2014 Open Championship
It was McIlroy's third major title , having won the U . S . Open in 2011 and the PGA Championship in 2012; he became the first European to win three different majors and joined Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the only three ( since the first Masters Tournament in 1934 ) to win three majors by the age of 25 . 
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