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Facts and Figures

Facts and figures - US PGA Championship

US PGA CHAMPIONSHIP FACTS AND FIGURES

Youngest winner 20 years and 172 days Gene Sarazen 1922

Oldest winner 48 years and 140 days Julius Boros 1968

Most wins 5 Walter Hagen (all match play)

(STATS SINCE 1958 WHEN EVENT BECAME STROKE PLAY)

Low 72 hole total 265 (-15) David Toms 2001

Low 72 hole total in relation to par 268 (-20) Jason Day 2015

High 72 hole score by a winner 287 (-1) Larry Nelson 1987

Largest winning margin 8 shots Rory McIlroy 2012

Low 72 total by a non-winner 266 (-14) Phil Mickelson 2001

Most appearances 37 Jack Nicklaus

37 Arnold Palmer

Most runner-up finishes 4 Jack Nicklaus

Most top ten finishes 15 Jack Nicklaus

Most sub-par rounds 53 Jack Nicklaus

Most rounds in the 60s 41 Jack Nicklaus

Most cuts made 27 Jack Nicklaus

27 Raymond Floyd

Back-to-back winners  Jim Barnes 1916-19 (not played in 1917-18)

Gene Sarazen 1922-23

Walter Hagen 1924-27

Leo Diegel 1928-29

Densmore Shute 1936-37

Tiger Woods 1999-2000 and 2006-07

Low 9 holes 28 (-7) Brad Faxon 1995

Low 18 holes 63 (-9) Gary Player 1984

63 (-9) José Maria Olazábal 2000

63 (-9) Hiroshi Iwata 2015

63 (-8) Vijay Singh 1993

63 (-8) Michael Bradley 1995

63 (-8) Brad Faxon 1995

63 (-7) Bruce Crampton 1975

63 (-7) Raymond Floyd 1982

63 (-7) Mark O'Meara 2001

63 (-7) Thomas Bjørn 2005

63 (-7) Tiger Woods 2007

63 (-7) Steve Stricker 2011

63 (-7) Jason Dufner 2013

63 (-7) Robert Streb 2016

Low 18 holes in relation to par 63 (-9) Gary Player 1984

63 (-9) José María Olazábal 2000

63 (-9) Hiroshi Iwata 2015

Low 1st 18 holes 63 (-8) Michael Bradley 1995

63 (-7) Raymond Floyd 1982

63 (-7) Steve Stricker 2011

Low 1st 18 holes to par 63 (-8) Michael Bradley 1995

Low 1st 36 holes 131 (-11) Hal Sutton 1983

131 (-11) Vijay Singh 1993

131 (-11) Ernie Els 1995

131 (-11) Mark O'Meara 1995

131 (-9) David Toms 2001

131 (-9) Shingo Katayama 2001

131 (-9)  Jason Dufner 2013

131 (-9) Jimmy Walker 2016

131 (-9) Robert Streb 2016

Low 1st 36 holes in relation to par 131 (-11) Hal Sutton 1983

131 (-11) Vijay Singh 1993

131 (-11) Ernie Els 1995

131 (-11) Mark O'Meara 1995

133 (-11) Matt Jones 2015

Low final 36 holes 131 (-9) Mark Calcavecchia 2001

Low final 36 holes in relation to par 132 (-12) Bob May 2000

132 (-12) José María Olazábal 2000

Low 1st 54 holes 196 (-14) David Toms 2001

Low 1st 54 holes in relation to par 197 (-16) Ernie Els 1995

Low final 54 holes 198 (-18) Bob May 2000

Low final 54 holes in relation to par 198 (-18) Bob May 2000

Largest 18 hole lead 3 shots Bobby Nicholls 1964

3 shots Raymond Floyd 1982

Largest 36 hole lead 5 shots Nick Price 1994

Largest 54 hole lead 5 shots Raymond Floyd 1969

5 shots Tom Watson 1978

5 shots Raymond Floyd 1982

Largest 54 hole lead lost 5 shots Tom Watson 1978

Biggest final round comeback by a winner 7 shots John Mahaffey 1978

Biggest 36 hole comeback by a winner 9 shots Bob Rosburg 1959

Bob Tway 1986

Low start by a winner 63 (-7) Raymond Floyd 1982

High start by a winner 75 (+4) John Mahaffey 1978

Low finish by a winner 64 (-7) Steve Elkington 1995

High finish by a winner 76 (+4) Vijay Singh 2004

Low 36 hole cut 141 (+1) par 70 2001

143 (+1) par 71 1995

143 (+1) par 71 2014

143 (+3) par 70 2013

High 36 hole cut 154 (+12) par 72 1958

Wire-to-wire-winners  Bobby Nicholls 1964

Raymond Floyd 1969

Jack Nicklaus 1971

Raymond Floyd 1982

Hal Sutton 1983

Tiger Woods 2000

Phil Mickelson 2005

Jimmy Walker 2016

Winners with four sub-par rounds  Don January 1967

Lee Trevino 1984

Jeff Sluman 1988

John Daly 1991

Nick Price 1992

Paul Azinger 1993

Steve Elkington 1995

Mark Brooks 1996

Tiger Woods 2000

David Toms 2001

Tiger Woods 2006

Rory McIlroy 2014

Jason Day 2015

Jimmy Walker 2016

Winners with four rounds in the 60s  Lee Trevino 1984

Paul Azinger 1993

Steve Elkington 1995

David Toms 2001

Tiger Woods 2006

Rory McIlroy 2014

Jason Day 2015

Jimmy Walker 2016

Winners on their first appearance  Jim Barnes (match play) (first playing) 1916

Tom Creavy (match play) 1931

Bob Hamilton (match play) 1944

Doug Ford (match play) 1955

Bob Tway 1986

John Daly 1991

Shaun Micheel 2003

Keegan Bradley  2011

Play-offs since 1958  Jerry Barber beat Don January 1961

Don January beat Don Massengale 1967

Lanny Wadkins beat Gene Littler 1977

John Mahaffey beat Jerry Pate and Tom Watson 1978

David Graham beat Ben Crenshaw 1979

Larry Nelson beat Lanny Wadkins 1987

Paul Azinger beat Greg Norman 1993

Mark Brooks beat Kenny Perry 1996

Tiger Woods beat Bob May 2000

Vijay Singh beat Chris DiMarco and Justin Leonard 2004

Martin Kaymer beat Bubba Watson 2010

Keegan Bradley beat Jason Dufner 2011

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