Golfers with the most second-place finishes at majors
A look at golfers who have signed the most second-place scorecards throughout major championship history.
Harry Vardon – 6
Francis B. Ouimet shakes hands with Harry Vardon (left) and Ted Ray (right) at the U.S. Open at The Country Club in 1913.
Harry Vardon racked up seven major championships around the turn of the century, including a 1903 British Open victory over his brother, Tom. He also had six runner-up finishes at the majors, four of them occurring at his best tourney — the Open Championship.
