Craig Wood
2 Major Championships • 48th All-Time
Major Championship Wins
About Craig Wood
Craig Wood won 2 major championships during their career, with the first coming in 1941.
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Career Highlights
- 1941 — Won both Masters and U.S. Open at age 39, first Masters wire-to-wire winner (66-71-71-72)
- 1941 Masters — Three-stroke victory over Byron Nelson, first player to win Masters and U.S. Open in same year
- 1933-1939 — Lost all four major championships in playoffs/extra holes before breaking through
- 1935 Masters — Victim of Gene Sarazen's legendary double eagle ("The Shot Heard 'Round the World"), lost 36-hole playoff
- Career — 21 PGA Tour wins, three-time Ryder Cup player (1931, 1933, 1935)
- 2008 — Posthumously inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame
Did You Know?
- The Heartbreak Years: Wood was the first player to lose all four major championships in extra holes — losing playoffs at the 1933 British Open, 1934 PGA, 1935 Masters, and 1939 U.S. Open before finally winning in 1941
- Late Bloomer: Didn't win his first major until age 39, then swept both majors held in 1941 (Masters and U.S. Open), becoming golf's greatest "late career" success story
- Home Course Honor: The Craig Wood Golf Course in Lake Placid, New York (his hometown) was renamed in his honor in 1954