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PGA Championship: Winners by year| Previous winners
The PGA Championship (often referred to outside the United States as the US PGA Championship or USPGA) is an annual golf tournament organized by the Professional Golfers Association of America. It is one of four men’s major championships in professional golf.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
| Established | 1916 |
| Course(s) | Southern Hills Country Club |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,556 yards (6,909 m) |
| Organized by | PGA of America |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Format | Stroke play (1958–present) Match play (1916–1957) |
| Prize fund | US$12,000,000[1] |
| Month played | May (formerly August) |
Winners by year
The PGA is the third oldest men’s major championship, with the PGA being the American owned and operated championship which is now the second major of the year and is played in May.
The PGA Championship is played every month of the year except January, but the tournament is most often played in August, where it was the fourth major – sometimes called Glory’s Last Shot – for decades. However, the PGA Tour struck a deal with the PGA of America to move the PGA Championship to May so that the Tour’s FedEx Cup playoff could end in August before the football season.
Prior to 1958, the PGA was not a stroke-play event, but a match-play event. In 1958, the tournament became a stroke-play event on par with the other major championships: the Masters, the US Open and the British Open Championship.
Jack Nicklaus holds the most wins in the event’s stroke-play history with five wins. Walter Hagen won five times in the match-playing era, winning four in a row from 1924–1927.
Previous winners
The Championship is an annual golf competition that was previously held in mid-August until 2019, when it was moved to mid-May. It was established in 1916 and is one of four major championships played each year, including the Masters, the US Open, and the Open Championship (British Open).[1] In addition, the championship is organized by the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA). is held. Due to the First and Second World Wars, the competition was not held from 1917 to 1918 and 1943 respectively.
The current champions of the competition are automatically invited to play in the other three majors for the next five years, and are exempt from qualifying for the PGA Championship for life. The champion also receives PGA Tour membership for the next five years and an invitation to The Players Championship for another five years. The prize of the tournament is the Wanamaker Trophy, which the champion keeps until the following year’s competition. The PGA Championship was originally a match play event; However, in 1958 it was changed to a stroke play event.
Walter Hagen (match play) and Jack Nicklaus (stroke play) hold the record for most wins; Both men have won the competition five times. Hagen holds the record for most consecutive wins in match play with four (1924–27), and Tiger Woods holds the record for two consecutive wins in stroke play, which he did twice (1999–2000, 2006–07). did. Phil Mickelson is the oldest winner of the PGA Championship; He was 50 years, 11 months old when he won in 2021. The youngest winner of the PGA Championship is Gene Sarazen, who was 20 years, 174 days old when he won in 1922. David Toms holds the record for the lowest score of over 72. hole, which is 265.
