Back to the Golf Newsfeed

10 Players Who Won Their First Major in Late Stages of Their Careers

Tiger Woods turns 40 at the end of December. The question of whether El Tigre will win another major as he's now entering his fifth decade awakens a measure of curiosity about other major winners who won (relatively) later in their careers.

Of course, the oldest major winner was Julius Boros, who captured the 1968 PGA Championship at the age of 48 years, four months, 18 days—a fact golf broadcasters love to bludgeon viewers with.

But what of those club swingers who didn't taste major glory until after hitting 30? Here are 10 players who didn't win a major until the inward nines of their careers.