Adam Scott is playing in his 100th consecutive major next week in the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. Here's a list of notable players (streak in parentheses) and how their streaks ended:
Started: 1962 Masters
Ended: 1998 U.S. Open
Why it stopped: Nicklaus had a nagging hip injury and felt his game was no longer competitive at the highest level.
Majors won during the streak: 18
Notable: Nicklaus received eight special exemptions to the U.S. Open.
Started: 2001 British Open
Ended: Still going. He reaches 100 at the U.S. Open.
Majors won during the streak: 1
Notable: Scott was No. 61 in the world and would have missed the 2024 U.S. Open but Grayson Murray, who had taken his life a week earlier, was No. 59 and the USGA went down one spot in the ranking.
Started: 1974 PGA Championship
Ended: 1996 British Open.
Why it stopped: Left shoulder injury while playing links golf in the weeks leading up to the 1996 British Open.
Majors won during the streak: 8
Notable: Watson was the only player to win the British Open on five links courses.
Started: 1999 British Open.
Ended: 2020 U.S. Open.
Why it stopped. Tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and withdrew from the 2020 Masters.
Majors won during the streak: 1
Notable: Garcia advanced in a 7-for-4 playoff at the U.S. Open qualifier in 2011.
Started: 1994 British Open
Ended: 2011 Masters
Why it stopped: Chose not to qualify for the 2011 U.S. Open.
Majors won during the streak: 3
Notable: Singh received a special exemption for the 2010 U.S. Open.
Started: 1987 British Open
Ended: 2003 British Open
Why it stopped. Withdrew from the 2003 PGA Championship because of the recent birth of his daughter.
Majors won during the streak: 6.
Notable: Faldo began his television career a year after his streak ended.
Started: 1994 U.S. Open
Ended: 2009 U.S. Open
Why it stopped: Withdrew from the 2009 British Open as his wife was battling breast cancer.
Majors won during streak: 3
Notable: Mickelson attended his daughter's eighth-grade graduation in San Diego in 2013 and made it back to Merion 3 1/2 hours before his tee time in the U.S. Open. He finished second.
Started: 1997 Masters
Ended: 2008 U.S. Open
Why it stopped: Reconstructive surgery on his left knee.
Majors won during streak: 14.
Notable: Woods missed only one cut at the majors during his streak.
Started: 2010 British Open.
Ended: 2022 U.S. Open
Why it stopped: Back injury during a practice round in the 2022 British Open.
Majors won during the streak: 1.
Notable: Rose was No. 33 in the world during the 2010 U.S. Open but missed the cutoff for top 50 in the world by one week. That prompted the USGA to add another cutoff date.
Started: 2015 PGA Championship
Ended: Still going.
Majors won during streak: 2.
Notable: McIlroy played 26 in a row until injuring his ankle playing soccer, forcing him to withdraw from the 2015 British Open. It’s the only major he has missed when eligible.
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EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — The leaders of the world’s richest democracies are talking about how to tackle some of the world’s biggest problems this week, but hot mics at the G7 summit revealed that conversations also covered lighter fare. Sports. Cigarettes. The weather. And something about Greenland?
As world leaders made their way into conference rooms at a lakeside resort, microphones set up for their weighty discussions about war and trade often caught off-the-cuff banter.
Trump strode in late to the final day of talks, and proclaimed “I'm the boss!” to his counterparts sitting around a large oval conference table, waiting to get started on a discussion about concerns that China is flooding export markets with subsidized products. The leaders laughed.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’ s smoking habits were the subject of a hot-mic moment on Tuesday. Asked by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz if she had already had a cigarette that morning, Meloni revealed that she hadn’t smoked “since the first of May.”
Her turn against tobacco prompted enthusiastic congratulations from leaders of Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan and the European Union. Meloni raised her hands in celebration. Meanwhile, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney had a question for her.
“Do you have a patch?” Carney asked, grabbing his own arm.
With the World Cup underway in the United States, Mexico and Canada, soccer naturally became a fallback of discussion.
As leaders gathered for lunch on Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron and others weighed in. Someone shouted “Allez les bleus,” the cheer for the French team. Another leader can be heard talking about the recent Champions League victory by Paris-Saint Germain.
U.S. President Donald Trump turned attention to the UFC cage-match event he hosted at the White House on Sunday. Trump, who sat ringside on his 80th birthday, spoke glowingly about Dana White, the CEO of UFC.
At another point on Tuesday, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer effused about Cape Verde’s surprise 0-0 draw against World Cup champion Spain. “Quite remarkable, I have to say,” he said.
In a moment of intrigue, Trump was caught on microphone talking with European Council President António Costa.
“You understand?” Trump said before pausing and looking squarely at Costa. “Greenland.” The start and end of the conversation was unclear.
European politicians have been outraged by Trump’s threats to acquire Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark.
Trump added some levity after Macron appeared to have left his watch behind when he departed the group’s working lunch on Tuesday. Carney drew attention to it, saying, “He’s left his watch here. We’ve got his watch.”
“Give me it if he left, gimme,” Trump chimed in, drawing laughs from the group.
There were a few instances of gift-giving diplomacy.
Macron gave all seven of his counterparts personalized bicycles to promote the Cycling World Championships scheduled next year in the French Alps, according to David Lappartient, president of the Union Cycliste Internationale, on social media.
There was no hot mic moment to detect the reaction of Trump, who is not known to bike and has joked about doing minimal exercise beyond regular golf outings.
Merz, who recently sparred with Trump over the war in Iran, presented Trump with a German national team soccer jersey bearing Trump’s name and the number 47. Trump raised it and smiled for a photo before setting it aside.
Merz posted a photo of the exchange on social media and offered a pointed message: “After all, we’re on the same team.”
Binkley reported from Washington and Superville from Geneva. Associated Press writer Sam McNeil in Brussels contributed to this report.
French President Emmanuel Macron stands next to President Donald Trump, left, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, center, at a working lunch with leaders of G7 and the Middle East in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (Christian Hartmann/Pool Photo via AP)
President Donald Trump listens to European Council President Antonio Costa, left, at a working lunch with leaders of G7 and the Middle East in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (Christian Hartmann/Pool Photo via AP)
President Donald Trump, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz, European Council President Antonio Costa and Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attend a working lunch with leaders of G7 and the Middle East in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (Christian Hartmann/Pool Photo via AP)
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attends a working lunch with leaders of G7 and the Middle East, in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, holds up a jersey with the number 47 on it as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz look on during a working session at the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)
