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USPGA by numbers

By: Golf Shake | Mon 10 Aug 2015


The USPGA Championship might be for many golf's least prestigious major, but take a closer look and you will see that it boasts an amazing history and tends to have the strongest field of the year. 

Here is the USPGA Championship by numbers: 

Oldest winner: Julius Boros - 48 years, four months (Pecan Valley 1968)

Youngest winner: Gene Sarazen - 20 years, five months (Oakmont 1922)

Most wins: 5 Walter Hagen (1921, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927); Jack Nicklaus (1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980)

Most runners-up: 4 Jack Nicklaus (1964, 1965, 1974, 1983)

Best aggregate: 265 (-15) David Toms (Atlanta 2001)

Most under par: 18 under - Tiger Woods (Valhalla, 2000, Medinah, 2006), Bob May (Valhalla, 2000)

Biggest winning margin: 8 Rory McIlroy (Kiawah Island, 2012)

Most appearances: 37 Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus

Most sub-par rounds: 53 Jack Nicklaus

Wire-to-wire winners: Bobby Nichols (1964); Raymond Floyd (1969); Raymond Floyd (1982); Hal Sutton (1983); Tiger Woods (2000)

Debut winners: Jim Barnes (Siwanoy, 1916); Tom Creavy (Wannamoisett, 1931); Bob Hamilton (Manito, 1944); Doug Ford (Meadowbrook, 1955); Bob Tway (Inverness, 1986); John Daly (Crooked Stick, 1991); Shaun Micheel (Oak Hill, 2003); Keegan Bradley (Atlanta Athletic Club, 2011)


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