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The Masters has springtime weather in Augusta, the U.S. Open has tight fairways and high rough, and the British Open has windswept seaside locales. The PGA Championship has — what, exactly? Identity has long been the issue for a major that’s seen format changes and calendar moves throughout its history.
What the PGA has had lots of recently, though, is scoring. Intentional or not, the PGA Championship has become the major where players are most likely to go low, which sets the event apart from a betting perspective.
In 2018, Brooks Koepka set an event record with a total score of 264. In 2015, Jason Day finished at 20-under, the lowest winning score ever in a major. Between 2010 and 2019, seven of 10 PGA Championship winners finished double digits under par.
For players and bettors alike, that trend toward low scoring has become one of the tournament’s few constants. While course setups occasionally mirror those of the U.S. Open, the PGA of America is an organization run by professionals for professionals, and doesn’t want to embarrass its members. It may not produce the target golf of regular PGA Tour events, but sometimes it comes close.
Perhaps because it’s the most scoring-friendly major, the PGA Championship is more likely to produce long-shot winners like +12500 Jimmy Walker in 2016, +15000 Keegan Bradley in 2011, +12500 Y.E. Yang in 2009, and other relative lightweights like Shaun Micheel and Rich Beem.
If there’s a major to look deep in the field for a potential winner, this is the one to choose.
The event’s new springtime date can also prove vexing for bettors, given how some top golfers play a relatively light schedule early in the year. Tiger Woods, for example, had played just five tournaments in 2019 before arriving at Bethpage Black, where he missed the cut.
So, take a longer view on player trends rather than becoming enamored with the current season's perhaps more limited performances.
First held in 1916, the PGA Championship was conceived solely for professionals, unlike the U.S. Open, which also welcomed amateurs. Begun as an exhaustive match-play tournament and moved around frequently on the calendar, the event didn’t find a true home until the 1960s, when it was switched to stroke play and became an August fixture.
Americans have dominated the tournament, with only 13 players from outside the U.S. raising the Wannamaker Trophy through 2019. Jack Nicklaus and Walter Hagen share the record for most victories, with four each. The tournament was moved to May 2019 to accommodate the FedEx Cup playoffs, which moved into August.
Year | Winner | Course |
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2024 | Xander Schauffele (-21) | Valhalla Golf Club (Louisville, KY) |
2023 | Brooks Koepka (-9) | Oak Hill (Rochester, NY) |
2022 | Justin Thomas (-5) | Southern Hills (Tulsa, OK) |
2021 | Phil Mickelson (-6) | Kiawah Island Golf Resort (SC) |
2020 | Collin Morikawa (-13) | TPC Harding Park (San Francisco, CA) |
2019 | Brooks Koepka (-8) | Bethpage Black (Farmingdale, NY) |
2018 | Brooks Koepka (-16) | Bellerive (Town and Country, MO) |
2017 | Justin Thomas (-8) | Quail Hollow (Charlotte, NC) |
2016 | Jimmy Walker (-14) | Baltusrol (Springfield, NJ) |
2015 | Jason Day (-20) | Whistling Straits (Kohler, WI) |
2014 | Rory McIlroy (-16) | Valhalla Golf Club (Louisville, KY) |
American golfer Xander Schauffele won the PGA Championship in 2024. He finished 21 shots under par, which was the best final score since the championship adopted a stroke play format in 1958.
The 2025 PGA Championship will be played at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, from May 15 to May 18.
The 2026 PGA Championship will be held at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, for the second time in its history. The first was held in 1962, and the women's PGA Championship was held there in 2020.