7 Interesting Facts from the Final Round of the 2025 PGA Championship

There was only a fleeting moment where the PGA Championship could slip out of Scottie Scheffler’s hands. Jon Rahm had cut the deficit to one, and Scheffler consistently missed left on the front nine. But like he did Saturday, Scheffler played a composed back nine and captured his first Wanamaker.

The World No. 1's dominant run since his first major in the 2022 Masters has earned him numerous accolades in golf’s history books. He has won 15 times since 2022, placing him in a tier of his own over the four seasons.

Scheffler's Sunday at Quail Hollow continues his rapidly rising trajectory towards placing his name amongst the game’s all-time greats.

Here are seven interesting facts researched by Elias Sports Bureau from the final round of the 107^th PGA Championship.

• Scottie Scheffler won the 2022 Masters by three strokes over Rory McIlroy.  He won the 2024 Masters by four strokes over Ludvig Aberg. Over the last 100 years, the only player to win each of his first three major championships by three or more strokes was Seve Ballesteros:

- By 3 strokes at the 1979 Open Championship over Jack Nicklaus & Ben Crenshaw
- By 4 strokes at the 1980 Masters over Gibby Gilbert & Jack Newton
- By 4 strokes at the 1983 Masters over Ben Crenshaw & Tom Kite

In case you were wondering, Tiger won his second major championship at the 1999 PGA Championship by one shot over Sergio Garcia.

• Scottie Scheffler won his 15th career PGA TOUR victory today. The short span of time between his first and fifteenth is historic:

Time Between First and 15th PGA TOUR Victories
SINCE 1950
Tiger Woods (1996 to 1999),  3 years, 32 days
Jack Nicklaus (1962 to 1965), 3 years, 45 days
Scottie Scheffler (2022 to 2025), 3 years, 94 days

• Scottie Scheffler made bogey or worse 10 times this week, including on hole #9 in today's round.  He responded with a birdie on six of those occasions.  His 60.0% 'bounce back rate' is the best in the field this week. No other player is at or above .500.

  Over the last 30 years, only two players bounced back from bogey (or worse) at least 60% of the time during one PGA Championship (minimum five opportunities): Sergio Garcia (2006 at Medinah CC, 4 out of 6, 66.7%) and Greg Chalmers (2000 at Valhalla GC, 6 of 10, 60.0%).
  

• In his most recent start prior to this week, Scottie Scheffler won THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson by eight strokes. He is only the second player since 1985 to win consecutive PGA TOUR appearances, both by at least 5 strokes.  Tiger Woods did that twice:  

-2000 Memorial Tournament (May 2000, won by 5) & 2000 U.S. Open (June 2000, won by 15)
-2007 TOUR Championship (September 2007, won by 8) & 2008 Buick Invitational (February 2008, won by 8).

• Largest Margins of Victory at the PGA Championship:

8     Rory McIlroy          2012 Kiawah Island 
7     Jack Nicklaus          1980  Oak Hill CC
6     Nick Price                 1994  Southern Hills CC
5        Scottie Scheffler        2025    Quail Hollow Club
5     Davis Love III          1997  Winged Foot GC
5     Tiger Woods              2006  Medinah CC

• Scottie Scheffler finished off his third round yesterday by shooting five-under par over his last five holes.
  He is just the fourth player ever to do that at Quail Hollow Club during a PGA TOUR event:

-Scottie Scheffler,  2025 PGA Championship,  Round 3
-Graham DeLaet, 2017 PGA Championship, Round 3,  finished T-7
-Rory McIlroy, 2010 Wells Fargo Championship, Round 4, WON
-Dustin Johnson, 2010 Wells Fargo Championship, Round 2, finished T-29
There have been 8,478 rounds played on the PGA TOUR at this venue through yesterday's round.

• Harris English has finished Top-10 in a major championship three times - all at the U.S. Open (4th in 2020 at Winged Foot GC, 3rd in 2021 at Torrey Pines GC,  and T-8 in 2023 at L.A.C.C.)

He is competing in his ninth PGA Championship. His best finish was T-18 at Valhalla GC last year. 
His round of 65 (-6) today is the lowest score of his major championship career (in terms of raw score and in relation to par).
He shot 31 on the back nine today with 5 birdies (-5) after playing the first 63 holes of the championship at -1.