The 63 is the magic number in major championship golf — a score so rare it carries its own mythology. Kurt Kitayama kicked off the final round of the 2026 PGA Championship with an impressive addition to this list in early action.
Here's every player to reach that mark at the PGA Championship, plus the two who broke the barrier entirely.
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62 — The Trend Setters
Only two players in PGA Championship history have shot lower than 63:
- Shane Lowry — 62 (-9), Round 3, 2024 Valhalla GC (29-33)
- Xander Schauffele — 62 (-9), Round 1, 2024 Valhalla GC (31-31)
63 — The Complete List
- Bruce Crampton — 63 (-7), Round 2, 1975 Firestone CC (31-32)
- Raymond Floyd — 63 (-7), Round 1, 1982 Southern Hills CC (33-30)
- Gary Player — 63 (-9), Round 2, 1984 Shoal Creek CC (30-33)
- Vijay Singh — 63 (-8), Round 2, 1993 Inverness Club (32-31)
- Brad Faxon — 63 (-8), Round 4, 1995 Riviera CC (28-35)
- Michael Bradley — 63 (-8), Round 1, 1995 Riviera CC (30-33)
- José María Olazábal — 63 (-9), Round 3, 2000 Valhalla GC (32-31)
- Mark O'Meara — 63 (-7), Round 2, 2001 Atlanta Athletic Club (32-31)
- Thomas Bjørn — 63 (-7), Round 3, 2005 Baltusrol GC (32-31)
- Tiger Woods — 63 (-7), Round 2, 2007 Southern Hills CC (32-31)
- Steve Stricker — 63 (-7), Round 1, 2011 Atlanta Athletic Club (30-33)
- Jason Dufner — 63 (-7), Round 2, 2013 Oak Hill CC (31-32)
- Hiroshi Iwata — 63 (-9), Round 2, 2015 Whistling Straits GC (34-29)
- Robert Streb — 63 (-7), Round 2, 2016 Baltusrol GC (33-30)
- Brooks Koepka — 63 (-7), Round 2, 2018 Bellerive CC (32-31)
- Charl Schwartzel — 63 (-7), Round 2, 2018 Bellerive CC (32-31)
- Brooks Koepka — 63 (-7), Round 1, 2019 Bethpage State Park (32-31)
- Bubba Watson — 63 (-7), Round 2, 2022 Southern Hills CC (32-31)
- Kurt Kitayama — 63 (-7), Round 4, 2026 Aronimink GC (30-33)
A Few Notable Facts
Brad Faxon's 63 at Riviera in 1995 included a front-nine 28 — still the lowest nine-hole score in PGA Championship history.
Brooks Koepka is the only player to shoot 63 twice, doing it in back-to-back years (2018 and 2019). He won both times.
Jason Dufner's 63 at Oak Hill in 2013 was the 26th round of 63 in major championship history, and he went on to win the title — becoming the sixth player to win a major after posting a 63.
The 62s by Lowry and Schauffele both came in the same year (2024) at the same venue (Valhalla), making it the most historically significant scoring day in PGA Championship history.
