Others to win Getting the first two majors of the year were Craig Wood ( 1941 ) , Ben Hogan ( 1951 , 1953 ) , Arnold Palmer ( 1960 ) , and Jack Nicklaus ( 1972 ) .

Entering Having_or_lacking_access the championship , Woods had won seven of the previous eleven majors .

He had also won the previous week , at Arnold Palmer 's Bay Hill Invitational Woods had won the previous three majors in 2000 ; he won the Masters Tournament Competition two weeks later to hold Hold all four major titles at once , the `` Tiger Slam '' , as well as this Players , an unofficial `` fifth major . ''

Watson was the eighth consecutive first-time major champion , and the 14th winner in as many majors .

At age 41 , he became Becoming the oldest player to win Earnings_and_losses two majors in a year : Jack Nicklaus ( 1980 ) , Ben Hogan ( 1953 ) , and Craig Wood ( 1941 ) were all age forty .

( Hogan won three majors and turned Becoming 41 two weeks after the third . )

Watson 's win Getting in 1975 , his first of five Open Championships ( and eight majors ) , came Motion after an 18-hole Sunday playoff Competition with Jack Newton .