PGA FACTS
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MULTIPLE WINNERS
5: Walter Hagen (1921, 1924-27)
5: Jack Nicklaus (1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980)
3: Gene Sarazen (1922-23, 1933)
3: Sam Snead (1942, 1949, 1951)
2: Jim Barnes (1916, 1919)
2: Leo Diegel (1928-29)
2: Ray Floyd (1969, 1982)
2: Ben Hogan (1946, 1948)
2: Byron Nelson (1940, 1945)
2: Larry Nelson (1981, 1987)
2: Gary Player (1962, 1972)
2: Paul Runyan (1934, 1938)
2: Denny Shute (1936-37)
2: Dave Stockton (1970, 1976)
2: Lee Trevino (1974, 1984)
PAST WINNERS
1916: Jim Barnes, 1-up
1917-18: World War I
1919: Jim Barnes, 6 & 5
1920: Jack Hutchinson, 1-up
1921: Walter Hagen, 3 & 2
1922: Gene Sarazen, 4 & 3
1923: Gene Sarazen, 1-up/**
1924: Walter Hagen 2-up
1925: Walter Hagen, 6 & 5
1926: Walter Hagen, 5 & 3
1927: Walter Hagen, 1-up
1928: Leo Diegel, 6 & 5
1929: Leo Diegel, 6 & 4
1930: Tommy Armour, 1-up
1931: Tom Creavy, 2 & 1
1932: Olin Dutra, 4 & 3
1933: Gene Sarazen, 5 & 4
1934: Paul Runyan, 1-up**
1935: Johnny Revolta, 5 & 4
1936: Denny Shute, 3 & 2
1937: Denny Shute, 1-up*
1938: Paul Runyan, 8 & 7
1939: Henry Picard, 1-up*
1940: Byron Nelson, 1-up
1941: Vic Ghezzi, 1-up**
1942: Sam Snead, 2 & 1
1943: World War II
1944: Bob Hamilton, 1-up
1945: Byron Nelson, 4 & 3
1946: Ben Hogan, 6 & 4
1947: Jim Ferrier, 2 & 1
1948: Ben Hogan, 7 & 6
1949: Sam Snead, 3 & 2
1950: Chandler Harper, 4 & 3
1951: Sam Snead, 7 & 6
1952: Jim Turnesa, 1-up
1953: Walter Burkemo, 2 & 1
1954: Chick Harbert, 4 & 3
1955: Doug Ford, 4 & 3
1956: Jack Burke, 3 & 2
1957: Lionel Herbert, 2 & 1
1958: Dow Finsterwald, 276
1959: Bob Rosburg, 277
1960: Jay Hebert, 281
1961: Jerry Barber*, 277
1962: Gary Player, 278
1963: Jack Nicklaus, 279
1964: Bobby Nichols, 271
1965: Dave Marr, 280
1966: Al Geiberger, 280
1967: Don January*, 281
1968: Julius Boros, 281
1969: Ray Floyd, 269
1970: Dave Stockton, 279
1971: Jack Nicklaus, 281
1972: Gary Player, 281
1973: Jack Nicklaus, 277
1974: Lee Trevino, 276
1975: Jack Nicklaus, 275
1976: Dave Stockton, 281
1977: Lanny Wadkins*, 282
1978: John Mahaffey*, 276
1979: David Graham*, 272
1980: Jack Nicklaus, 274
1981: Larry Nelson, 273
1982: Ray Floyd, 272
1983: Hal Sutton, 274
1984: Lee Trevino, 273
1985: Hubert Green, 278
1986: Bob Tway, 276
1987: Larry Nelson*, 287
1988: Jeff Sluman, 272
1989: Payne Stewart, 276
1990: Wayne Grady, 282
1991: John Daly, 276
1992: Nick Price, 278
1993: Paul Azinger*, 272
1994: Nick Price, 269
1995: Steve Elkington*, 267
1996: Mark Brooks*, 277
1997: Davis Love III, 269
1998: Vijay Singh, 271
** 38th hole; *37th hole
*
Note: The PGA Championship was a match play tournament from 1916-57, with the two finalists playing 36 holes for the title.
PLAYOFFS
1961: Barber (67) d. January (68) in 18 holes
1967: January (69) d. Don Massengale (71) in 18 holes
1977: Wadkins (4-4-4) d. Gene Littler (4-4-5) on third hole of sudden death
1978: Mahaffey (4-3) d. Jerry Pate (4-4) and Tom Watson (4-5) on second hole of sudden death
1979: Graham (4-4-2) d. Ben Crenshaw (4-4-4) on third hole of sudden death
1987: Nelson (4) d. Wadkins (5) on first hole of sudden death
1993: Azinger (4-4) d. Greg Norman (4-5) on second hole of sudden death
1995: Elkington (3) d. Colin Montgomerie (4) on first hole of sudden death
1996: Brooks (4) d. Kenny Perry (5) on first hole of sudden death
TOURNAMENT RECORDS
BEST 72-HOLE SCORE
267 (17 under par): Elkington (68-67-68-64) in 1995
267 (17 under par): Montgomerie (68-67-67-65) in 1995
269 (11 under par): Love III (66-71-66-66) in 1997
269 (11 under par): Price (67-65-70-67) in 1994
271 (9 under par): Nichols (64-71-69-67) in 1964
271 (9 under par): Singh (70-66-67-68) in 1998
272 (8 under par): Graham (69-68-70-65) in 1979
272 (8 under par): Crenshaw (69-67-69-67) in 1979
272 (12 under par): Sluman (69-70-68-65) in 1988
273 (15 under par): Trevino (69-68-67-69) in 1984
273 (7 under par): Nelson (70-66-66-71) in 1964
LARGEST WINNING MARGIN
Seven strokes by Nicklaus in 1980
LOWEST FINAL-ROUND SCORE BY WINNER
64 (7 under par): Elkington in 1995
65 (6 under par): Sluman in 1988
65 (5 under par): Graham in 1979
66 (4 under par): Love III in 1997
66 (4 under par): Rosburg in 1959
66 (7 under par): Mahaffey in 1978
MOST TIMES HOSTING TOURNAMENT (WITH LAST YEAR HELD)
3--Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio (1975)
3--Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa. (1978)
2--Olympia Fields Country Club, Matteson, Ill (1961)
2--Keller Golf Club, St. Paul, Minn. (1954)
2--Cherry Hills Country Club, Denver (1985)
2--Shoal Creek, Birmingham, Ala. (1990)
2--Oakland Hills, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. (1979)
2--Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Okla. (1994)
FUTURE SITES
2000--Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Ky.
2001--Atlanta Athletic Club, Duluth, Ga.
2002--Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minn.
2003--Oak Hill Country Club (East), Rochester, N.Y.
2004--Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Ky.
2005--The Country Club, Brookline, Mass.
2006--Medinah Country Club, Medinah, Ill.
2007--TBA
2008--Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
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