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0 -- Repeat winners at the PGA Championship since the tournament switched to stroke play in 1958. |
Jose Maria Olazabal hasn't had much success at the PGA Championship, missing the cut in seven of his 11 appearances. Chris Stanford/Allsport
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1 -- Golfers who have won more than more than $1 million in career earnings in PGA Championship play. Nick Price has earned $1,007,001 spanning 16 appearances, including victories in 1992 and '94.
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2 -- Times the PGA has been played at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., the first being in 1996. It is the 10th course to host multiple PGA Championships. |
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4 -- Champions who have finished the tournament over par in stroke play, the last being Dave Stockton in 1976. |
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6 -- Golfers who have won the PGA on their first try -- John Daly (1991), Bob Tway (1986), Doug Ford (1955), Bob Hamilton (1944), Tom Creavy (1931) and Jim Barnes (1916). |
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7 -- Times the PGA Championship has gone to a playoff since the sudden-death method was adopted in 1978. Mark Brooks is the last golfer to win the tournament via a playoff (1996). |
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9 -- First-round leaders who have gone on to win the tournament. |
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10 -- David Duval's best finish at the PGA (1999). Duval withdrew from this year's tournament because of a bad back. |
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13 -- Non-American champions since 1916. There have been 68 winners from the United States. |
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14 -- Top-five finishes by Jack Nicklaus, the most all time. No other golfer has more than six. |
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16 -- Golfers who have won multiple PGA Championships. However, only four -- Walter Hagen, Nicklaus, Gene Sarazen and Sam Snead -- have won it three or more times. |
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25 -- States that have hosted a PGA Championship. New York has hosted 10, the most of any state. |
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28 -- Lowest nine-hole score, recorded by Brad Faxon on the front nine of the final round in 1995. Faxon finished with a 63, good for fifth place. |
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35 -- Champions who have been in the 30-34 age group in the 81 previous tournaments (43.2 percent). |
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37 -- PGA appearances by Arnold Palmer, the most in history. Nicklaus will match Palmer's feat this year. |
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63.6 -- Percentage of times Jose Marie Olazabal has missed the cut (7 of 11) at the PGA. |
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66 -- Tiger Woods' low round in PGA Championship play, shot in his first round of the 1998 PGA. After the opening-round 66 at Sahalee, Woods finished the tournament in 10th place at 1 under par. |
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71.26 -- Greg Norman's PGA scoring average, the lowest of any player with a minimum of 50 rounds. Nick Price is second at 71.29. |
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75 -- Highest first-round score by an eventual winner. John Mahaffey shot a 4-over-par 75 in the opening round. Mahaffey proceeded to fire a final-round 66 to complete a seven-stroke Sunday comeback, the biggest in tournament history. |
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87 -- Players who survived the 36-hole cut in 1983, the most in tournament history (58 percent). |
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89 -- Highest fourth-round score, shot by Ralph Johnson in 1972. Johnson shot 75, 74 and 75 in the opening three rounds before bottoming out to the 19-over-par 89 to finish in 77th place. |
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167 -- Under-par rounds at Valhalla in 1996. Only the 1995 PGA at Riviera Country Club had more (194). |
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267 -- Lowest 72-hole score, shared by Steve Elkington and Colin Montgomerie -- in 1995. Elkington went on to win the tournament in a playoff. |
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500 -- Dollars "Big Jim" Barnes won for winning the inaugural PGA in 1916, in addition to a diamond medal. Barnes beat Jack Hutchinson 1-up. |
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1,750 -- Dollars Joey Sindelar won for finishing 74th -- and last of players making the cut -- in last year's tournament. |
