The Full List of PGA Championship Winners

The PGA Championship tournament was first played in 1916, making it the third-oldest of the professional men's majors. This is the only one of the four majors, though, to change its scoring format halfway through its history: In its early years, this major was match play, but in the 1950s, it switched to stroke play.

Before we get to the list of PGA Championship winners, let's run down those golfers who won this major most frequently.

Golfers With the Most PGA Championship Victories

The record for most wins in the PGA Championship is five, shared by two golfers:

Walter Hagen (1921, 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927)
Jack Nicklaus (1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980)

There is (so far) one four-time winner:

Tiger Woods (1999, 2000, 2006, 2007)

And the 3-time champions are:

Gene Sarazen (1922, 1923, 1933)
Sam Snead (1942, 1949, 1951)

All of Nicklaus' and Woods' wins came in the stroke-play era; all the wins by Hagen, Sarazen and Snead were in the match-play era.

In addition, 14 others golfers have won the PGA Championship twice: Jim Barnes, Leo Diegel, Raymond Floyd, Ben Hogan, Rory McIlroy, Byron Nelson, Larry Nelson, Gary Player, Nick Price, Paul Runyan, Denny Shute, Vijay Singh, Dave Stockton and Lee Trevino.

The List of PGA Championship Winners

And now the list of winners. If the year of the tournament is linked, you can click on that link to view the final scores and read a tournament recap.