Major Match Play Championship

Jack Nicklaus won the 1986 Masters at age 46. It was his record 18th professional major victory and sixth green jacket. (Getty Images)

Tiger Woods won his maiden major by smashing multiple Masters records. The 21-year-old won by 12 strokes at 18 under par. (Getty Images)

Tiger Woods, with a torn ACL and stress fractures in his left tibia, won his 14th major championship over 91 holes at Torrey Pines South. He defeated Rocco Mediate in 19 holes during a Monday playoff. (Getty Images)

Ben Hogan won a playoff at Merion, 16 months after surviving a horrific car crash. His 1-iron approach to the 72nd hole, to get into a playoff, is one of the most famous shots in golf history. (Associated Press)

The ‘Duel in the Sun.’ Side by side for the final 36 holes at Turnberry, Tom Watson shot 65-65 to Jack Nicklaus 65-66. (Getty Images)

Tiger Woods won his first U.S. Open, becoming the first player in championship history to finish double digits under par. His 12-under total was 15 shots better than second place. (Getty Images)

Unknown amateur Francis Ouimet defeated two of the game’s greatest professionals, Harry Vardon and Ted Ray, in an 18-hole playoff at Brookline Country Club. Ouimet’s family lived across the street from Brookline’s 17th hole. (Associated Press)

Arnold Palmer staged what was then the biggest comeback in U.S. Open history, rallying from seven strokes behind in the final round to win at Cherry Hills. (Associated Press)

Jack Nicklaus defeated Arnold Palmer - at a very pro-Arnie Oakmont - in an 18-hole playoff to earn his first of 18 major titles. (Getty Images)

Bobby Jones completed the final leg of the Grand Slam (originally termed the “impregnable quadrilateral of golf”) at Merion. His quartet of titles included the U.S. and British Opens, as well as the U.S. and British Amateurs. (Getty Images)

Jack Nicklaus won his fifth green jacket, defeating the likes of Johnny Miller and Tom Weiskopf. (Getty Images)

Tiger Woods completed the ‘Tiger Slam’ by winning his fourth consecutive major title. He became the first player to hold all four modern major trophies at the same time. (Getty Images)

Gene Sarazen defeated fellow match-play titan Walter Hagen over 38 holes to win his third of seven major titles. (Associated Press)

Goliath defeated David. Tiger Woods birdied the 72nd hole to force an extra session with Bob May at Valhalla and then defeated him in a three-hole aggregate playoff. (Getty Images)

Sam Snead defeated Ben Hogan, 70-71, in an 18-hole playoff. They had combined to win each of the past three Masters Tournaments and were the game’s top two players. (Getty Images)

Ben Hogan played three majors in 1953 and won them all. The last came at Carnoustie. It was Hogan’s first and only British Open appearance. (Getty Images)