First played in 1916, the PGA Championship is the only major exclusively open to professionals.
Founded as a way for professional players to test themselves against each other in a time when the game was largely dominated by wealthy amateurs, the tradition has stood for more than 100 years.
That's not to say the competitions hasn't evolved over time, however. The PGA Championship was initially played as a match play tournament, moving to stroke play in 1958.
Take a look at the full list of winners across both formats below.
Stroke play era | ||||
Year | Winner | To par | Margin of victory | Venue |
2026 | Aaron Rai | -9 | 3 strokes | Aronimink Golf Club |
2025 | Scottie Scheffler | −11 | 5 strokes | Quail Hollow Club |
2024 | Xander Schauffele | −21 | 1 stroke | Valhalla Golf Club |
2023 | Brooks Koepka | −9 | 2 strokes | Oak Hill Country Club |
2022 | Justin Thomas | −5 | Playoff | Southern Hills Country Club |
2021 | Phil Mickelson | −6 | 2 strokes | Kiawah Island Golf Resort |
2020 | Collin Morikawa | −13 | 2 strokes | TPC Harding Park |
2019 | Brooks Koepka | −8 | 2 strokes | Bethpage State Park Black Course |
2018 | Brooks Koepka | −16 | 2 strokes | Bellerive Country Club |
2017 | Justin Thomas | −8 | 2 strokes | Quail Hollow Club |
2016 | Jimmy Walker | −14 | 1 stroke | Baltusrol Golf Club |
2015 | Jason Day | −20 | 3 strokes | Whistling Straits |
2014 | Rory McIlroy | −16 | 1 stroke | Valhalla Golf Club |
2013 | Jason Dufner | −10 | 2 strokes | Oak Hill Country Club |
2012 | Rory McIlroy | −13 | 8 strokes | Kiawah Island Golf Resort |
2011 | Keegan Bradley | −8 | Playoff | Atlanta Athletic Club |
2010 | Martin Kaymer | −11 | Playoff | Whistling Straits |
2009 | Yang Yong-eun | −8 | 3 strokes | Hazeltine National Golf Club |
2008 | Pádraig Harrington | −3 | 2 strokes | Oakland Hills Country Club |
2007 | Tiger Woods | −8 | 2 strokes | Southern Hills Country Clubs |
2006 | Tiger Woods | −18 | 5 strokes | Medinah Country Club |
2005 | Phil Mickelson | −4 | 1 stroke | Baltusrol Golf Club |
2004 | Vijay Singh | −8 | Playoff | Whistling Straits |
2003 | Shaun Micheel | −4 | 2 strokes | Oak Hill Country Club |
2002 | Rich Beem | −10 | 1 stroke | Hazeltine National Golf Club |
2001 | David Toms | −15 | 1 stroke | Atlanta Athletic Club |
2000 | Tiger Woods | −18 | Playoff | Valhalla Golf Club |
1999 | Tiger Woods | −11 | 1 stroke | Medinah Country Club |
1998 | Vijay Singh | −9 | 2 strokes | Sahalee Country Club |
1997 | Davis Love III | −11 | 5 strokes | Winged Foot Golf Club |
1996 | Mark Brooks | −11 | Playoff | Valhalla Golf Club |
1995 | Steve Elkington | −17 | Playoff | Riviera Country Club |
1994 | Nick Price | −11 | 6 strokes | Southern Hills Country Club |
1993 | Paul Azinger | −12 | Playoff | Inverness Club |
1992 | Nick Price | −6 | 3 strokes | Bellerive Country Club |
1991 | John Daly | −12 | 3 strokes | Crooked Stick Golf Club |
1990 | Wayne Grady | −6 | 3 strokes | Shoal Creek Golf & Country Club |
1989 | Payne Stewart | −12 | 1 stroke | Kemper Lakes Golf Club |
1988 | Jeff Sluman | −12 | 3 strokes | Oak Tree Golf Club |
1987 | Larry Nelson | −1 | Playoff | PGA National Resort & Spa |
1986 | Bob Tway | −8 | 2 strokes | Inverness Club |
1985 | Hubert Green | −6 | 2 strokes | Cherry Hills Country Club |
1984 | Lee Trevino | −15 | 4 strokes | Shoal Creek Golf & Country Club |
1983 | Hal Sutton | −10 | 1 stroke | Riviera Country Club |
1982 | Raymond Floyd | −8 | 3 strokes | Southern Hills Country Club |
1981 | Larry Nelson | −7 | 4 strokes | Atlanta Athletic Club |
1980 | Jack Nicklaus | −6 | 7 strokes | Oak Hill Country Club |
1979 | David Graham | −8 | Playoff | Oakland Hills Country Club |
1978 | John Mahaffey | −8 | Playoff | Oakmont Country Club |
1977 | Lanny Wadkins | −6 | Playoff | Pebble Beach Golf Links |
1976 | Dave Stockton | 1 | 1 stroke | Congressional Country Club |
1975 | Jack Nicklaus | −4 | 2 strokes | Firestone Country Club |
1974 | Lee Trevino | −4 | 1 stroke | Tanglewood Park |
1973 | Jack Nicklaus | −7 | 4 strokes | Canterbury Golf Club |
1972 | Gary Player | 1 | 2 strokes | Oakland Hills Country Club |
1971 | Jack Nicklaus | −7 | 2 strokes | PGA National Golf Club |
1970 | Dave Stockton | −1 | 2 strokes | Southern Hills Country Club |
1969 | Raymond Floyd | −8 | 1 stroke | NCR Country Club |
1968 | Julius Boros | 1 | 1 stroke | Pecan Valley Golf Club |
1967 | Don January | −7 | Playoff | Columbine Country Club |
1966 | Al Geiberger | E | 4 strokes | Firestone Country Club |
1965 | Dave Marr | −4 | 2 strokes | Laurel Valley Golf Club |
1964 | Bobby Nichols | −9 | 3 strokes | Columbus Country Club |
1963 | Jack Nicklaus | −5 | 2 strokes | Dallas Athletic Club |
1962 | Gary Player | −2 | 1 stroke | Aronimink Golf Club |
1961 | Jerry Barber | −3 | Playoff | Olympia Fields Country Club |
1960 | Jay Hebert | 1 | 1 stroke | Firestone Country Club |
1959 | Bob Rosburg | −3 | 1 stroke | Minneapolis Golf Club |
1958 | Dow Finsterwald | −4 | 2 strokes | Llanerch Country Club |
Match play era | ||||
Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Venue |
1957 | Lionel Hebert | 2 & 1 | Dow Finsterwald | Miami Valley Country Club |
1956 | Jack Burke Jr. | 3 & 2 | Ted Kroll | Blue Hill Country Club |
1955 | Doug Ford | 4 & 3 | Cary Middlecoff | Meadowbrook Country Club |
1954 | Chick Harbert | 4 & 3 | Walter Burkemo | Keller Golf Course |
1953 | Walter Burkemo | 2 & 1 | Felice Torza | Birmingham Country Club |
1952 | Jim Turnesa | 1 up | Chick Harbert | Big Spring Country Club |
1951 | Sam Snead | 7 & 6 | Walter Burkemo | Oakmont Country Club |
1950 | Chandler Harper | 4 & 3 | Henry Williams Jr. | Scioto Country Club |
1949 | Sam Snead | 3 & 2 | Johnny Palmer | Hermitage Country Club |
1948 | Ben Hogan | 7 & 6 | Mike Turnesa | Norwood Hills Country Club |
1947 | Jim Ferrier | 2 & 1 | Chick Harbert | Plum Hollow Country Club |
1946 | Ben Hogan | 6 & 4 | Ed Oliver | Portland Golf Club |
1945 | Byron Nelson | 4 & 3 | Sam Byrd | Moraine Country Club |
1944 | Bob Hamilton | 1 up | Byron Nelson | Manito Golf & Country Club |
1942 | Sam Snead | 2 & 1 | Jim Turnesa | Seaview Country Club |
1941 | Vic Ghezzi | 38 holes | Byron Nelson | Cherry Hills Country Club |
1940 | Byron Nelson | 1 up | Sam Snead | Hershey Country Club |
1939 | Henry Picard | 37 holes | Byron Nelson | Pomonok Country Club |
1938 | Paul Runyan | 8 & 7 | Sam Snead | The Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort |
1937 | Denny Shute | 37 holes | Harold McSpaden | Pittsburgh Field Club |
1936 | Denny Shute | 3 & 2 | Jimmy Thomson | Pinehurst Resort |
1935 | Johnny Revolta | 5 & 4 | Tommy Armour | Twin Hills Golf & Country Club |
1934 | Paul Runyan | 38 holes | Craig Wood | The Park Country Club |
1933 | Gene Sarazen | 5 & 4 | Willie Goggin | Blue Mound Golf & Country Club |
1932 | Olin Dutra | 4 & 3 | Frank Walsh | Keller Golf Course |
1931 | Tom Creavy | 2 & 1 | Denny Shute | Wannamoisett Country Club |
1930 | Tommy Armour | 1 up | Gene Sarazen | Fresh Meadow Country Club |
1929 | Leo Diegel | 6 & 4 | Johnny Farrell | Hillcrest Country Club |
1928 | Leo Diegel | 6 & 5 | Al Espinosa | Baltimore Country Club |
1927 | Walter Hagen | 1 up | Joe Turnesa | Cedar Crest |
1926 | Walter Hagen | 5 & 3 | Leo Diegel | Salisbury |
1925 | Walter Hagen | 6 & 5 | Bill Mehlhorn | Olympia Fields Country Club |
1924 | Walter Hagen | 2 up | Jim Barnes | French Lick Springs |
1923 | Gene Sarazen | 38 holes | Walter Hagen | Pelham Country Club |
1922 | Gene Sarazen | 4 & 3 | Emmet French | Oakmont Country Club |
1921 | Walter Hagen | 3 & 2 | Jim Barnes | Inwood Country Club |
1920 | Jock Hutchison | 1 up | J. Douglas Edgar | Flossmoor Country Club |
1919 | Jim Barnes | 6 & 5 | Fred McLeod | Engineers Country Club |
1916 | Jim Barnes | 1 up | Jock Hutchison | Siwanoy Country Club |
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