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The 13 times a player has won consecutive majors since the Masters began in 1934, and how he fared trying to win the third straight major on the schedule:

PHIL MICKELSON

* Won 2005 PGA Championship, won 2006 Masters, tied for second in 2006 U.S. Open.

TIGER WOODS

* Won 2002 Masters, won 2002 U.S. Open, tied for 28th in the 2002 British Open.

a-TIGER WOODS

* Won 2000 U.S. Open, won 2000 British Open, won 2000 PGA Championship.

NICK PRICE

* 1994 British Open, won 1994 PGA Championship, missed the cut in the 1995 Masters.

TOM WATSON

* 1982 U.S. Open, won 1982 British Open, tied for ninth in 1982 PGA Championship.

JACK NICKLAUS

* 1972 Masters, won 1972 U.S. Open, second in 1972 British Open.

LEE TREVINO

* 1971 U.S. Open, won 1971 British Open, tied for 33rd in 1972 Masters.

ARNOLD PALMER

* 1960 Masters, won 1960 U.S. Open, second in 1960 British Open.

b-BEN HOGAN

* 1953 Masters, won 1953 U.S. Open, did not play 1953 PGA Championship.

BEN HOGAN

* 1951 Masters, won 1951 U.S. Open, did not play 1951 PGA Championship.

SAM SNEAD

* 1949 Masters, won 1949 PGA Championship, tied for second in 1949 U.S. Open.

BEN HOGAN

* 1948 PGA Championship, won 1948 U.S. Open, did not play 1948 British Open.

CRAIG WOOD

* Won 1941 Masters, won 1941 U.S. Open, lost in second round of the 1941 PGA Championship.

- Associated Press

a-Woods won his fourth straight major at the 2001 Masters, then tied for 12th in the 2001 U.S. Open.

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b-Hogan could not play in the ’53 PGA Championship because it was the same week he was qualifying for the British Open.

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