Top two at each of the majors:
Masters - not many "upsets", but 1. Zach Johnson, 2. Mike Weir.
US Open - 1. Steve Jones (who??), 2. Geoff Ogilvy
British Open - 1. Todd Hamilton, 2. Paul Lawrie (what have either player done recently)
PGA - 1. Shaun Micheel, 2. Mark Brooks (most golf fans would not recognize either name)

Todd Hamilton was an absolute chock, barely using any other club than his hybrid, he won the British Open with Tiger in the field and he was so unknown they probably asked him to pay green fee....

This one's easy - John Daly.

He's the most unlikely TWO-TIME major winner, too.

Angel Cabrera - 2007 US Open.

The British Open seems to have more surprise winners only because most golf fans aren't familiar with many of the international players. There are only 2 horses in this race, and both won U.S. Opens:

1. Francis Ouimet, the 20-year-old amateur who defeated the great British golfers Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in a playoff at the 1913 U.S. Open at Brookline. At the time, Ouimet was a clerk whose greatest achievement had been winning the Massachusetts Amateur. He would be the slam-dunk winner of this category except for the fact that Brookline was his home course, and he had a tremendous advantage in local knowledge.

2. Jack Fleck, the journeyman who defeated the great Ben Hogan in a playoff to win the 1955 U.S. Open at the Olympic Club. The victory, at age 33, was his first win of any significance, and it was more important because Hogan was gunning to become the first man to win 5 U.S. Opens. (To this day, no one has won more than 4, as Hogan, Nicklaus, Bobby Jones and Willie Anderson all have 4.)

What makes these great stories are not just their David vs. Goliath nature, but the fact that both underdogs had to earn their victories in complete, 18-hole playoffs (like Tiger vs. Rocco earlier this summer), going head-to-head against their vaunted opponents and somehow coming out on top.

Masters- Larry Mize (especially given how he won it defeating Seve and Norman in a playoff with that chip in)

US Open - Agree with the earlier post - definitely Jack Fleck over Ben Hogan (compared to Fleck, Rocco's a Hall of Famer), with an honorable mention to Steve Jones

British Open - Ben Curtis (although he has won a few times since, winning in his first major as the last man in the field is pretty surprising)

PGA - a ton here, I go with the obvious - John Daly, 3rd alternate in the field and no one had heard of him

NOT John Daly..he is an amazing golfer (TWO majors) who has clearly squandered much of his talent....although one poster mentioned daly because he was talking about surprises at the time they won, so daly would be understandable...since i've been following golf (1980 or so) I would say jean van de velde....no wait, paul lawrie

Dave Marr or Bob Tway, PGA championship. both with miracle bunker shots

Fisrt name that popped into my head was Larry Mize. The dude who was the recipient of Van Der Velde's epic choke is also a candidate, IMO.

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