paragraph_text: In 1924, she became the first foreign player to win the Girls Amateur Championship and in 1927 the first to win the British Ladies Amateur, then the most prestigious tournament in British and European ladies' golf and an event her daughter, Catherine Lacoste, would also win 42 years later.

paragraph_text: The 1996 Masters Tournament was the 60th Masters Tournament, held April 11–14 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

paragraph_text: The 2013 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 142nd Open Championship, held from 18 -- 21 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. Phil Mickelson shot a final round 66 (− 5) to win his fifth major title, three strokes ahead of runner - up Henrik Stenson. Mickelson began the round five strokes back, in a tie for ninth place. Ian Poulter, Adam Scott, and 54 - hole leader Lee Westwood tied for third, four back of Mickelson.

paragraph_text: The 2012 WGC-HSBC Champions was a golf tournament played 1–4 November 2012 at the Olazabal Course of Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China. It was the fourth WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in 2012. The event was won by Ryder Cup star Ian Poulter who shot consecutive rounds of 65 (−7) on the weekend and broke the tournament scoring record with 267 (−21) for his second WGC win. Two strokes back were runners-up Jason Dufner, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson, and Scott Piercy.

paragraph_text: Edwin Hunter (March 25, 1874 – March 30, 1935) was an American golf and tennis player. He competed in the individual golf event and the men's doubles tennis tournament at the 1904 Summer Olympics.

paragraph_text: Danny Joe Pohl (born April 1, 1955) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. He won two PGA Tour tournaments (the 1986 Colonial and the 1986 World Series of Golf at Firestone Country Club) and tied Craig Stadler for first place in the 1982 Masters Tournament before losing in a playoff. Pohl competed for his country as a member of the 1987 Ryder Cup team at Muirfield Village Golf Club.

paragraph_text: The 2012 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 9 January to 22 March 2012 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.

paragraph_text: Augusta National Golf Club, located in Augusta, Georgia, is one of the most famous golf clubs in the world. Founded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts on the site of the former Fruitland (later Fruitlands) Nursery, the course was designed by Jones and Alister MacKenzie and opened for play in January 1933. Since 1934, it has played host to the annual Masters Tournament, one of the four major championships in professional golf, and the only major played each year at the same course. It was the top - ranked course in Golf Digest's 2009 list of America's 100 greatest courses and was the number ten - ranked course based on course architecture on Golfweek Magazine's 2011 list of best classic courses in the United States.

paragraph_text: The 1989 Masters Tournament was the 53rd Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

paragraph_text: Mildred Ella ``Babe ''Didrikson Zaharias (/ zəˈhɑːriəs /; June 26, 1911 -- September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who achieved a great deal of success in golf, basketball, baseball and track and field. She won two gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Summer Olympics, before turning to professional golf and winning 10 LPGA major championships. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest female athletes of all time.

paragraph_text: The 1954 Masters Tournament was the 18th Masters Tournament, held April 8–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Sam Snead defeated defending champion Ben Hogan by one stroke in an 18-hole Monday playoff to win his third Masters tournament. It was Snead's seventh and final major victory.

paragraph_text: Federer has won the most grand slam tournament titles for a male player (19). He has reached the most finals (29), semifinals (42) and quarterfinals (51). He has participated in the highest number of majors (71), and the most consecutively (65). He has won the most matches at these tournaments (325). He is the only man to reach each final at least five times. He is the only man to win three tournaments five times each. He is the only man to win two of these tournaments five times consecutively. He is one of eight men to win all four majors.

paragraph_text: Mark O'Meara O'Meara in 2005 Full name Mark Francis O'Meara (1957 - 01 - 13) January 13, 1957 (age 61) Goldsboro, North Carolina Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st) Nationality United States Residence Houston, Texas Spouse Meredith O'Meara Children Michelle, Shaun, Aidan Berkman (stepson) Career College Long Beach State University Turned professional 1980 Current tour (s) PGA Tour Champions (joined 2007) Former tour (s) PGA Tour (joined 1981) Professional wins 34 Number of wins by tour PGA Tour 16 European Tour Japan Golf Tour PGA Tour Champions Best results in major championships (wins: 2) Masters Tournament Won: 1998 U.S. Open T3: 1988 The Open Championship Won: 1998 PGA Championship T4: 1998 Achievements and awards World Golf Hall of Fame 2015 (member page) PGA Player of the Year 1998 PGA Tour Player of the Year 1998

paragraph_text: The majors originally consisted of two British tournaments, The Open Championship and The Amateur Championship, and two American tournaments, the U.S. Open and the U.S. Amateur. With the introduction of the Masters Tournament in 1934, and the rise of professional golf in the late 1940s and 1950s, the term ``major championships ''eventually came to describe the Masters, the U.S. Open, the Open Championship, and the PGA Championship. It is difficult to determine when the definition changed to include the current four tournaments, although many trace it to Arnold Palmer's 1960 season. After winning the Masters and the U.S. Open to start the season, he remarked that if he could win the Open Championship and PGA Championship to finish the season, he would complete`` a grand slam of his own'' to rival Bobby Jones's 1930 feat. Until that time, many U.S. players such as Byron Nelson also considered the Western Open and the North and South Open as two of golf's ``majors, ''and the British PGA Matchplay Championship was as important to British and Commonwealth professionals as the PGA Championship was to Americans.

paragraph_text: The Masters was started by noted amateur champion Bobby Jones and investment banker Clifford Roberts. After his grand slam in 1930, Jones acquired the former plant nursery and co-designed Augusta National with course architect Alister MacKenzie. First played 84 years ago in 1934, the tournament is an official money event on the PGA Tour, the European Tour, and the Japan Golf Tour. The field of players is smaller than those of the other major championships because it is an invitational event, held by the Augusta National Golf Club.

paragraph_text: The 2018 WGC - Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August 2 -- 5 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 20th WGC - Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2018.

paragraph_text: Jack Nicklaus has won the most majors; he won 18 during his career. Second on the list is Tiger Woods, who has won 14 majors to date; his most recent major victory was at the 2008 U.S. Open. Walter Hagen is third with 11 majors; he and Nicklaus have both won the most PGA Championships with five. Nicklaus also holds the record for the most victories in the Masters, winning the competition six times. Nicklaus also shares the record for the most U.S. Open victories with Willie Anderson, Bobby Jones and Ben Hogan, each winning this competition four times. Harry Vardon holds the record for the most Open Championship victories, winning six times during his career. Nicklaus, Woods, Hogan, Gary Player and Gene Sarazen are the only golfers to have won all four of the majors during their career, thus achieving the so - called career slam.

paragraph_text: Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940), nicknamed The Golden Bear, is an American retired professional golfer. In the opinion of many observers, he is the greatest golfer of all time. During a span of more than 25 years, he won a record 18 major championships, three ahead of Tiger Woods (15). Nicklaus focused on the major championships—Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, Open Championship and PGA Championship—and played a selective schedule of regular PGA Tour events. He has competed in more major championships (164) than any other player. He finished with 73 PGA Tour victories, third on the all-time list behind Sam Snead (82) and Tiger Woods (81).

paragraph_text: NES Open Tournament Golf, known in Japan as , is a 1991 sports game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. "NES Open Tournament Golf" is the second Nintendo published golf-based video game released for the NES, the first game being "Golf". In addition to the Famicom version of "Golf", there were two other Nintendo published golf-based video games released in Japan. These games were released in disk format on the Family Computer Disk System in 1987. These two games were "Family Computer Golf: Japan Course" and "Family Computer Golf: U.S. Course".

paragraph_text: The 1936 Masters Tournament was the third Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Question: Who is the player with the most major golf tournament wins?
Answer: an American retired professional golfer