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Here's a look at the last 4 decades of PGA Championship winners
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Here's a look at the last 4 decades of PGA Championship winners

  • The Associated Press
  • Aug 8, 2020
  • Aug 8, 2020 Updated Jul 14, 2021

Although it looks a bit different this year, the 102nd edition of the PGA Championship is underway in Harding Park in San Francisco. Here's a look at past winners.

1980: Jack Nicklaus

1980: Jack Nicklaus

This Aug. 10, 1980 file photo shows Jack Nicklaus posing with the PGA Championship trophy at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y. Nicklaus shot 66 in the third round to take a three-shot lead, and he wound up winning by seven. (AP Photo/Larry Baum, File)

LARRY BAUM

1981: Larry Nelson

1981: Larry Nelson

Larry Nelson holds the trophy after winning the PGA Championship in Duluth, Georgia on Sunday, August 9, 1981. Nelson is from Acworth, Ga., and won the tournament with a 7-under-par score of 273 for the tourney. (AP Photo)

Anonymous

1982: Raymond Floyd

1982: Raymond Floyd

FILE - In this April 12, 1976 file photo, Jack Nicklaus, right, assists Raymond Floyd in putting on his green jacket after Floyd won the Masters Championship at Augusta, Ga. Floyd won wire-to-wire for an eight-shot victory over Ben Crenshaw. (AP Photo/file)

Anonymous

1983: Hal Sutton

1983: Hal Sutton

American Ryder Cup teammates Hal Sutton helps Larry Mize line up a putt on the 3rd green of Saturday, September 26, 1987 foursome matches at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. The American team began the day trailing he Europeans 6-2. (AP Photo/ Greg Sailor)

Greg Sailor

1984: Lee Trevino

1984: Lee Trevino

Golfer Lee Trevino kisses his putter on Aug. 19, 1984. (AP Photo)

AP

1985: Hubert Green

1985: Hubert Green

Hubert Green waves to spectators after holing out to win the U.S. Open Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., on June 19, 1977. (AP Photo)

Staff

1986: Bob Tway

1986: Bob Tway

Bob Tway wipes tears from his eyes while holding the PGA Championship trophy on the 18th green of the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 11, 1986. Tway sank a birdie trap shot on the final hole to defeat Greg Norman. (AP Photo/Diane Hires)

Diane Hires

1987: Larry Nelson

1987: Larry Nelson

Larry Nelson of Marietta, Ga., holds up the PGA championship trophy in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., Aug. 9, 1987, after he defeated Lanny Wadkins is playoff action. Nelson took the championship when Wadkins missed a putt for par on the first hole of the playoff. (AP Photo)

STF

1988: Jeff Sluman

1988: Jeff Sluman

Jeff Sluman kisses his trophy cup after winning the PGA golf championship at Oak Tree Club in Edmond, Okla., Aug. 14, 1988. Sluman shot a six-under-par 65 to defeat Paul Azinger by three strokes. (AP Photo/David Crenshaw)

DAVID CRENSHAW

1989: Payne Stewart

1989: Payne Stewart

Payne Stewart of Orlando, Fla., holds the PGA Championship trophy aloft after a come-from-behind victory at Kemper Lakes in Hawthorn Woods, Ill., Aug. 13, 1989. (AP Photo/Bill Waugh)

Bill Waugh

1990: Wayne Grady

1990: Wayne Grady

Australian Wayne Grady putts at the 18th hole during the Westchester Classic in Harrison, New York on Friday, June 9, 1989. Grady shared the lead with first-round leader Tom Sieckmann and Dick Mast before rain halted play. (AP Photo/Osamu Honda)

Osamu Honda

1991: John Daly

1991: John Daly

John Daly of Memphis, Tenn., holds up the PGA trophy after winning the PGA Championship at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Indiana on Sunday, August 11, 1991. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Michael Conroy

1992: Nick Price

1992: Nick Price

Nick Price chips from the bunker on the first green of the Southern Hills Golf and Country Club Thursday Oct. 26, 1995, during first round play at the PGA Tour Championship in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

DAVID LONGSTREATH

1993: Paul Azinger

1993: Paul Azinger

Paul Azinger holds a piece of grass after making a birdie at the 17th hole to go 12-under-par during the final round of the PGA Championship in Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 15, 1993. Azinger tied Greg Norman at the end of regulation play and beat Norman after two holes of sudden death. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)

ED REINKE

1994: Nick Price

1994: Nick Price

Nick Price leaps into the air after sinking a birdie putt on the 17th hole during final round play of the Honda Classic golf tourney in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Sunday, March 13, 1994. Price came from behind to win the tournament at 8-under par, one stroke ahead of Craig Parry. (AP Photo/Cara Thomas-Maskell)

CARA THOMAS-MASKELL

1995: Steve Elkington

1995: Steve Elkington

Steve Elkington of Australia celebrates with the trophy after winning the championship in a sudden-death playoff with Colin Montgomery during the final round of the PGA Championship at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles on Sunday, Aug. 13, 1995. (AP Photo/Mark Terrill)

MARK TERRILL

1996: Mark Brooks

1996: Mark Brooks

Mark Brooks kisses the Wanamaker trophy as photographers capture the moment after he beat Kenny Perry in a one-hole playoff to win the PGA Championship Sunday, Aug. 11, 1996, at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)

ED REINKE

1997: Davis Love III

1997: Davis Love III

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 1997, file photo, a rainbow soars above Davis Love III, of Sea Island, Ga., after he won the PGA Championship at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

ELISE AMENDOLA

1998: Vijay Singh

1998: Vijay Singh

Fiji's Vijay Singh watches his drive on the eighth hole of the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., during the final round of the PGA Championship on Sunday, Aug. 11, 1996. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

PAT SULLIVAN

1999 and 2000: Tiger Woods

1999 and 2000: Tiger Woods

In this Aug. 15, 1999, file photo, Tiger Woods kisses the Wanamaker trophy after winning the 81st PGA Championship at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill.(AP Photo/Michael S. Green, File)

MICHAEL S. GREEN

2001: David Toms

2001: David Toms

PGA golfer David Toms, left, hits his ball down the 15th fairway during the first round at the 6th Annual CVS Charity Classic golf tournament at the Rhode Island Country Club Monday, June 28, 2004, in Barrington, R.I. PGA golfer Shaun Micheel watches at right. (AP Photo/Victoria Arocho)

VICTORIA AROCHO

2002: Rich Beem

2002: Rich Beem

In this Aug. 18, 2002, file photo, Rich Beem celebrates on the 18th green with wife, Sara, after winning the 84th PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska Minn. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt, File)

ANN HEISENFELT

2003: Shaun Micheel

2003: Shaun Micheel

Defending champion Shaun Micheel hits an approach shot to the 10th green during the second round of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wis., on Friday, Aug. 13, 2004. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

CHARLIE NEIBERGALL

2004: Vijay Singh

2004: Vijay Singh

Vijay Singh holds up the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the 86th PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wis., Sunday, Aug.15, 2004. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

JEFF ROBERSON

2005: Phil Mickelson

2005: Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson celebrates after winning the final round of the lightning delayed 87th PGA Championship at the Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J. Monday, Aug. 15, 2005. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

CHRIS O'MEARA

2006 and 2007: Tiger Woods

2006 and 2007: Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods celebrates after winning the 89th PGA Golf Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. Tiger won his 13th major tournament with an 8-under-par. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Charlie Riedel

2008: Padraig Harrington

2008: Padraig Harrington

Padraig Harrington, of Ireland, holds up the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the 90th PGA Championship golf tournament Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008 at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Michael Conroy

2009: Y.E. Yang

2009: Y.E. Yang

Y.E. Yang, of South Korea, after winning the 91st PGA Championship at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn., Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Morry Gash

2010: Martin Kaymer

2010: Martin Kaymer

Martin Kaymer of Germany holds the Wanamaker Trophy after winning a playoff in the PGA Championship golf tournament Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010, at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Jeffrey Phelps

2011: Keegan Bradley

2011: Keegan Bradley

Keegan Bradley celebrates on the 18th green after winning a three-hole playoff against Jason Dufner at the PGA Championship golf tournament Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011, at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Matt Slocum

2012: Rory McIlroy

2012: Rory McIlroy

Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, hits out of the sand along the fourth green during the final round of the PGA Championship golf tournament on the Ocean Course of the Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, S.C., Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Chuck Burton

2013: Jason Dufner

2013: Jason Dufner

Jason Dufner celebrates winning the PGA Championship golf tournament at Oak Hill Country Club, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013, in Pittsford, N.Y. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Charlie Neibergall

2014: Rory McIlroy

2014: Rory McIlroy

Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, celebrates after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament at Valhalla Golf Club on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Jeff Roberson

2015: Jason Day

2015: Jason Day

Jason Day, of Australia, cries after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wis. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Brynn Anderson

2016: Jimmy Walker

2016: Jimmy Walker

Jimmy Walker reacts after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., Sunday, July 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Mike Groll

2017: Justin Thomas

2017: Justin Thomas

Justin Thomas poses with the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Quail Hollow Club Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Chris O'Meara

2018 and 2019: Brooks Koepka

2018 and 2019: Brooks Koepka

Brooks Koepka poses with the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament, Sunday, May 19, 2019, at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Julio Cortez

2020: Collin Morikawa

2020: Collin Morikawa

Collin Morikawa holds the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament at TPC Harding Park Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Jeff Chiu

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