For every major championship winner, there is someone who came in second place.
The guy who played well, but for whatever reason — luck, yips, poor choices, wind, Tiger Woods, and everything in between — just not that well.
Oddly enough, some of the winningest golfers on the PGA Tour also happen to be the ones who hold the most second-place finishes. In essence, it’s an “expect the unexpected” outcome often associated with golf’s biggest stages.
Here are the golfers who have signed the most second-place scorecards throughout major championship history.