Harold Hilton Major Championships | 2 Majors

Harold Hilton won 2 major championships during a 5-year span, with the first coming in 1892.

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1892 Open Championship — Won at Muirfield, becoming only the second amateur ever to win The Open Championship
1897 Open Championship — Captured his second Open title at his home club, Royal Liverpool (Hoylake)
Four Amateur Championships — Won The Amateur Championship in 1900, 1901, 1911, and 1913, compiling a remarkable 99-29 record (77.3%)
1911 Historic Double — Became the only British player ever to win both the British Amateur and U.S. Amateur in the same year
Elite Amateur Company — One of only three amateurs to win The Open Championship, alongside John Ball and Bobby Jones
Golf Course Designer — Designed Ferndown Golf Club in Dorset (1912), which became an Open Championship qualifying course and top-100 UK layout

Literary Golf Pioneer: Hilton was a prolific golf writer who served as the first editor of Golf Monthly and also edited Golf Illustrated. In 1912, he co-authored "The Royal and Ancient Game of Golf" with Garden Smith — a book described by the Donovan and Jerris bibliography as "one of the most magnificent books in the library of golf."
Small Giant: At just 5 feet 6 inches tall and 155 pounds, Hilton proved that size doesn't matter in golf. His compact stature didn't prevent him from becoming one of the greatest amateur golfers in history, winning seven major championships (2 Opens, 4 British Amateurs, 1 U.S. Amateur).
World Golf Hall of Fame: Inducted in 1978, Hilton's legacy lives on as one of golf's true legends. His autobiography "My Golfing Reminiscences" published in 1907 provides a fascinating first-hand account of golf's early championship era at the turn of the 20th century.

Harold Hilton