Dustin Johnson Becomes First Man To Win All Four WGCs

The world number one's WGC-Match Play victory means that he has now become the first man to win all four World Golf Championships

Dustin Johnson Becomes First Man To Win All Four WGCs

The world number one's WGC-Match Play victory means that he has now become the first man to win all four World Golf Championships

Dustin Johnson Becomes First Man To Win All Four WGCs

World number one Dustin Johnson cemented himself as the world's second-most successful man in golf's World Golf Championships with his WGC-Match Play victory.

The American beat Jon Rahm in the final for his seventh victory out of seven for the week. He never trailed in seven matches.

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It's DJ's fifth WGC title. No man, apart from Tiger Woods, has won more than three.

Johnson won the WGC-HSBC Champions in 2013, the Cadillac Championship in 2015, and has now won three of the last four - the 2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, the 2017 WGC-Mexico Championship (formerly known as Cadillac), and the 2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Championship.

Tiger Woods became the first man to win all four WGCs in 2003 when he won the Match Play, however the World Cup of Golf was then a WGC, it now isn't.

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In 2009 the WGC-Champions was introduced in China, meaning all four WGCs were individual events and now DJ has become the first man to win all four.

Dustin Johnson Becomes First Man To Win All Four WGCs

Tiger Woods poses with all four World Golf Championship trophies on March 2, 2003 at the La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

Ian Poulter and Phil Mickelson, each with two, are the only other men to have won more than one WGC including the WGC-Champions.

In terms of the WGC leaderboard, Tiger Woods is top with an astonishing 18 and DJ is now second with a more-than-reasonable five.

In third is Geoff Ogilvy with three. The Aussie has won the Match Play twice and the WGC-Cadillac Championship once.

Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Adam Scott, Jason Day, Darren Clarke, Ian Poulter and Hunter Mahan all have two WGCs.

Elliott Heath
News Editor

Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


Elliott is currently playing:


Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV