golfers with most PGA Tour winsRankPlayerWinsT1Sam Snead H82Tiger Woods H3Jack Nicklaus H734Ben Hogan H6449 more rows

Who won 11 golf majors?

Walter HagenWalter Hagen - 11 Major Championships Walter Hagen won all 11 of his major championships before the fourth major, the Masters, even existed. Hagen's final major triumph came at the 1929 Open Championship, five years before the first Masters was played.

Who has the longest winning streak on the PGA Tour how many victories in a row?

Nelson's 11 consecutive PGA Tour wins in 1945 remains the longest winning streak ever. Tiger's seven straight victories during 2006 and 2007 are a distant second. Overall, Nelson won 18 times in 1945, beating legends such as Ben Hogan and Sam Snead along the way.

Who has won the most consecutive PGA tournaments?

Texas native Byron Nelson set the record for most consecutive tournament victories when he won 11 straight in 1945. Many, including Woods, have likened Nelson's mark to Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, which occurred four years before Nelson established his record.

Who has won 15 golf majors?

Tiger WoodsSecond on the list is Tiger Woods, who has won 15 majors to date; his most recent major victory was at the 2019 Masters. Walter Hagen is third with 11 majors; he and Nicklaus have both won the most PGA Championships with five.

Who is the most successful golfer of all time?

Jack NicklausBased on the number of victories alone, Jack Nicklaus is hands down the best golfer of all time. He has a total of 73 PGA Tour wins, 10 Champions Tour trophies, and overall 115 worldwide wins. So, that's the answer for who is the best golf player in the world and of all time.

Has anyone won all golf majors in one year?

No man has ever won all of the senior majors contested in a year, even in the period between 1980 and 1982 when only two senior majors existed.

Has Phil Mickelson won all 4 majors?

Mickelson is one of 17 players in the history of golf to win at least three of the four majors. He has won every major except the U.S. Open, in which he has finished runner-up a record six times.

Has Tiger ever missed a cut?

Tiger Woods is one of the greatest Masters performers in golf history. He has won the green jacket five times, second to only Jack Nicklaus' six, and he has never missed a cut at the event as a professional.

Has Tiger Woods lost a 54 hole lead?

Woods owns a 55–4 record when holding at least a share of the lead after 54 holes, and 44–2 record when holding the outright lead. Woods has only lost once when leading by more than one shot after 54 holes.

How many cuts in a row did Tiger Woods make?

142 consecutive eventsConsecutive events without missing the cut Between 1998 and 2005, Tiger Woods made the cut in 142 consecutive events to break the PGA TOUR record of 113 events previously held by Byron Nelson.

How many times have golfers won in a row?

Many Golfers Have Won 3 In a Row. Twenty-eight other times in PGA Tour history — most recently by Dustin Johnson in 2017 — a golfer has won three consecutive starts. The first golfer to win three consecutive starts was Walter Hagen in 1923, which is also the earliest win streak mentioned on this page. Here is the list of 3-tournament win streaks: ...

How many PGA Tour wins did Byron Nelson have in a row?

The Record: 11 Wins In a Row. In 1945, Byron Nelson won an amazing 11 PGA Tour tournaments in a row that he played. He won 18 tournaments overall that year! It is certainly the most remarkable year any golfer has ever had on any tour, at any time.

How many times has Tiger Woods won the PGA Tour?

Nine times in PGA Tour history a golfer has won four or more consecutive starts, and eight of those times it was either Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan or Tiger Woods who did it. (Woods and Hogan did it most, three times each with a win streak of at least four — but Tiger gets the nod for having the longest streak between the two of them.)

How much did Nelson make in the streak?

He earned a grand total of $30,250 during the streak. There is one match play tournament and one team tournament on that list. In the nine stroke-play events, Nelson won each won by at least two strokes, and all but one of them by at least four strokes.

Who has the longest winning streak in golf?

Byron Nelson (seated) and Tiger Woods have the two longest winning streaks in PGA Tour history. Ronald Martinez/Getty Images. Brent Kelley is an award-winning sports journalist and golf expert with over 30 years in print and online journalism. What are the longest winning streaks in the history ...

Who failed to win a major in their career?

And note that winning three in a row is a pretty good sign that you are something special on the golf course: Of all the golfers listed, only two — Mehlhorn and Kirkwood — failed to win a major in their careers.

Did Nelson win a 12th tournament?

He actually won a 12th tournament during the streak, but its purse was below the PGA Tour's required minimum at the time and so that other event is not counted as an official PGA Tour win. Check out our article on Nelson's amazing 1945 year for more on the win streak and his overall play that season.

Who has the most consecutive tournament wins?

Texas native Byron Nelson set the record for most consecutive tournament victories when he won 11 straight in 1945. Many, including Woods, have likened Nelson’s mark to Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak, which occurred four years before Nelson established his record.

Who holds the record for consecutive wins in LPGA tournaments?

The LPGA record for consecutive victories in tournaments played is five. It is shared by Nancy Lopez and Annika Sorenstam. Lopez won five tournaments in a row in May through June of 1978. Sorenstam won the last two tournaments she played in 2004, then gained victories in the first three tournaments in which she participated in 2005.

How many tournaments did Nelson win?

Nelson’s Career. Before retiring at age 34, Nelson won 52 tournaments, including five major championships between 1937 and 1945. Nelson turned pro in 1932 at age 20. His best years were 1944 and 1945, during which he won 31 tournaments. He never finished out of the top 10 in 1945.

How many consecutive tournaments did Tiger Woods win?

Byron Nelson, pictured here in 2005, won 11 consecutive tournaments in 1945. Tiger Woods made golfing headlines in 2000 when his consecutive tournament winning streak reached six. But that remarkable feat put him just beyond halfway toward golf’s all-time record for consecutive tournament victories, a mark set by a legendary golfer in ...

How many wins did Nelson have in the year?

Nelson’s streak began with the Miami Four Ball in March, ran through the Canadian Open in August and included the PGA Championship. Nelson finished the year with 18 victories and seven second-place finishes.

Who was the most successful golfer in 1945?

This week, the AT&T Byron Nelson was planning to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Nelson’s record-setting 1945 season – the most successful one (provided that your definition of success involves winning, of course) in the history of the PGA TOUR.

Who tied the course record for second round 66?

McSpaden tied the course record with a second-round 66 and was a co-leader entering the final round, Nelson one stroke behind. But Nelson, again showing his unmatched closing power, shot 63 in the final round, making five birdies in his last six holes to keep his win streak alive.

How many holes did Nelson play in the Charlotte Open?

The next week in the Charlotte Open, Nelson needed two extra 18-hole playoffs to subdue Sam Snead for a total of 108 holes. And at the PGA Championship, with its combination of stroke-play qualifying and match play for the tournament, Nelson played 204 holes (and was 37 under for the week).

How many holes did Nelson play in Miami?

In the first win in Miami, Nelson and partner Jug McSpaden played 128 holes in the match play format.

How many majors did Nelson win in 1945?

Hard to imagine that Nelson’s dominance in 1945, particularly during his 11-win streak, could have been any more impressive. But consider this: • Only one major was played that year, the match-play PGA Championship. The other three were canceled due to World War II.

Who was the Gold Dust Twin's runner up in 1945?

While the streak started with a team win in Miami for Harold “Jug” McSpaden, the career ledger of the “other” Gold Dust Twin probably suffered more than any other player due to Nelson’s streak. The Kansas-born McSpaden was runner-up 13 times in 1945, a record that still stands.

Who won the Memphis Invitational in 1945?

Fred Haas was a 29-year-old insurance salesman out of New Orleans and had yet to turn pro when he won the 1945 Memphis Invitational at Chickasaw – the first time in 12 TOUR events that Nelson did not win. It was also the first time in nine years that an amateur had won on TOUR; ironically, two more amateurs (Cary Middlecoff, Frank Stranahan) would win events later that year.

Who was the first golfer to win four majors in a row?

Mickey Wright, 1961-62. It took nearly 100 years before any other golfer joined Tommy Morris in winning four majors in a row, and it happened on the LPGA Tour. The golfer was Mickey Wright (pictured above).

How many major championships have golfers won?

Has any golfer won four consecutive major championships? The answer is yes: Three golfers have achieved that feat. But none of them won the grand slam.

What year did Tiger Woods win the Masters?

Tiger Woods, 2000-01. By far the best-known of the trio of four-majors-in-a-row streaks is Tiger Woods' — it even has its own name. We call it the " Tiger slam .". After finishing fifth in the 2000 Masters, Woods won the next four majors he played: the U.S. Open, British Open and PGA Championship in 2000, then the 2001 Masters.

How many times did Morris win the British Open?

And Morris won it four consecutive times it was played, which means, because it was the only major, he won four consecutive majors.

Who won the first major in 2001?

To finish off the streak, Woods won the first major of 2001, The Masters, by two strokes over runner-up David Duval. The streak ended when Woods finished tied for 12th in the 2001 U.S. Open . Major Championships. Get link.

Who won the 1962 Women's Western Open?

Then, on May 13, Wright won the Women's Western Open in another playoff, this time over Mary Lena Faulk. Four major championship wins in a row. Going for five in a row at the 1962 U.S. Women's Open, Wright finished tied for fourth place.

Did Bobby Jones win the Grand Slam?

Bobby Jones did win the grand slam, but he doesn't make this list because we are focusing on professional majors. At the time of Jones' accomplishments in 1930, the tournaments he won, and that were called at the time the grand slam, were the U.S. and British opens and the U.S. and British amateurs. Who are the three players in the history of golf ...

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