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The Open: The Golf Record Beakers That Rory McIlroy Must Match (PHOTOS)

LOOK: These Are The Players Rory McIlroy Must Match For Golfing Glory
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Rory McIlroy's victory in the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool gave the 25-year-old his third major title and completed three-quarters of the career Grand Slam.

Only five other players have achieved the feat of winning all four Majors and as you'd expect they're a pretty select bunch:

Gene Sarazen - 1922 US Open, 1922 US PGA, 1932 Open, 1935 Masters (40 events)

Ben Hogan - 1946 US PGA, 1948 US Open, 1951 Masters, 1953 Open (28)

Gary Player - 1959 Open, 1961 Masters, 1962 US PGA, 1965 US Open (24)

Jack Nicklaus - 1962 US Open, 1963 Masters, 1963 US PGA, 1966 Open (18)

Tiger Woods - 1997 Masters, 1999 US PGA, 2000 US Open, 2000 Open (15)

In case of Nicklaus and Woods, only their first Grand Slam cycle is shown above while the figure in brackets is total number of potentially playable majors between first and last win.

And here they all are in action

Winners of all four Golf Majors
Gene Sarazen(01 of20)
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1935: Golfer Gene Sarazen of the USA taking a shot, surrounded by spectators. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images) (credit:Central Press via Getty Images)
Gene Sarazen(02 of20)
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8 Apr 1999: 97 year old Gene Sarazen of the USA starts the 1999 US Masters at the Augusta National GC in Augusta, Georgia, USA. \ Mandatory Credit: Craig Jones /Allsport (credit:Craig Jones via Getty Images)
Gene Sarazen(03 of20)
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June 1936: US golfer Gene Sarazen being photographed by golfer James Ferrier during the British Open Championship at Hoylake. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) (credit:Fox Photos via Getty Images)
Gene Sarazen(04 of20)
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1935: Golfer Gene Sarazen of the USA taking a shot, surrounded by spectators. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images) (credit:Central Press via Getty Images)
Ben Hogan(05 of20)
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Ben Hogan, warming up for another try at winning his fifth U.S. Open championship, hits a No. 4 wood from a fairway trap on Denver's Cherry Hills golf course during a practice round, June 14, 1960. Hogan couldn't pull the shot off. The clubhead bit into the sand too deeply and the ball traveled only 100 yards. The tournament starts Thursday. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Ben Hogan(06 of20)
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Ben Hogan drives from the sixth tee on the Baltusrol Golf Course in Springfield, N.J., June 12, 1954. He is participating in the annual National Golf Day challenge in which he shot a 64. The U.S. Open champion will defend his title on this course next week. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Ben Hogan(07 of20)
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Open Champion Ben Hogan with the Claret Jug after winning The Open Championship at Carnoustie. (credit:SMG/SMG)
Ben Hogan(08 of20)
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Ben Hogan, of Ft. Worth, Texas, chips out of the crowd to the 7th green after his approach shot rolled from the green and stopped five feet into the spectators in third round of the Masters Golf Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., on April 7, 1951. Hogan bogied the par-4 hole, his second in a row. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Gary Player(09 of20)
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Gary Player hits a ceremonial drive on the first tee during the first round of the Masters golf tournament Thursday, April 10, 2014, in Augusta, Ga.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Gary Player(10 of20)
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Gary Player chips out of a bunker at the Piccadilly Championship. (credit:Don Morley/EMPICS Sport)
Gary Player(11 of20)
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Open champion Gary Player from South Africa celebrates with the claret jug.Golf after winning the 1974 Open at Royal Lytham and St Anne's. (credit:PA/PA Archive)
Gary Player(12 of20)
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Gary Player driving (credit:Don Morley/EMPICS Sport)
Jack Nicklaus(13 of20)
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Golf - 134th Open Championship 2005 - Day 2 - The Old Course, St Andrews (credit:Tony Marshall/EMPICS Sport)
Jack Nicklaus(14 of20)
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Jack Nicklaus, USA (credit:Don Morley/EMPICS Sport)
Jack Nicklaus(15 of20)
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Open Champion USA's Jack Nicklaus lifts the Claret Jug after winning The Open at St Andrew's. (credit:Sport and General/S&G and Barratts)
Jack Nicklaus(16 of20)
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Jack Nicklaus at Open in 1982 (credit:Don Morley/EMPICS Sport)
Tiger Woods(17 of20)
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Tiger Woods tees off on the fifth hole during final round Masters play at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., Sunday, April 13, 1997. (AP Photo/Dave Martin) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Tiger Woods(18 of20)
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KAUAI, HI - NOVEMBER 27: Masters and US Open Champion Tiger Woods hits his first shot on the 17th hole during the final round of the PGA Grand Slam of Golf on November 27, 2002 at the at the Poipu Bay Golf Course on Kauai, Hawaii. Woods defeated 2002 PGA Champion Rich Beem, 1997 PGA Champion Davis Love III, and 1997 British Open Champion Justin Leonard to win the Grand Slam for a 5th straight year. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) (credit:Jamie Squire via Getty Images)
Tiger Woods(19 of20)
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Tiger Woods kisses the Wanamaker trophy after winning the 81st PGA Championship at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill., on Sunday, Aug. 15, 1999. (AP Photo/Michael S. Green) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Tiger Woods(20 of20)
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Defending Western Open champion Tiger Woods hits out of the sand on the sixth hole at Cog Hill Golf Club during the second round of the Western Open in Lemont, Ill, Friday, July 7, 2000. (AP Photo/J. David Ake) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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