PGA Championship Winners
The PGA Championship extends back to 1916. It was a match play event until 1958.
Jim Barnes was the first PGA Championship winner, and repeated a year later. Walter Hagen, however, dominated the early years, winning five of the first ten.
Dow Finsterwald won the first of the stroke play championships.
Below is a list of the past PGA Championship Winners
PGA Championship Winners
| Year | Winner | Course | Scores | To Par or Match Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Xander Schauffele | Valhalla | 62-68-68-65 = 263 | -21 |
| 2023 | Brooks Koepka (3) | Oak Hill | 72-66-66-67 = 271 | -9 |
| 2022 | Justin Thomas | Southern Hills | 67-67-74-67=275 | Playoff |
| 2021 | Phil Mickelson (2) | Kiawah Ocean Course | 70-69-70-73=282 | -6 |
| 2020 | Colin Morikawa | Harding Park, CA | 69-69-65-64= 267 | -13 |
| 2019 | Brooks Koepka | Bethpage Black, NY | 63-65-70-74=272 | -8 |
| 2018 | Brooks Koepka | Bellerive, MO | 69-63-66-66=264 | -14 |
| 2017 | Justin Thomas | Quail Hollow, NC | 73-66-69-68=276 | -16 |
| 2016 | Jimmy Walker | Baltusrol, NJ | 65-66-68-67=266 | -14 |
| 2015 | Jason Day | Whistling Straits, WI | 68-67-66-67=268 | -20 |
| 2014 | Rory McIlroy | Valhalla, KY | 66-67-67-68=268 | -16 |
| 2013 | Jason Dufner | Oak Hill, NY | 68-63-71-68=270 | -10 |
| 2012 | Rory McIlroy | Kiawah Island, SC | 67-75-67-66=275 | -13 |
| 2011 | Keegan Bradley | Atlanta Athletic Club | 71-64-69-68=272 | -8 |
| 2010 | Martin Kaymer | Whistling Straits, Wisconsin | 72-68-67-70=277 | -11 |
| 2009 | Yang Yong-eun | Hazeltine National Golf Club | 73-70-67-70=280 | -8 |
| 2008 | Pádraig Harrington | Oakland Hills Country Club, | 71-74-66-66=277 | -3 |
| 2007 | Tiger Woods (4) | Southern Hills Country Club | 71-63-69-69=272 | -8 |
| 2006 | Tiger Woods (3) | Medinah CC | 69-68-65-68=270 | -18 |
| 2005 | Phil Mickelson | Baltusrol Golf Club | 67-65-72-72=276 | -4 |
| 2004 | Vijay Singh | Whistling Straits | 67-68-69-76-280 | -8 |
| 2003 | Shaun Micheel | Oak Hill CC | 69-68-69-70-276 | -4 |
| 2002 | Rich Beem | Hazeltine Nat’l GC | 72-66-72-68-278 | -10 |
| 2001 | David Toms | Atlanta Athl. Club | 66-65-65-69-265 | -15 |
| 2000 | Tiger Woods | Valhalla GC | 66-67-70-67-270 | -18 |
| 1999 | Tiger Woods | Medinah CC | 70-67-68-72-277 | -11 |
| 1998 | Vijay Singh | Sahalee GC | 70-66-67-68-271 | -9 |
| 1997 | Davis Love III | Winged Foot | 66-71-66-66-269 | -11 |
| 1996 | Mark Brooks | Valhalla GC | 68-70-69-70-277 | -11 |
| 1995 | Steve Elkington | Riviera CC | 68-67-68-64-267 | -17 |
| 1994 | Nick Price | Southern Hills CC | 67-65-70-67-269 | -11 |
| 1993 | Paul Azinger | Inverness Club | 69-66-69-68-272 | -12 |
| 1992 | Nick Price | Bellerive CC | 70-70-68-70-278 | -6 |
| 1991 | John Daly | Crooked Stick GC | 69-67-69-71-276 | -12 |
| 1990 | Wayne Grady | Shoal Creek CC | 72-67-72-71-282 | -6 |
| 1989 | Payne Stewart | Kemper Lakes GC | 74-66-69-67-276 | -12 |
| 1988 | Jeff Sluman | Oak Tree GC | 69-70-68-65-272 | -12 |
| 1987 | Larry Nelson | PGA National | 70-72-73-72-287 | -1 |
| 1986 | Bob Tway | Inverness Club | 72-70-64-70-276 | -8 |
| 1985 | Hubert Green | Cherry Hills CC | 67-69-70-72-278 | -10 |
| 1984 | Lee Trevino | Shoal Creek CC | 69-68-67-69-273 | -15 |
| 1983 | Hal Sutton | Riviera CC | 65-66-72-71-274 | -10 |
| 1982 | Raymond Floyd | Southern Hills CC | 63-69-68-72-272 | -8 |
| 1981 | Larry Nelson | Atlanta Athl. Club | 70-66-66-71-273 | -7 |
| 1980 | Jack Nicklaus | Oak Hill CC | 70-69-66-69-274 | -6 |
| 1979 | David Graham | Oakland Hills GC | 69-68-70-65-272 | -8 |
| 1978 | John Mahaffey | Oakmont CC | 75-67-68-66-276 | -8 |
| 1977 | Lanny Wadkins | Pebble Beach GL | 69-71-72-70-282 | -3 |
| 1976 | Dave Stockton | Congressional CC | 70-72-69-70-281 | +1 |
| 1975 | Jack Nicklaus | Firestone CC | 70-68-67-71-276 | -4 |
| 1974 | Lee Trevino | Tanglewood GC | 73-66-68-69-276 | -4 |
| 1973 | Jack Nicklaus | Canterbury GC | 72-68-68-69-277 | -7 |
| 1972 | Gary Player | Oakland Hills CC | 71-71-67-72-281 | +1 |
| 1971 | Jack Nicklaus | PGA National GC | 69-69-70-73-281 | -7 |
| 1970 | Dave Stockton | Southern Hills CC | 70-70-66-73-279 | -1 |
| 1969 | Raymond Floyd | NCR CC | 69-66-67-74-276 | -8 |
| 1968 | Julius Boros | Pecan Valley CC | 71-71-70-69-281 | +1 |
| 1967 | Don January | Columbine CC | 71-72-70-68-281 | -7 |
| 1966 | Al Geiberger | Firestone CC | 68-72-68-72-280 | E |
| 1965 | Dave Marr | Laurel Valley CC | 70-69-70-71-280 | -4 |
| 1964 | Bobby Nichols | Columbus CC | 64-71-69-67-271 | -9 |
| 1963 | Jack Nicklaus | Dallas Athl. Club | 69-73-69-68-279 | -5 |
| 1962 | Gary Player | Aronimink GC | 72-67-69-70-278 | -2 |
| 1961 | Jerry Barber | Olympia Fields CC | 69-67-71-70-277 | -3 |
| 1960 | Jay Hebert | Firestone CC | 72-67-72-70-281 | +1 |
| 1959 | Bob Rosburg | Minneapolis GC | 71-72-68-66-277 | -3 |
| 1958 | Dow Finsterwald | Llanerch CC | 67-72-70-67-276 | -14 |
| 1957 | Lionel Hebert | Miami Valley CC | d. Dow Finsterwald | 2 & 1 |
| 1956 | Jack Burke Jr. | Blue Hill CC | d. Ted Kroll | 3 & 2 |
| 1955 | Doug Ford | Meadowbrook CC | d. Cary Middlecoff | 4 & 3 |
| 1954 | Chick Harbert | Keller GC | d. Walter Burkemo | 4 & 3 |
| 1953 | Walter Burkemo | Birmingham CC | d. Felice Torza | 2 & 1 |
| 1952 | Jim Turnesa | Big Spring CC | d. Chick Harbert | 1-up |
| 1951 | Sam Snead | Oakmont CC | d. Walter Burkemo | 7 & 6 |
| 1950 | Chandler Harper | Scioto CC | d. Henry Williams Jr. | 4 & 3 |
| 1949 | Sam Snead | Hermitage CC | d. Johnny Palmer | 3 & 2 |
| 1948 | Ben Hogan | Norwood Hills CC | d. Mike Turnesa | 2 & 1 |
| 1947 | Jim Ferrier | Plum Hollow GC | d. Chick Harbert | 2 & 1 |
| 1946 | Ben Hogan | Portland GC | Ed Oliver | 6 & 4 |
| 1945 | Byron Nelson | Moraine CC | d. Sam Byrd | 4 & 3 |
| 1944 | Bob Hamilton | Manito G. & CC | d. Byron Nelson | 1-up |
| 1943 | No Championship Played | Due to WWII | ||
| 1942 | Sam Snead | Seaview CC | Jim Turnesa | 2 & 1 |
| 1941 | Vic Ghezzi | Cherry Hills CC | d. Byron Nelson | 38 ho. |
| 1940 | Byron Nelson | Hershey CC | d. Sam Snead | 1-up |
| 1939 | Henry Picard | Pomonok CC | d. Byron Nelson | 37 ho. |
| 1938 | Paul Runyan | Shawnee CC | d. Sam Snead | 8 & 7 |
| 1937 | Denny Shute | Pittsburgh F.C. | d. Harold McSpaden | 37 ho. |
| 1936 | Denny Shute | Pinehurst CC | d. Jimmy Thomson | 3 & 2 |
| 1935 | Johnny Revolta | Twin Hills CC | d. Tommy Armour | 5 & 4 |
| 1934 | Paul Runyan | Park CC | d. Craig Wood | 38 ho. |
| 1933 | Gene Sarazen | Blue Mound CC | d. Willie Goggin | 5 & 4 |
| 1932 | Olin Dutra | Keller GC | d. Frank Walsh | 4 & 3 |
| 1931 | Tom Creavy | Wannamoisett CC | d. Denny Shute | 2 & 1 |
| 1930 | Tommy Armour | Fresh Meadows CC | d. Gene Sarazen | 1-up |
| 1929 | Leo Diegel | Hillcrest CC | d. Johnny Farrell | 6 & 4 |
| 1928 | Leo Diegel | Five Farms CC | d. Al Espinosa | 6 & 5 |
| 1927 | Walter Hagen | Cedar Crest CC | d. Joe Turnesa | 1-up |
| 1926 | Walter Hagen | Salisbury G. L. | d. Leo Diegel | 5 & 3 |
| 1925 | Walter Hagen | Olympia Fields CC | d. William Mehlhorn | 6 & 5 |
| 1924 | Walter Hagen | French Lick Spgs. | d. James M. Barnes | 2-up |
| 1923 | Gene Sarazen | Pelham CC | d. Walter Hagen | 38 ho. |
| 1922 | Gene Sarazen | Oakmont CC | d. Emmet French | 4 & 3 |
| 1921 | Walter Hagen | Inwood CC | d. James M. Barnes | 3 & 2 |
| 1920 | Jock Hutchison | Flossmoor CC | d. J. Douglas Edgar | 1-up |
| 1919 | James M. Barnes | Engineers CC | d. Fred McLeod | 6 & 5 |
| 1917-18 | No Championships Played | Due to WWI | ||
| 1916 | James M. Barnes | Siwanoy CC | d. Jock Hutchison | 1-up |
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This morning on Sports Center Van Pelt called Tigers 65 @ Firestone a ” Sam Snead “. Why?
Thanks, Lee
I have picked Brandt Snedeker all year to win his first major and he continues to be thereabouts near the leaderboard.
Perhaps the US PGA is his chance to break through?