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PGA Championship Talking Points:
▪️ Over the last 10 years (2017-2026), here is the average number of top 100 players (based on the Official World Golf Ranking) at each major: PGA Championship, 97 (as of May 12); Open Championship, 85; U.S. Open, 78; and Masters, 66.
▪️ Each of the last 10 PGA Championships have been won by Americans, starting in 2016 — Jimmy Walker, Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka — back to back — Collin Morikawa, Phil Mickelson, Thomas, Koepka, Xander Schauffele and Scottie Scheffler. It is the longest such streak at this championship since a 10-year run from 1980 through 1989. The last non-American to win this title was Australian Jason Day in 2015 at Whistling Straits.
▪️ Each of the last nine PGA Championships was won by a player who today has multiple major championships on his resume: Thomas (2017, 2 majors), Koepka (2018, 2019, 5 majors), Morikawa (2020, 2 majors), Mickelson (2021, 6 majors), Thomas (2021), Koepka (2023), Schauffele (2024, 2 majors) and Scheffler (2025, 4 majors).
▪️ Rory McIlroy is looking to start 2026 by winning the first two major championships of the year. Over the last 75 years, only five golfers have been able to pull that off — Ben Hogan (1953), Arnold Palmer (1960), Jack Nicklaus (1972), Tiger Woods (2002) and Jordan Spieth (2015).
▪️ Scheffler has appeared in six PGA Championships and has finished among the top 10 five times (T4 in 2020, T8 in 2021, missed cut in 2022, T2 in 2023, T8 in 2024 and won in 2025). During the stroke play era of this championship (since 1958), only three other players finished among the top 10 in at least five of their first six appearances: Jerry Pate (1976-1981), Jack Nicklaus (1962-1967) and Rory McIlroy (2009 to 2014).
Notes provided by Elias Sports Bureau
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