Golf: The six best major tournament wins of the decade

Tiger Woods and the 6 best Major wins of the decade

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 14: Patrons cheer as Tiger Woods of the United States celebrates after sinking his putt on the 18th green to win during the final round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on April 14, 2019 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images) /

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UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA – JUNE 21: Jordan Spieth of the United States poses with the trophy for photographers after winning the 115th U.S. Open Championship at Chambers Bay on June 21, 2015 in University Place, Washington. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) /

Jordan Spieth goes back-to-back (US Open 2015)

Spieth announced himself to the world at Augusta in 2015 when he tied the course record of 18-under par and won the Masters at the age of 21. He put himself in a position to become maybe the next Tiger with youth on his side, emotion in his game and was the hottest name in the sport. The crowning achievement of his life-changing year of 2015 was winning his second straight major at the U.S. Open in Chambers Bay.

Chambers Bay is a grueling Par 70 course in Washington state and Spieth was masterful shooting just one round of over-par golf and becoming the first person since Tiger to win the Masters and U.S. Open in the same year. Spieth would finish top five in every major of 2015 and won The Open in 2017. We should see even more spectacular things from him in the 2020s.

Sergio Garcia gets his green jacket (Masters 2017)

Sergio Garcia is one of the most beloved figures in golf around the world and especially in his native Spain. He was an eight-time Ryder Cup winner and one of the best European golfers of all-time entering 2017. The one crown jewel that eclipsed him for his whole career was a major and he finally got it at Augusta.

Garcia made clutch birdie after clutch birdie on the back nine to force a sudden-death playoff with Ryder Cup teammate Justin Rose after both finished 9-under par. In a replay of 18, Garcia had two putts to win but he sunk the birdie at 18 and became the first Spanish major winner since the legendary Jose Maria Olazabal. If Tiger didn’t win the Masters this year, this would have been the signature moment of the decade at golf’s greatest tournament.

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