Which British golfers have won a major?

Across the Masters, US Open, PGA Championship and The Open - now recognised as the four majors in men's golf - there have been a total of 58 winners from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Men's major winners

England

While most of England's major champions came prior to the modern era of golf, England boasts one of the most successful golfers in Nick Faldo, who won the Masters and The Open on three occasions, while Matt Fitzpatrick is the most recent having won the US Open in 2022.

Golfer	Winning span	Masters	US Open	The Open	PGA Championship	Total
John Ball	1890	0	0	1	0	1
Harold Hilton	1892–1897	0	0	2	0	2
John Henry Taylor	1894–1913	0	0	5	0	5
Horace Rawlins	1895	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Lloyd	1897	0	1	0	0	1
George Sargent	1909	0	1	0	0	1
Jim Barnes	1916–1925	0	1	1	2	4
Arthur Havers	1923	0	0	1	0	1
Cyril Walker	1924	0	1	0	0	1
Henry Cotton	1934–1948	0	0	3	0	3
Alf Perry	1935	0	0	1	0	1
Alf Padgham	1936	0	0	1	0	1
Reg Whitcombe	1938	0	0	1	0	1
Dick Burton	1939	0	0	1	0	1
Max Faulkner	1951	0	0	1	0	1
Tony Jacklin	1969–1970	0	1	1	0	2
Nick Faldo	1987–1996	3	0	3	0	6
Justin Rose	2013	0	1	0	0	1
Danny Willett	2016	1	0	0	0	1
Matt Fitzpatrick	2022	0	1	0	0	1

Scotland

Most of Scotland's major winners came in the 19th century, in the days where the four majors were understood to be The Open Championship, The Amateur Championship, the US Open and the US Amateur, before the Masters and PGA Championship had been established, and the majority of those wins came in the days of limited participants, with many Americans not crossing the pond until later years.

In the post-war era, there have been just two Scottish major winners: Sandy Lyle, who won the Masters and The Open, and Paul Lawrie, who also won The Open.

Golfer	Winning span	Masters	US Open	The Open	PGA Championship	Total
Willie Park Sr.	1860–1875	0	0	4	0	4
Tom Morris Sr.	1861–1867	0	0	4	0	4
Andrew Strath	1865	0	0	1	0	1
Tom Morris Jr.	1868–1872	0	0	4	0	4
Tom Kidd	1873	0	0	1	0	1
Mungo Park	1874	0	0	1	0	1
Bob Martin	1876–1885	0	0	2	0	2
James Anderson	1877–1879	0	0	3	0	3
Bob Ferguson	1880–1882	0	0	3	0	3
Willie Fernie	1883	0	0	1	0	1
Jack Simpson	1884	0	0	1	0	1
David Brown	1886	0	0	1	0	1
Willie Park Jr.	1887–1889	0	0	2	0	2
Jack Burns	1888	0	0	1	0	1
Willie Anderson	1901–1905	0	4	0	0	4
James Braid	1901–1910	0	0	5	0	5
Hugh Kirkaldy	1891	0	0	1	0	1
William Auchterlonie	1893	0	0	1	0	1
James Foulis	1896	0	1	0	0	1
Fred Herd	1898	0	1	0	0	1
Willie Smith	1899	0	1	0	0	1
Laurie Auchterlonie	1902	0	1	0	0	1
Sandy Herd	1902	0	0	1	0	1
Jack White	1904	0	0	1	0	1
Alex Smith	1906–1910	0	2	0	0	2
Alec Ross	1907	0	1	0	0	1
Fred McLeod	1908	0	1	0	0	1
George Duncan	1920	0	0	1	0	1
Jock Hutchison	1920–1921	0	0	1	1	2
Willie Macfarlane	1925	0	1	0	0	1
Tommy Armour	1927–1931	0	1	1	1	3
Sandy Lyle	1985–1988	1	0	1	0	2
Paul Lawrie	1999	0	0	1	0	1

Wales

Wales has just the one major champion in Ian Woosnam, though his only win was a memorable one as he narrowly edged out former champion Tom Watson to win the 1991 Masters.

Golfer	Winning span	Masters	US Open	The Open	PGA Championship	Total
Ian Woosnam	1991	1	0	0	0	1

Northern Ireland

Despite only having one major winner prior to 2010, Northern Ireland has become one of golf's most successful countries with eight major wins in total as well as a Grand Slam.

Fred Daly won The Open in 1947 before Graeme McDowell won the US Open in 2010. Rory McIlroy won the first of his majors in 2011, completing the Grand Slam with the Masters in 2025.

Golfer	Winning span	Masters	US Open	The Open	PGA Championship	Total
Fred Daly	1947	0	0	1	0	1
Graeme McDowell	2010	0	1	0	0	1
Rory McIlroy	2011–2025	1	1	1	2	5
Darren Clarke	2011	0	0	1	0	1