{"id":1515952,"date":"2022-06-20T17:22:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T21:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1515952"},"modified":"2023-06-18T23:01:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T03:01:15","slug":"which-golfers-have-most-runner-up-finishes-major-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/which-golfers-have-most-runner-up-finishes-major-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Golfers Have the Most Runner-Up Finishes in Major Championships?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For every golfer<\/a> who wins a major championship<\/a>, there's another (or sometimes a group of others) who finishes in second place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some runner-up finishes look better than others. I mean, those who've lost by only a single stroke were obviously a helluva lot closer to adding a major championship to their resume than Ernie Els and Miguel Angel Jimenez were at the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That, of course, was the tourney in which Tiger Woods set the record<\/a> for the largest margin of victory in a major championship, beating runners-up Els and Jimenez by an incredible 15 strokes. Nonetheless, a runner-up is a runner-up no matter how many strokes behind you finish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for Tiger, in addition to his 15 major championship victories, he also finished second on seven occasions, well short of the all-time leader but still better than most. Yeah, you see what I did there. Also with seven runner-ups is J.H. Taylor, a five-time winner of The Open Championship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tied for fourth with eight runner-up finishes each are Greg Norman<\/a>, Sam Snead, and Tom Watson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And here's a look at the top three, the only three with double-digit second-place finishes in major championships. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Arnold Palmer — 10<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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