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Jason Day, the defending champion, was tied for third place, two strokes behind at 133 (−7) while the 2016 Open Championship winner, Henrik Stenson, was in fifth place at 134 (−6). [9] Danny Willett, the 2016 Masters Tournament champion, was well back at 141, while Dustin Johnson, the 2016 U.S. Open winner, missed the cut with a 149 (+9 ...
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 over 72 holes, which is 265. [3]
The Open Championship: Scotland £6,500,000 Henrik Stenson (5) 100 Major championship: Jul 17 Barbasol Championship: Alabama 3,500,000 Aaron Baddeley (4) 24 Alternate event Jul 24 RBC Canadian Open: Canada 5,900,000 Jhonattan Vegas (2) 46 Jul 31 PGA Championship: New Jersey 10,000,000 Jimmy Walker (6) 100 Major championship: Aug 7 Travelers ...
It was his first major championship victory. Stenson became the first man from Sweden to win a major championship. [3] 28–31 July: PGA Championship – Jimmy Walker won by one stroke over Jason Day. It was his first major championship victory, meaning that all four majors were won by first-time winners in 2016. [4]
The PGA Championship (often referred to as the US PGA Championship or USPGA outside the United States [1] [2] [3]) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers' Association of America. The PGA is one of the four men's major golf championships, the others being The Open, the Masters and the U.S. Open.
Harry Vardon holds the record for the most Open Championship victories, winning six times during his career. [8] Five men: Nicklaus, Woods, Hogan, Gary Player and Gene Sarazen are the only golfers to have won all four of the majors during their career, [ 9 ] thus achieving the career grand slam .
As of the 2024 season, 233 golfers have won one of men's professional golf's four major championships – the modern accepted definition of the majors has only existed since the 1960s but wins in these tournaments have been retrospectively recognized by all the major sanctioning organizations.
The 2016 season saw the introduction of a playoff system to determine the winner of the Charles Schwab Cup, with the tour being rebranded as PGA Tour Champions. The playoffs, similar to that used by the regular PGA Tour for the FedEx Cup, consisted of three events and ended with the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship. [1]