The PGA Championship is an annual golf competition formerly held in mid-August until 2019, when it moved to mid-May.
The reigning champion of the competition is automatically invited to play in the other three majors for the next five years, and is exempt from qualifying for the PGA Championship for life.
[3] Jason Day holds the record for most strokes under par for 72 holes, 20, when he won the 2015 PGA Championship.
[4] The PGA Championship has had three wire-to-wire champions: Bobby Nichols in 1964, Raymond Floyd in 1982, and Hal Sutton in 1983.
[5] Four others have led wire-to-wire if ties after a round are counted: Floyd in 1969, Nick Price in 1994, Woods in 2000 and Mickelson in 2005.
Walter Hagen
, five-time PGA Championship champion (1921, 1924, 1925, 1926, and 1927). He holds the record for most wins in match play competition.
Gene Sarazen
, three-time PGA Championship champion (1922, 1923, and 1933). He is the youngest player to ever win the tournament.
Sam Snead
, three-time PGA Championship champion (1942, 1949, and 1951).
Jack Nicklaus
, five-time PGA Championship champion (1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, and 1980). He holds the record for most wins in stroke play competition.
Tiger Woods
, four-time PGA Championship champion (1999, 2000, 2006, and 2007). He is one of two golfers to win the PGA Championship back-to-back in stroke play competition, accomplishing this twice. He is one of four champions to win wire-to-wire with his victory in 2000.
