TROON, Scotland — Europeans first took over Augusta National when Sandy Lyle of Scotland won the Masters in 1988, the start of seven European winners in a span of nine years.
Padraig Harrington kicked off Irish golf's big run of winning majors in five of six years.He won the British Open in 2007 and 2008, and the PGA Championship in 2008. Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland won the US Open in 2010, and then Rory McIlroy won the US Open and Darren Clarke won the British Open in 2011.Now the Americans are back in charge.
That also was an era when Europeans didn't have easy access to the US majors.Now it's a global game, and for the first time since 1982, the Americans have a clean sweep of all four majors. They all won all the majors in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, but the British Open was not held that year.Scottie Scheffler won the Masters, Xander Schauffele won the PGA Championship and British Open, and Bryson DeChambeau won the US Open.
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