Xander Schauffele earned his eighth PGA TOUR title at the 106th PGA Championship in his 175th start at 30 years, 6 months, 24 days.
Wins first Major championship title in his 28th Major championship start and collects 750 FedExCup points to remain second in the FedExCup standings.
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Began the week as the only player in the top five of the Official World Golf Ranking without a Major championship; moves from No. 3 to No. 2 with the win.
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PGA TOUR wins (8): 2017 A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier, 2017 TOUR Championship, 2018 WGC-HSBC Champions, 2019 Sentry, 2022 Zurich Classic of New Orleans (with Patrick Cantlay), 2022 Travelers Championship, 2022 Genesis Scottish Open, 2024 PGA Championship.
The 263 sets new PGA Championship 72-hole scoring record (previous: 264/Brooks Koepka/2018).
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21-under is the lowest score in relation to par in major championship history (previous was 20-under, five times: Jason Day/2015 PGA Championship, Henrik Stenson/2016 Open Championship, Dustin Johnson/2020 Masters Tournament, Cameron Smith/2022 Open Championship, Bryson DeChambeau/2024 PGA Championship).
Schauffele’s previous best finish in the PGA Championship (T10/2020); previous best finish in any major (T2/2018 Open Championship, T2/2019 Masters Tournament).
Claims his first PGA TOUR title since winning in back-to-back starts in 2022 (Travelers Championship, Genesis Scottish Open); 679 days since last win.
Has 20 top-10s since the start of the 2022-23 season, the second-most of any player in that span (27, Scottie Scheffler).
Led the field in birdies (25) and Greens in Regulation (60 of 72).
Posted four rounds under-par at a Major championship for the first time in his career
One of four players with top-10s in the first two major championships of the season (Scheffler, Morikawa, DeChambeau).
Three of the last four Major championships have been won by first-time Major winners (Xander Schauffele/2024 PGA Championship, Brian Harman/2023 Open Championship, Wyndham Clark/2023 U.S. Open: Scottie Scheffler won the Masters Tournament in 2024 and 2022).
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2020 U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau (2nd/-20) led the field in Driving Distance (330.5 yards); was seeking to become the 21st player to win the PGA Championship and the U.S. Open and first since Brooks Koepka in 2019.
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Viktor Hovland (3rd/-18), who finished T2 in the 2023 PGA Championship, was attempting to become the first player since Jack Nicklaus (1975) to win the PGA Championship after a runner-up finish: posts four rounds under-par at a major championship for the first time in his career.
Thomas Detry (T4/-15) recorded his best finish in a Major championship (eighth appearance).
