Tom Kite, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and now Graeme McDowell. What do they all have in common?
They are all winners of the US Open at Pebble Beach. Illustrious company I'm sure you'll agree and McDowell himself said afterwards it was a 'surreal feeling' to claim his maiden Major title at the spiritual home of America's National Championship.
The 30-year-old from Portrush shot a closing 74 on a tough final day at Pebble Beach to win by one shot from Frenchman Gregory Havret and become the first European player since Tony Jacklin in 1970 to win the US Open.
He also becomes the first Northern Irishman to win a Major since Fred Daly clinched the Open at Hoylake in 1947 and the first player from the UK to win a major since Scot Paul Lawrie triumphed in the Open at Carnoustie in 1999.
McDowell, who went to college in America, started the day in second place, three shots adrift of leader Dustin Johnson, but kept his nerve wonderfully to compose a steady final round and hold off the challenge of qualifier Havret.
He won at Celtic Manor two weeks ago with weekend rounds of 64 and 63, but this was a triumph of far more impressive proportions, with the greatest names in golf lined up on the leaderboard behind him throughout the day. Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson and a resurgent Tiger Woods all threatened to challenge at one stage or another, with Els claiming a share of the lead after making three birdies in his first six holes.
Woods, who shot a 66 on Saturday, saw his challenge slip away with five bogeys in his first 10 holes, but it was more like the Woods that we are used to, challenging at the major championships and on this evidence, he is not far away from hitting top gear; by the time St Andrew's rolls around next month he will surely be a factor.
By the fifth tee, Johnson's challenge had disappeared in a meltdown that was painful to watch. The American - who had won twice before over this venue, his only two wins on the PGA Tour, made a regulation par at the first, but from the middle of the second fairway, his round went into meltdown.
He missed the green with a wedge, fluffed a left-handed bunker shot, shifted his fourth from the rough less than two yards and ended up taking triple-bogey seven. At the third he lost his ball after hooking off the tee, and then saw a 12-foot bogey putt lip out. At the fourth he drove onto the rocks on the right and did well to make five, but after dropping six shots in three holes, there was no coming back from there and he went on to shoot 82 and finish in a tie for eighth.
By the time McDowell reached the 18th fairway many challengers had come and gone. The stage was set, he fired a wedge to the middle of the green and two putts later McDowell had won the 110th US Open. It is something that all young golfers dream about; two putts to win the Open or the Ryder Cup and a dream that came true on the shores of the Pacific will be something he never forgets.
The names immediately behind him on the leaderboard confirm the quality of the Northern Irishman's achievement, with Els, Mickelson and Woods completing the top five.
This will be the start of a new chapter in the life of McDowell; it is certainly a life changing achievement.