A golf career Grand Slam is where a men’s player wins all four of the sport’s major titles over the course of their career.
The four major titles are the Masters, The Open, US Open and the PGA Championship.
A total of six players in men’s golf have achieved this feat, with Rory McIlroy becoming the first player for 25 years to complete a career Grand Slam since Tiger Woods in 2000.
McIlroy also became the first golfer born in either Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales or England to complete a career Grand Slam.
American duo Woods and Jack Nicklaus have both completed a career Grand Slam three times.
A golf Grand Slam is slightly different and requires a player to win all four majors in the men’s game in the same calendar year.
Bobby Jones achieved this feat in 1930 by winning The Open, US Open, US Amateur and British Amateur championships – but they are not the four ‘majors’ that are recognised today.
Woods did win all four majors consecutively – known as the ‘Tiger Slam’ – but while he held all four trophies, they were not all won in the same calendar year.
