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Major Championship Statistics
Summary: Victories: 20 Top-Three Finishes: 48
Second Place: 19 Top-Five Finishes: 56
Third Place: 9 Top-10 Finishes: 73
Played in a record 154 consecutive major championships for which he was eligible from 1957 U.S. Open to the 1998 U.S. Open
Major Titles: 6 Masters; 5 PGA Championships; 4 United States Opens; 3 British Opens; 2 U.S. Amateur Championships
As An Amateur: 1959: Won U.S. Amateur, defeating Charles Coe, 1-up
1960: Runner-up, United States Open
1961: Won U.S. Amateur a second time, defeating Dudley Wysong, 8 and 6


Major Championship Performances
Year Masters U.S. Open British Open PGA Championship
1957 (Amateur)   Missed Cut    
1958 (Amateur)   41st tie    
1959 (Amateur) Missed Cut Missed Cut    
1960 (Amateur) 13th tie 2nd    
1961 (Amateur) 7th tie 4th tie    
1962 15th tie Won 32nd tie 3rd tie
1963 Won Missed Cut 3rd Won
1964 2nd tie 23rd tie 2nd 2nd tie
1965 Won 31st tie 12th tie 2nd tie
1966 Won 3rd Won 22nd tie
1967 Missed Cut Won 2nd 3rd tie
1968 5th tie 2nd 2nd tie Missed Cut
1969 24th tie 25th tie 6th tie 11th tie
1970 8th 49th tie Won 6th tie
1971 2nd tie 2nd 5th tie Won
1972 Won Won 2nd 13th tie
1973 3rd tie 4th tie 4th Won
1974 4th tie 10th tie 3rd 2nd
1975 Won 7th tie 3rd tie Won
1976 3rd tie 11th tie 2nd tie 4th tie
1977 2nd 10th tie 2nd 3rd
1978 7th 6th tie Won Missed Cut
1979 4th 9th tie 2nd tie 65th tie
1980 33rd tie Won 4th tie Won
1981 2nd tie 6th tie 23rd tie 4th tie
1982 15th tie 2nd 10th tie 16th tie
1983 WD/Injury 43rd tie 29th tie 2nd
1984 18th tie 21st tie 31st tie 25th tie
1985 6th tie Missed Cut Missed Cut 32nd tie
1986 Won 8th tie 46th tie 16th tie
1987 7th tie 46th tie 72nd tie 24th tie
1988 21st tie Missed Cut 25th tie Missed Cut
1989 18th 43rd tie 30th tie 27th tie
1990 6th 33rd tie 63rd tie Missed Cut
1991 35th tie 46th tie 44th tie 23rd tie
1992 42nd tie Missed Cut Missed Cut Missed Cut
1993 27th tie 72nd tie Missed Cut Missed Cut
1994 Missed Cut 28th tie Missed Cut Missed Cut
1995 35th tie Missed Cut 79th tie 67th tie
1996 41st tie 27th tie 44th tie Missed Cut
1997 39th tie 52nd tie 60th Missed Cut
1998 6th tie 43rd tie - -
1999 - Missed Cut - -
2000 54th tie Missed Cut Missed Cut Missed Cut
2001 - Missed Cut - -
2002 - -  -  -
2003 Missed Cut - - -
2004 Missed Cut - - -
2005 Missed Cut - Missed Cut -

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