Rory McIlroy has joined one of golf’s most exclusive clubs after his victory at the Masters.
The Northern Irishman ended an 11-year wait for a fifth major title with a play-off win over Justin Rose at Augusta National, and it means he has now completed the career Grand Slam.
Only five men had previously won all four of golf’s majors - the Masters, PGA Championship, US Open and Open Championship - and McIlroy has now written his name among the true greats of the game.
There is the possibility that the group grows further in the near future, with Jordan Spieth needing the PGA Championship and Phil Mickelson a US Open away from making history.
Here is a look at the six men who have achieved one of the greatest feats in golf...
Gene Sarazen (United States)
(Masters 1935; US Open 1922, 1932; Open Championship 1932; PGA Championship 1922, 1923, 1933)
Sarazen was the first man to complete the Grand Slam, doing so by winning the Masters in 1935 at the age of 33.
He made an albatross in the final round on Sunday to finish level with Craig Wood, and then won a 36-hole play-off by five shots the next day.
Ben Hogan (United States)
(Masters 1951, 1953; US Open 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953; Open Championship 1953, PGA Championship 1946, 1948)
Played in just one Open Championship and won it in 1953 to secure the major set as a 40-year-old.
Hogan took victory at Carnoustie by four shots for his third major win of the year, but did not have the chance to complete a clean sweep as the PGA Championship overlapped with the Open.
Gary Player (South Africa)
(Masters 1961, 1974, 1978; US Open 1965; Open Championship 1959, 1968, 1974; PGA Championship 1962, 1972)
The first non-American to win the career Grand Slam.
The 1965 US Open was his only victory at the event, and the fourth of his nine major titles. It came via an 18-hole play-off against Kel Nagle at Bellerive Country Club.
Jack Nicklaus (United States)
(Masters 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986; US Open 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980; Open Championship 1966, 1970, 1978; PGA Championship 1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980)
Nicklaus secured the last of his 18 majors at the Masters in 1986, but the Grand Slam, which he won three of, had long been wrapped up by then.
The American had the set by the age of 26 when he won the Open at Muirfield in 1966, before completing a hat-trick of each of the majors when he took victory at St Andrews in 1978.
Tiger Woods (United States)
(Masters 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2019; US Open 2000, 2002, 2008; Open Championship 2000, 2005, 2006; PGA Championship 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007)
The youngest man to win the career Grand Slam, doing so at the age of 24 with victory at St Andrews in 2000. Formed part of the ‘Tiger Slam’, which saw him win four consecutive major titles.
Like Nicklaus, Woods won each of the majors at least three times.
Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland)
(Masters 2025; US Open 2011; Open Championship 2014; PGA Championship 2012, 2014)
Victory at the Open in 2014 left him one step away from the Grand Slam as a 25-year-old, but it has been a long 11-year wait since then.
Years of heartbreak finally ended with dramatic Masters success to become the first European player to win all four of golf’s biggest prizes.
