Winning the week before a major championship

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Jun. 3, 2008

It's not often that a player wins the week before a major, then follows it up with another win at that major. In fact, just 10 times since 1934 (but twice in the previous two years) has a player won in consecutive weeks, with the second win being at a major.

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Winning the week before

Year	Player	Prior to major	Next week
2007	Tiger Woods	Won World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational	Won PGA Championship
2006	Phil Mickelson	Won BellSouth Classic	Won the Masters
1988	Sandy Lyle	Won Greater Greensboro Open	Won the Masters
1971	Lee Trevino	Won the Canadian Open	Won the British Open
1959	Art Wall	Won the Azalea Open	Won the Masters
1949	*Sam Snead	Won the Greater Greensboro Open	Won the Masters
1946	*Ben Hogan	Won the Winnipeg Open	Won the PGA Championship
1945	*Byron Nelson	Won the Chicago Victory Open	Won the PGA Championship
1939	Ralph Guldahl	Won the Greater Greensboro Open	Won the Masters
1939	*Henry Picard	Won the Scranton Open	Won the PGA Championship