Curious about the top performances in golf’s Grand Slam events? We’ve compiled them for you below. No surprise, but the names Nicklaus and Woods appear on this list several times. Rory McIlroy has a growing presence here, as well. LOW 72-HOLE SCORE (with relation to par) Masters Tournament 18 under, Tiger Woods: 1997, 70-66-65-69; Jordan Spieth: 2015, 64-66-70-70 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. U.S. Open 16 under, Rory McIlroy: 2011, 65-66-68-69 at Congressional Golf Club in Bethesda, Maryland Open Championship 19 under, Tiger Woods: 2000, 67-66-67-69 at St. Andrews (Old) in St. Andrews, Scotland PGA Championship 20 under, Jason Day: 2015, 68-67-66-67 at Whistling Straits in Sheboygan, Wisconsin LOW 18-HOLE SCORE Masters Tournament 63, Nick Price (1986, third round); Greg Norman (1996, first) U.S. Open 63, Johnny Miller (1973, fourth round); Jack Nicklaus (1980, first); Tom Weiskopf (1980, first); Vijay Singh (2003, second); Justin Thomas (2017, third). Open Championship 63, Mark Hayes (1977, second round); Isao Aoki (1980, third); Greg Norman (1986, second); Paul Broadhurst (1990, third); Jodie Mudd (1991, fourth); Nick Faldo (1993, second); Payne Stewart (1993, fourth); Rory McIlroy (2010, first); Phil Mickelson (2016, first); Henrik Stenson (2016, fourth). PGA Championship 63, Bruce Crampton (1975, second round); Raymond Floyd (1982, first); Gary Player (1984, second); Vijay Singh (1993, second); Michael Bradley (1995, first); Brad Faxon (1995, fourth); Jose Maria Olazabal (2000, third); Mark O’Meara (2001, second); Thomas Bjorn (2005, third); Tiger Woods (2007, second); Steve Stricker (2011, first); Jason Dufner (2013, second), Hiroshi Iwata (2015, second); Robert Streb (2016, second). YOUNGEST CHAMPIONS Masters Tournament Tiger Woods, 1997 (21 years, 3 months, 14 days) U.S. Open Johnny McDermott, 1911 (19 years, 10 months, 14 days) The Open Championship Seve Ballesteros, 1979 (modern era, 22 years, 3 months, 12 days); Tom Morris Jr., 1868 (pre-modern era, 17 years, 5 months, 8 days) PGA Championship Gene Sarazen, 1922 (20 years, 5 months, 22 days) OLDEST CHAMPIONS Masters Tournament Jack Nicklaus, 1986 (46 years, 2 months, 23 days) U.S. Open Hale Irwin, 1990 (45 years, 15 days) The Open Championship Roberto De Vicenzo, 1967 (modern era, 44 years, 3 months, 3 days); Old Tom Morris, 1867 (pre-modern era, 46 years, 3 months, 10 days) PGA Championship Julius Boros, 1968 (48 years, 4 months, 18 days) OLDEST FIRST-TIME MAJOR WINNERS Jerry Barber (45 years, 3 months, 6 days, 1961 PGA Championship) Roberto De Vicenzo (44 years, 3 months, 1 day, 1967 Open Championship) LONGEST TIME BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND MAJORS 11 years, Julius Boros  (1952 U.S. Open-1963 U.S. Open) 11 years, Ben Crenshaw (1984 Masters-1995 Masters) PLAYERS WINNING THE WEEK BEFORE A MAJOR (since 1934) 2014, Rory McIlroy (WGC-Bridgestone Invitational-PGA Championship) 2007, Tiger Woods (WGC-Bridgestone Invitational-PGA Championship) 2006, Phil Mickelson (BellSouth Classic-Masters Tournament) 1988, Sandy Lyle (Greater Greensboro Open-Masters Tournament) 1971, Lee Trevino (Canadian Open-Open Championship) 1959, Art Wall (Azalea Open-Masters Tournament) 1949, Sam Snead (Greater Greensboro Open-Masters Tournament) 1946, Ben Hogan (Winnipeg Open-PGA Championship) 1945, Byron Nelson (Chicago Victory Open-PGA Championship) 1939, Ralph Guldahl (Greater Greensboro Open-Masters Tournament) 1939, Henry Picard (Scranton Open-PGA Championship)  Read more stories about the Grand Slam
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