paragraph_text: Walter Charles Hagen (December 21, 1892 – October 6, 1969) was an American professional golfer and a major figure in golf in the first half of the 20th century. His tally of 11 professional majors is third behind Jack Nicklaus (18) and Tiger Woods (15). Hagen is widely considered one of the greatest golfers ever.

paragraph_text: True Swing Golf (also known as "Nintendo Touch Golf: Birdie Challenge" in PAL regions, and "大人のDSゴルフ (Otona no DS Golf; DS Golf for Adults)" in Japan) is a golf video game by long-time golf game creators T&E Soft, published by Nintendo and released for the Nintendo DS handheld video game system.

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: 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 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: 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: The 2017 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 146th Open Championship, held from 20 -- 23 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. It was the tenth Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, which held its first in 1954.

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: 42nd Ryder Cup Matches Dates 28 -- 30 September 2018 Venue Le Golf National, Albatros Course Location Guyancourt, Île - de-France, France Captains Thomas Bjørn (Europe) Jim Furyk (USA) 171⁄2 101⁄2 Europe wins the Ryder Cup ← 2016 2020 →

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: The 2015 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 144th Open Championship, held from 16 -- 20 July at the Old Course at St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. It was the 29th Open Championship played at the course and Zach Johnson won in a four - hole playoff for his second major title.

paragraph_text: The NFL Golf Classic was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1993 to 2002. It was played in May or June at the Upper Montclair Country Club in Clifton, New Jersey. It was a joint production with the NFL and attracted top NFL talent to play in a tournament within a tournament (separate from the golf pros). NFL players Trent Dilfer and Al Del Greco frequently played to the top of the leaderboard. The 2000 edition was also the final competitive win for golfing great Lee Trevino. In its day it was amongst the more popular stops of the Champions Tour.

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: 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 awarding of the Claret Jug dates from 1872, when a new trophy was needed after Young Tom Morris had won the original Challenge Belt (presented by Prestwick Golf Club) outright in 1870 by winning the Championship three years in a row. Prestwick had both hosted and organised the Championship from 1860 to 1870.

paragraph_text: The 1961 Open Championship was the 90th Open Championship, played 12–15 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Arnold Palmer won the first of two consecutive Open Championships, one stroke ahead of Dai Rees. It was the second Open for Palmer, the runner-up in his first in 1960, and the fourth of his seven major titles. He was the first American to win the Claret Jug since Ben Hogan in 1953. This was the second Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, which hosted in 1954.

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: "Freak Strike" is the third episode of the sixth season of the Comedy Central series "South Park" and the 80th episode of the series overall. It originally aired on March 20, 2002. In the episode, the boys disguise Butters as a mutant with testicles on his chin, allowing him to win them a prize on a television show. However, Butters only wins a round of putt-putt golf. The freaks who make a career of appearing on TV talk shows go on strike, and make Butters strike with them.

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: 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

Question: What is the professional status of the man who won the most majors in golf?
Answer: an American retired professional golfer