These 14 past champions are playing in the 2025 PGA Championship


The second men’s major of the year has a loaded field. The 2025 PGA Championship will have 156 players in all, and its field is always considered to be the strongest in the game.

As the PGA of America notes, this year’s event at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, will have 29 major winners, 14 past PGA Championship winners, three members of the World Golf Hall of Fame and three Ryder Cup captains.

Past PGA Championship winners in the 2025 field

  • Keegan Bradley
  • Jason Day
  • Jason Dufner
  • Padraig Harrington
  • Martin Kaymer
  • Brooks Koepka
  • Rory McIlroy
  • Shaun Micheel
  • Phil Mickelson
  • Collin Morikawa
  • Xander Schauffele
  • Vijay Singh
  • Justin Thomas
  • Jimmy Walker

PGA Championship winners since 1958

The PGA was a match-play event from 1916 to 1957 but switched to stroke play in 1958.

  • 2024: Xander Schauffele, Valhalla G.C.
  • 2023: Brooks Koepka, Oak Hill C.C.
  • 2022: Justin Thomas, Southern Hills C.C.
  • 2021: Phil Mickelson, Kiawah Island
  • 2020: Collin Morikawa, TPC Harding Park
  • 2019: Brooks Koepka, Bethpage Black
  • 2018: Brooks Koepka, Bellerive C.C.
  • 2017: Justin Thomas, Quail Hollow C.C.
  • 2016: Jimmy Walker, Baltusrol G.C.
  • 2015: Jason Day, Whistling Straits
  • 2014: Rory McIlroy, Valhalla G.C.
  • 2013: Jason Dufner, Oak Hill C.C.
  • 2012: Rory McIlroy, Kiawah Island
  • 2011: Keegan Bradley, Atlanta Athletic Club
  • 2010: Martin Kaymer, Whistling Straits
  • 2009: Yang Yong-eun, Hazeltine National G.C.
  • 2008: Padraig Harrington, Oakland Hills
  • 2007: Tiger Woods, Southern Hills C.C.
  • 2006: Tiger Woods, Medinah C.C.
  • 2005: Phil Mickelson, Baltusrol G.C.
  • 2004: Vijay Singh, Whistling Straits
  • 2003: Shaun Micheel, Oak Hill C.C.
  • 2002: Rich Beem, Hazeltine National G.C.
  • 2001: David Toms, Atlanta Athletic Club
  • 2000: Tiger Woods, Valhalla C.C.
  • 1999: Tiger Woods, Medinah C.C.
  • 1998: Vijay Singh, Sahalee C.C.
  • 1997: Davis Love III, Winged Foot C.C.
  • 1996: Mark Brooks, Valhalla G.C.
  • 1995: Steve Elkington, Riviera C.C.
  • 1994: Nick Price, Southern Hills C.C.
  • 1993: Paul Azinger, Inverness Club
  • 1992: Nick Price, Bellerive C.C.
  • 1991: John Daly, Crooked Stick G.C.
  • 1990: Wayne Grady, Shoal Creek G.C.C.
  • 1989: Payne Stewart, Kemper Lakes G.C.
  • 1988: Jeff Sluman, Oak Tree G.C.
  • 1987: Larry Nelson, PGA National
  • 1986: Bob Tway, Inverness Club
  • 1985: Hubert Green, Cherry Hills C.C.
  • 1984: Lee Trevino, Shoal Creek G.C.C.
  • 1983: Hal Sutton, Riviera C.C.
  • 1982: Raymond Floyd, Southern Hills C.C.
  • 1981: Larry Nelson, Atlanta Athletic Club
  • 1980: Jack Nicklaus, Oak Hill C.C.
  • 1979: David Graham, Oakland Hills C.C.
  • 1978: John Mahaffey, Oakmont C.C.
  • 1977: Lanny Wadkins, Pebble Beach Golf Links
  • 1976: Dave Stockton, Congressional C.C.
  • 1975: Jack Nicklaus, Firestone C.C.
  • 1974: Lee Trevino, Tanglewood Park
  • 1973: Jack Nicklaus, Canterbury G.C.
  • 1972: Gary Player, Oakland Hills C.C.
  • 1971: Jack Nicklaus, PGA National
  • 1970: Dave Stockton, Southern Hills C.C.
  • 1969: Raymond Floyd, NCR C.C.
  • 1968: Julius Boros, Pecan Valley G.C.
  • 1967: Don January, Columbine C.C.
  • 1966: Al Geiberger, Firestone C.C.
  • 1965: Dave Marr, Laurel Valley G.C.
  • 1964: Bobby Nichols, Columbus C.C.
  • 1963: Jack Nicklaus, Dallas Athletic Club
  • 1962: Gary Player, Aronimink G.C.
  • 1961: Jerry Barber, Olympia Fields C.C.
  • 1960: Jay Hebert, Firestone C.C.
  • 1959: Bob Rosburg, Minneapolis G.C.
  • 1958: Dow Finsterwald, Llanerch C.C.



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