Making the cut at any major is tough. Making it in all four in one season is exceptional. So, let’s give a round of applause to this talented group.
Each season, those who qualify for the four biggest events in the game have the opportunity to play 288 holes of golf across a little more than three months. Very few manage it. The Masters, PGA Championship, US Open, and The Open are the ones every player wants to win – and that means tough courses (brutally tough in the case of the US Open), more pressure, and a whole lot more scrutiny.
When the cut fell at The Open at Royal Birkdale on Friday evening, it meant just 14 achieved the feat of extending their stay into the weekend in all four majors in 2026 – two less than last year. That list includes the five of the world’s top-ten players with World No.1 and No.2 Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy among them.
Of this year’s major winners, McIlroy, who successfully defended his Open title at Augusta in April, is the only man to make the cut in every event – the sixth time he’s achieved the feat in his 17 full seasons. Sam Burns would join him if he successfully converts his 54-hole lead into victory at The Open for his maiden major title.
At World No.61, Michael Brennan was the lowest ranked player of those to make every weekend, while no LIV Golf players managaed to make the cut at all four majors.
It’s the fourth year in a row that Scheffler has played all 72 holes in the big four events, his last major missed cut coming at the PGA Championship in 2022, but it’s the first year he hasn’t won a major since 2023. And while he made the cut at the majors, he did suffer his first missed cut in any tournament for almost four years when he fell at halfway at the Scottish Open.
Of those who’ve played all 16 major rounds this year, Scheffler and Burns have the lowest cumulative scores at -20. Scheffler has the lowest average finish position at 6th. Michael Brennan, at +18 has the highest cumulative score, and finish position at 50th.
This is Scheffler’s fifth consecutive year teeing it up in all four majors and is the third year in a row that he’s made the weekend at them all. His last missed the cut at one of the big four came at the 2022 PGA Championship. For McIlroy, it’s the fifth time he’s achieved the feat in 16 full major seasons, and he’s won at least one major in three of them.
Thanks to the tough set-up at the US Open at Shinnecock Hills, none of the players can boast under-par scores at all four majors. Scheffler and Burns are the only men who don’t have an over-par score in any of the tournaments having both finished level par at the US Open and PGA Championship respectively.
Golfers who made every men’s major cut in 2026
Total score (to par, position)
PLAYERMASTERSPGA CHAMPIONSHIPUS OPENTHE OPEN CUMULATIVE TOTALLudvig Aberg285 (-3, T21)275 (-5, T4)283 (+3, T17)275 (-5, T9)-10Michael Brennan286 (-2, T24)291 (+11, 81)288 (+8, T43)281 (+1, T53)+18Sam Burns279 (-9, T7)280 (E, T26)277 (-3, 2)272 (-8, 3)-20Corey Conners294 (+6, T49)283 (+3, T55)285 (+5, T23)276 (-4, T14)+10Ben Griffin288 (E, T33)278 (-2, T14)283 (+3, T17)282 (+2, T59)+3Chris Gotterup286 (-2, T24)277 (-3, T10)288 (+8, T43)277 (-3, T18)EKurt Kitayama295 (+7, 51)277 (-3, T10)289 (+9, T53)279 (-1, T40)+12Hideki Matsuyama283 (-5, T12)280 (E, T26)294 (+14, T65)276 (-4, T14)+5Collin Morikawa279 (-9, T7)283 (+3, T55)283 (+3, T17)277 (-3, T18)-6Rory McIlroy276 (-12, 1)276 (-4, T7)286 (+6, T32)279 (-1, T40)-11Scottie Scheffler277 (-11, 2)278 (-2, T14)280 (E, T4)273 (-7, T4) -20Xander Schauffele280 (-8, T9)276 (-4, T7)282 (+2, T11)277 (-3, T18)-13Justin Thomas290 (+2, T41)275 (-5, T4)283 (+3, T17)283 (+3, T65)+3Cameron Young278 (-10, T3)280 (E, T26)288 (+8, T43)271 (-9, 2)-11
For comparison, 16 players made the cut in all four majors in 2025, up from 13 players in 2024, 12 in 2023, nine in 2022 and seven in 2021.
Golfers who made every men’s major cut in 2025 (and their cumulative scores)PLAYERMASTERSPGA CHAMPIONSHIPUS OPENTHE OPEN CUMULATIVE TOTALDaniel Berger286 (-2)284 (E)293 (+13)280 (-4)+7Sam Burns293 (+5)282 (-2)284 (+4)283 (-1)+6Corey Conners283 (-7)282 (-2)WD with injury after 54 holes275 (-9)N/AHarris English284 (-4)278 (-6)298 (+18)271 (-13)-5Matt Fitzpatrick291 (+3)280 (-4)291 (+11)273 (-11)-1Brian Harman290 (+2)290 (+6)298 (+18)275 (-9)+17Tyrrell Hatton285 (-3)290 (+6)283 (+3)277 (-7)-1Rasmus Hojgaard289 (+1)291 (+7)293 (+13)277 (-7)+14Viktor Hovland286 (-2)283 (-1)282 (+2)288 (+4)+3Rory McIlroy 277 (-11)287 (+3)287 (+7)274 (-10)-11Maverick McNealy289 (+1)284 (E)290 (+10)278 (-6)+5Jon Rahm285 (-3)280 (-4)284 (+4)281 (-3)-6Aaron Rai287 (-1)282 (-2)289 (+9)281 (-3)+3Xander Schauffele283 (-5)283 (-1)286 (+6)274 (-10)-10Scottie Scheffler280 (-8)273 (-11)284 (+4)267 (-17)-32J.J. Spaun295 (+7)285 (+1)279 (-1)278 (-6)+1