Facts and Figures - US PGA Championship
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<strong>US PGA CHAMPIONSHIP FACTS AND FIGURES</strong>
Youngest winner 20 years and 172 days Gene Sarazen 1922
Oldest winner 48 years and 140 days Julius Boros 1968
<strong>(STATS SINCE 1958 WHEN EVENT BECAME STROKE PLAY)</strong>
Low 72 hole total 265 (-15) David Toms 2001
Low 72 hole total in relation to par 270 (-18) Tiger Woods 2000
270 (-18) Bob May 2000
270 (-18) Tiger Woods 2006
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 wins 5 Walter Hagen (all match play)
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 (-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 Björn 2005
63 (-7) Tiger Woods 2007
63 (-7) Steve Stricker 2011
63 (-7) Jason Dufner 2013
Low 18 holes in relation to par 63 (-9) Gary Player 1984
63 (-9) José Maria Olazábal 2000
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
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
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 Maria 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
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 (+3) par 70
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
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
Winners with four rounds in the 60s Lee Trevino 1984
Paul Azinger 1993
Steve Elkington 1995
David Toms 2001
Tiger Woods 2006
Winners on their first appearance Jim Barnes (match play) 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
