• For the 17th time in the last 18 years, at least 95 of the top 100 golfers in the world will tee it up at the PGA Championship. The lone outlier over this time was the covid-affected 2020 championship, which included 91 of the top 100 players on the Official World Golf Ranking. This year, 98 of the top 100 players are expected to tee off, with the exceptions of Lucas Herbert (#89) and Shaun Norris (#95).

• Over the last 10 years (2017-2026), here is the average number of Top 100 players (OWGR) at each major: PGA Championship-97 (As of May 12), Open Championship-85, U.S. Open-78 and Masters-66.

• Then-OWGR #3 Xander Schauffele won the PGA Championship in 2024 before #1 Scottie Scheffler won last year. In seven of the last 12 PGA Championships, the eventual winner was ranked inside the top 10 in the OWGR prior to teeing off.

• The winners of 11 of the last 12 PGA Championships were ranked #1 or #2 in the world at some point before or after their victory. The lone exception over this time is 2016 champion Jimmy Walker who had a career best ranking of #10.

• Aronimink Golf Club is hosting the PGA Championship for the second time, having also hosted in 1962. Gary Player won that championship with a score of 278 (-2). He bested Bob Goalby (279, -1), Jack Nicklaus (281, +1) and George Bayer (281, +1). He earned $13,000 for the victory. It was the first of two PGA Championship victories for Gary Player, who also won in 1972 at Oakland Hills.

• This is the 10th PGA Championship held in the state of Pennsylvania, but the first since Oakmont CC hosted in 1978. Through 1978, the state of Pennsylvania was tied with Ohio for the most times hosting this championship. Now that distinction belongs to New York, which has been host to 14 PGA Championships, most recently in 2023 at Oak Hill CC in Rochester. Here are the winners of PGA Championships held in PA:

• The last time that Aronimink hosted a PGA TOUR event was at the 2018 BMW Championship. Here is the final leaderboard (Top-10) from that event:

• Twenty-nine players who appeared in the 2018 BMW Championship are expected to play this week at Aronimink, including each player who finished among the top five in the 2018 event.

• At the 2018 BMW Championship at Aronimink, the course played to a length of 7267 yards. The course will play to 7394 yards this week. Several holes have been lengthened since 2018 (Nos. 7, 15 and 18).

• Here are the scoring averages for each hole during the 2018 BMW Championship at Aronimink:

• Each of the last 10 PGA Championships were won by Americans, starting in 2016 (Jimmy Walker, Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka (back to back), Collin Morikawa, Phil Mickelson, Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka, Xander Schauffele and Scottie Scheffler). It is the longest such streak at this championship since a 10-year run from 1980 through 1989. The last non-American to win this title was Australian Jason Day in 2015 at Whistling Straits.

• Each of the last nine PGA Championships was won by a player who today has multiple major championships on his resume: Justin Thomas (2017, 2 majors), Brooks Koepka (2018, 2019, 5 majors), Collin Morikawa (2020, 2 majors), Phil Mickelson (2021, 6 majors), Justin Thomas (2021), Brooks Koepka (2023), Xander Schauffele (2024, 2 majors) and Scottie Scheffler (2025, 4 majors).

• Rory McIlroy is looking to start 2026 by winning the first two major championships of the year. Over the last 75 years, only five golfers have been able to pull that off: Ben Hogan (1953), Arnold Palmer (1960), Jack Nicklaus (1972), Tiger Woods (2002) and Jordan Spieth (2015).

• No player has won consecutive majors since Jordan Spieth at the 2015 Masters and U.S. Open. Forty-two majors have been played since then, without anyone going back to back. The last time there were at least 10 years between players winning consecutive major titles was between Tom Watson’s wins at the 1982 U.S. Open & Open Championship and Nick Price’s wins at the 1994 Open Championship & PGA Championship.

• Except for 2020 (Covid), the Masters and PGA Championship have been played in April and May, respectively, since 2019. Over that time, only one reigning Masters champion managed to finish among the top 20 at the PGA Championship. Tiger Woods missed the cut at the 2019 PGA Championship, Hideki Matsuyama finished T-23 in 2021, Scottie Scheffler missed the cut in 2022, Jon Rahm finished T-50 in 2023, Scheffler finished T-8 in 2024, and Rory McIlroy finished T-47 at Quail Hollow last year.

• Dating back to the 2023 PGA Championship, 10 of the last 12 major championships have been won by Americans. The lone exceptions are Rory McIlroy’s two Masters wins (2025, 2026).

• Matt Fitzpatrick has three victories in 2026 (Valspar, RBC Heritage and the Zurich Classic). It is the fifth season in a row that a player had at least three official PGA TOUR victories entering the PGA Championship: Scottie Scheffler in 2022 (4 wins, missed the cut at the PGA), Jon Rahm in 2023 (4 wins, finished T-50 at the PGA), Scottie Scheffler in 2024 (4 wins, finished T-8 at the PGA) and Rory McIlroy in 2025 (3 wins, finished T-47).

• Scottie Scheffler (69-68-65-71–273, -11) won the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club by five strokes over Bryson DeChambeau, Harris English and Davis Riley. It was just the third time this century that a player won this championship by at least five shots, along with Rory McIlroy in 2012 at Kiawah (won by 8) and Tiger Woods in 2006 at Medinah (won by 5).

• Scheffler has appeared in six PGA Championships and has finished among the top 10 five times (T-4 in 2020, T-8 in 2021, missed cut in 2022, T-2 in 2023, T-8 in 2024, and won in 2025). During the stroke play era of this championship (since 1958), only three other players finished among the top 10 in at least five of their first six appearances: Jerry Pate (1976-1981), Jack Nicklaus (1962-1967) and Rory McIlroy (2009 to 2014).

• Scheffler has finished among the top 10 in each of the last six majors: T-7 at 2024 Open, 4th at 2025 Masters, won the 2025 PGA Championship, T-7 at 2025 U.S. Open, won the 2025 Open, second at the 2026 Masters. It is the longest streak since Vijay Singh posted seven consecutive top 10s in major championship play, from the 2004 PGA Championship through the 2006 U.S. Open.

• Last month, Scottie Scheffler became the first player since World War II to go without a bogey over the final two rounds of a Masters Tournament. His current bogey-free streak in major championship play is 39 holes. Since 2000, only a handful of players have had a bogey-free streak of at least 50 holes when only including major championship rounds: Tiger Woods (63 holes, spanning the 2000 US Open & Open Championship), Jason Day (55 holes, spanning the 2015 Open Championship & PGA Championship), Tom Lehman (53 holes, spanning 2000 Open Championship & PGA Championship), Tiger Woods (50 holes, 2006 PGA Championship) and Stuart Appleby (50 holes, 2001 Masters).

• This is the 156th consecutive week that Scottie Scheffler has been ranked #1 on the Official World Golf Rankings. He assumed the mantle on May 22, 2023. The only player to string together 100 or more consecutive weeks at the top spot in the rankings was Tiger Woods, who had streaks of 281 (2005-2010) and 264 weeks (1999-2004).

• Scheffler is coming off three consecutive runner-up finishes. It is the first such streak like that since Sergio Garcia had three second-place finishes in a row in 2014. No player in at least the last 50 years has had as many as four consecutive runner-up finishes on the PGA TOUR.

• Eight of the last nine PGA Championships were won by a player under 34 years old. The lone exception is Phil Mickelson, who was nearly 51 years old when he won at Kiawah in 2021. From 2001 through 2016, eight of the 16 winners were at least 34 years old.

• Two of the last 37 major championships were won by a player looking backwards at his 40th birthday (Mickelson and Tiger Woods at the 2019 Masters).

• Xander Schauffele has finished among the top 30 in each of the 16 majors that have been played since and including the 2022 PGA Championship. It is among the longest such streaks of the last 70 years:

• Here is a statistical comparison for each of the last eight PGA Championship winners, demonstrating whether he relied more on his tee-to-green game or his putting that week. Note that six of the last eight champions ranked either first or second in SG:Tee-to-Green:

• Michael Block is making his eighth appearance (fifth consecutive) in the PGA Championship. Block captivated the golf world in 2023, finishing T-15 at Oak Hill as a member of the Corebridge Financial Team (Team of 20 club professionals). It was the best finish by a club pro at the PGA Championship since Tommy Aycock finished T-11 at Tanglewood GC in 1974. The last club pro to appear in five or more consecutive PGA Championships was Alex Beach, who played in five straight from 2019-2023.

• None of the Corebridge Financial Team made the cut at Quail Hollow last year. Over the last 20 years (2006 to 2025), a club professional has made the cut at the PGA Championship 19 times. Over the same span, two club professionals have made multiple cuts: Rob Labritz (2010, 2019) and Mike Small (2007, 2011).

-There are four players this year who can join that list: Michael Block (made the cut in 2023), Ryan Vermeer (2019), Ben Kern (2018) and Braden Shattuck (2024).

• Of the 20 club professionals in the field this week, only one is under 30 years; Timothy Wiseman is 29. Eight of the club professionals in the field this week are over 40 – the highest such total since 2020 (9).

• Players from 25 different countries will be competing at the 2026 PGA Championship. The largest international contingents are from England (14), Australia (7), South Africa (5) and Japan (4). The 14 players from England match the highest total for any international country, all-time. There were 14 Australians at the 2008 PGA Championship; there were also 14 Englishmen at the PGA Championship in 2015, 2017 and 2018.

• Englishman Jim Barnes won the first two PGA Championships, in 1916 and 1919, however no player representing Great Britain has won this championship since.

• Brooks Koepka won back to back PGA Championships in 2018 and 2019. Since then, the defending champ has had mediocre results the following year at this championship: Koepka (T-29 in 2020 at TPC Harding Park), Collin Morikawa (T-8 in 2021 at Kiawah Island), Phil Mickelson (did not appear in 2022), Justin Thomas (T-65 in 2023 at Oak Hill CC), Brooks Koepka (T-26 in 2024 at Valhalla GC) and Xander Schauffele finished T-28 at Quail Hollow Club last year.

• Bryson DeChambeau finished T-2 and second at the last two PGA Championships, respectively. He is one of only three players to finish runner-up at the PGA Championship in consecutive years, joining Dustin Johnson (2019, 2020), Jack Nicklaus (1964, 1965).

• DeChambeau also finished T-4 in 2023 at Oak Hill. He is the first player to finish among the top five at the PGA Championship in each of three consecutive starts since Tiger Woods did that in four straight starts from 2005 to 2009 (T-4 in 2005, won in 2006 and 2007, did not start in 2008, runner-up in 2009).

• Most cumulative strokes under par over the last four major championships combined, starting with the 2025 PGA Championship: Scottie Scheffler (-35), Xander Schauffele (-13) and Rory McIlroy (-12).

-Best scoring average over the last four majors combined (minimum 10 rounds): Scottie Scheffler (68.8), Xander Schauffele (70.19), Rory McIlroy (70.25), Tyrrell Hatton (70.50), Matt Fitzpatrick (70.50), Sam Burns (70.50) and Chris Gotterup (70.50).

• Most strokes under par over the last five PGA Championships (2021-2025): Scottie Scheffler (-26), Bryson DeChambeau (-26), Viktor Hovland (-19), Xander Schauffele (-14) and Shane Lowry (-12).

• Most top 10s over the last 20 major championships played (since the 2021 U.S. Open): Scottie Scheffler (15), Rory McIlroy (12), Xander Schauffele (10), Bryson DeChambeau (8), Collin Morikawa (8) and Jon Rahm (8).

• Most times leading (or co-leading) at the conclusion of either Round 1, 2 or 3 of a major championship since the start of 2022 (last 5 years):

• Longest active streak of consecutive cuts made in major championship starts: Xander Schauffele (16, since 2022 PGA Championship), Scottie Scheffler (15, since 2022 U.S. Open) and Corey Conners (10, since 2023 Open Championship).

• The longest current streaks of consecutive PGA Championship starts making the cut belong to Rory McIlroy (9), Tony Finau (9, not in this year’s field) and Louis Oosthuizen (9, not in this year’s field).

Compiled by Elias Sports Bureau, Inc.

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