PGA Championship 2026 Facts and Figures for Second Golf Major Of Year,Wanamaker Trophy, Scoring Record, Schedule, Recent Winners
— Facts and figures from the PGA Championship, to be held May 14-17 at Aronimink Golf Club:
Event: 108th PGA Championship.
Site: Location: Aronimink Golf Club, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
FedExCup points to winner: 750
Length: 7,394
Par: 70.
playoff holes: PGA Championship: Aggregate (Nos. 10, 17, 18); if tied, then No. 18 repeated
Field: 156 players (20 PGA professionals).
Prize money: TBA ($19 million in 2025). Winner’s share: TBA ($3,420,000 in 2025).
Defending champion: Scottie Scheffler (11-under)
Last year: Scottie Scheffler lost a five-shot lead on the front nine and wound up winning by five shots by closing with an even-par 71. The two-time Masters champion became the first player since Seve Ballesteros to win his first three majors by three shots or more.
Last major at Aronimink: Gary Player won by one shot over Bob Goalby for his first PGA Championship in 1962.
Previous winners at Aronimink: Sei Young Kim (2020 KPMG Women’s PGA), Keegan Bradley (2018 BMW Championship), Nick Watney (2011 AT&T National), Justin Rose (2010 AT&T National), John Jacobs (2003 Senior PGA Championship).
The Bettings odds: Scottie Scheffler (+400), Rory McIlroy (+750), Cameron Young (+1400), Jon Rahm and Xander Schauffele (+1600).
Calendar Grand Slam: Masters champion Rory McIlroy can become the fifth player since 1960 — and the first since Jordan Spieth in 2015 — to win the first two majors of the year.
Career Grand Slam: Spieth tries for the 10th time to complete the career Grand Slam at the PGA Championship. Of the six men with all four majors, none got the final leg at the PGA Championship.
Key statistic: Americans have won the PGA Championship the last 10 times, the longest such streak of any major.
Noteworthy: The PGA Championship has been held at 75 golf courses in 26 states.
Quoteworthy: “We don’t want to be the story. It should be the golf course and the players.” -- Kerry Haigh, PGA of America championships director.
Television Broadcast Schedule (all times EDT): Thursday-Friday, 7 a.m. to noon (ESPN+), noon to 7 p.m. (ESPN); Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. (ESPN+), 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (ESPN), 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. (CBS and Paramount+).
The Wanamaker Trophy
Donor: Lewis Rodman Wanamaker, New York City, 1916
Manufacturer: Dieges & Clust, New York City, 1916
PGA Championship past champions in most recent years.
2025: Scottie Scheffler (11-under)
2024: Xander Schauffele (21-under)
2023: Brooks Koepka (9-under)
2022: Justin Thomas (5-under)
What are the scoring records at PGA Championship?
Best 18-hole score: 62 by Shane Lowry (Round 3, 2024) and Xander Schauffele (Round 1, 2024)
Latest hole-in-one: Si Woo Kim (Round 2, hole 6, 2025)
Largest 54-hole lead: seven strokes by Brooks Koepka (2019)
Largest margin of victory: eight strokes by Rory McIlroy (2012)
Latest playoff: 2022 between Justin Thomas and Will Zalatoris
Wire-to-wire winners: Bobby Nichols (1964), Jack Nicklaus (1971), Hal Sutton (1983), Brooks Koepka
(2019)
Best come-from-behind win: seven strokes by John Mahaffey (1978) and Justin Thomas (2022)
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