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Number of 'Majors' held since the first Open Championship in 1860: 400

Ratio of US, European and Rest of World winners of Major championships: 252:105:43

Ratio of US, European and Rest of World winners of Major championships since World War One: 245:35:43

Ratio of US, European and Rest of World winners of Major championships since 1960, when the notion of modern golf's 'Grand Slam' of tournaments is thought to have been defined by Arnold Palmer: 135:21:33

Number of that 21 won by Nick Faldo or Seve Ballesteros: 11

Ratio of US, European and Rest of World winners of Major championships, excluding pre-World War One winners and winners from European golf's 'golden years' of the 1980s and 1990s: 195:17:31

Number of Irish winners of Majors: 1 (Fred Daly from Portrush, 1947 Open at Hoylake)

Number of Republic of Ireland winners of Majors: 0

Ratio of US, European and Rest of World winners of the US Open: 78:27:8

Ratio of US, European and Rest of World winners of the US Open since 1911, when John McDermott became the first American winner, in the tournament's 17th running: 78:11:8

Number of European winners of 7 previous US Opens held at Oakmont Country Club: 0 (although 1927 winner Tommy Armour - the first at Oakmont - was a Scot who had become an American citizen only a few years prior)