Lee Trevino
6 Major Championships • Elite Company
Major Championship Wins
About Lee Trevino
Lee Trevino is one of golf's all-time greats with 6 major championship victories. His first major came at the 1968 US Open at age 28. His major championship career spanned an impressive 16 years.
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Career Highlights
- 1968 U.S. Open — Breakthrough win at Oak Hill, first player to shoot all four rounds in the 60s at a U.S. Open
- 1971 — Won U.S. Open, Canadian Open, and The Open Championship in just 23 days
- 1972 Open Championship — Chip-in on 71st hole to beat Jack Nicklaus at Muirfield
- 1974 PGA Championship — Won at Tanglewood after surviving lightning strike the year before
- Career — Won 29 PGA Tour events and 29 Champions Tour events including 4 senior majors
Did You Know?
- "The Merry Mex": Known for constant joking and talking during rounds, revolutionizing golf's stuffy image with his working-class charisma
- Lightning Strike Survivor: In 1975, Trevino was struck by lightning during the Western Open, suffering back injuries that affected his career but remarkably continued playing
- Self-Taught Genius: Learned golf as a caddie and developed his unique flat swing by hitting bottle caps and rocks as a child in Texas