The PGA Championship is an annual event played each year, conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA TOUR. The PGA Championship is one of the four tournaments comprising the men's Grand Slam of golf, and it is the golf season's final major.
History
The first PGA Championship was in 1916 at Siwanoy Country Club in Bronxville, New York. The trophy was donated by Rodman Wanamaker, hence the name of the trophy, Wanamaker trophy. It was initially a match play event, and it moved to a stroke play format in 1958. The first winner, Jim Barnes received $500 US in 1916, and in 2003 the winner, Shaun Micheel, received $1,080,000 US.Men's PGA Championship winners:
- 2003 - Shaun Micheel at Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, New York
- 2002 - Rich Beem at Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota
- 2001 - David Toms at Atlanta Athletic Club, Duluth, Georgia
- 2000 - Tiger Woods at Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky
- 1999 - Tiger Woods at Medinah Country Club, Medinah, Illinois
- 1998 - Vijay Singh at Sahalee Country Club, Redmond, Washington
- 1997 - Davis Love III at Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, New York
- 1996 - Mark Brooks at Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky
- 1995 - Steve Elkington at Riviera Country Club, Los Angeles, California
- 1994 - Nick Price at Southern Hills, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 1993 - Paul Azinger at Inverness, Toledo, Ohio
- 1992 - Nick Price at Bellerive, Creve Coeur, Missouri
- 1991 - John Daly at Crooked Stick, Carmel, Indiana
- 1990 - Wayne Grady at Shoal Creek, Birmingham, Alabama
- 1989 - Payne Stewart at Kemper Lakes, Long Grove, Illinois
- 1988 - Jeff Sluman at Oak Tree, Edmond, Oklahoma
- 1987 - Larry Nelson at PGA National, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
- 1986 - Bob Tway at Inverness, Florida
- 1985 - Hubert Green at Cherry Hills, Denver, Colorado
- 1984 - Lee Trevino at Shoal Creek, Birmingham, Alabama
- 1983 - Hal Sutton at Riviera Country Club, Los Angeles, California
- 1982 - Ray Floyd at Southern Hills, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 1981 - Larry Nelson at Atlanta Athletic Club, Duluth, Georgia
- 1980 - Jack Nicklaus at Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, New York
- 1979 - David Graham
- 1978 - John Mahaffey
- 1977 - Lanny Wadkins
- 1976 - Dave Stockton
- 1975 - Jack Nicklaus
- 1974 - Lee Trevino
- 1973 - Jack Nicklaus
- 1972 - Gary Player
- 1971 - Jack Nicklaus
- 1970 - Dave Stockton
- 1969 - Ray Floyd
- 1968 - Julius Boros
- 1967 - Don January
- 1966 - Al Geiberger
- 1965 - Dave Marr
- 1964 - Bobby Nichols
- 1963 - Jack Nicklaus
- 1962 - Gary Player
- 1961 - Jerry Barber
- 1960 - Jay Hebert
- 1959 - Bob Rosburg
- 1958 - Dow Finsterwald
- 1957 - Lionel Hebert
- 1956 - Jack Burke
- 1955 - Doug Ford
- 1954 - Chick Harbert
- 1953 - Walter Burkemo
- 1952 - Jim Turnesa
- 1951 - Sam Snead
- 1950 - Chandler Harper
- 1949 - Sam Snead
- 1948 - Ben Hogan
- 1947 - Jim Ferrier
- 1946 - Ben Hogan
- 1945 - Byron Nelson
- 1944 - Bob Hamilton
- 1943 - Not held
- 1942 - Sam Snead
- 1941 - Vic Ghezzi
- 1940 - Byron Nelson
- 1939 - Henry Picard
- 1938 - Paul Runyan
- 1937 - Denny Shute
- 1936 - Denny Shute
- 1935 - Johnny Revolta
- 1934 - Paul Runyan
- 1933 - Gene Sarazen
- 1932 - Olin Dutra
- 1931 - Tom Creavy
- 1930 - Tommy Armour
- 1929 - Leo Diegel
- 1928 - Leo Diegel
- 1927 - Walter Hagen
- 1926 - Walter Hagen
- 1925 - Walter Hagen
- 1922 - Walter Hagen
- 1923 - Gene Sarazen
- 1922 - Gene Sarazen
- 1921 - Walter Hagen
- 1920 - Jock Hutchison
- 1919 - Jim Barnes
- 1917 - 1918 - no tournament due to World War I
- 1916 - Jim Barnes
