Yes -
No -
What's a major?
Four major tournaments is enough.
While the Players is very prestigious, it's just not close to any of the major events. FWIW, this discussion was taking place 20 years ago when the tournament was only 16 years old. The media loves to water down classic events. That's all this talk of a 5th major has ever been...an attempt to extort more money out of sponsors.
The owner of the tournament and the media -
The Players is officially owned by the PGA Tour
The US Open is officially owned by the US Golf Association
The Open Championship is officially owned by the Royal & Ancient Golf Club etc etc etc
The PGA Championship is officially owned by the PGA membership (not the tour)
''Don't be a bad dagh..."
Not that a college football fan has room to talk, but golf is one heck of an arbitrary sport. At least there aren't Russian judges to worry about (although wins count less if you gain the lead early, right?).