Gene Sarazen was the first golfer to complete the career Grand Slam of the modern professional majors.
Sarazen completed the feat by winning the Masters Tournament in 1935, adding it to earlier victories in the U.S. Open, The Open Championship, and PGA Championship. His Masters victory came at Augusta National after a dramatic 36-hole playoff against Craig Wood. Sarazen won by five strokes after tying Wood in regulation.
His defining moment was a double eagle on the par-5 15th hole in the final round. Sarazen hit a spoon from 232 yards directly into the cup, a shot later celebrated as the “shot heard ’round the world.” The achievement helped establish the Masters as a major event and secured Sarazen’s place in golf history.
Sarazen had already won the U.S. Open in 1922 and 1932, the PGA Championship in 1922, 1923, and 1933, and The Open in 1932. He finished his career with seven major championships.