PGA Championship Recent Winners: Last 10 Years and Who Returns to Aronimink in 2026

The PGA Championship has a habit of crowning major champions who go on to define eras. A look at the last decade of Wanamaker Trophy winners reveals a pattern – precision, power, and a refusal to blink at the biggest moments. As the field assembles at Aronimink Golf Club for the 2026 edition, several of those past winners are back in the field and very much in contention.

The Last 10 PGA Championship Winners

2025 – Scottie Scheffler, -11, Quail Hollow Club
Scheffler won by five strokes at Charlotte’s Quail Hollow, underlining his status as the best player on the planet. It was his third major. He is the defending champion at Aronimink and the Statz co-favourite at a projected -11 for the week, with a win probability of 9.2%. Track his stats at statz.ai/golf/players/185/scottie-scheffler.

2024 – Xander Schauffele, -21, Valhalla Golf Club
Schauffele broke through at Valhalla with the lowest winning score in PGA Championship history – 21 under par and a record aggregate of 263. It was his maiden major title after years of near-misses. He is back in the field at Aronimink, ranked third in the Statz projection model with a projected score of -10. His profile is at statz.ai/golf/players/186/xander-schauffele.

2023 – Brooks Koepka, -9, Oak Hill Country Club
Koepka claimed his third PGA Championship at Oak Hill in Rochester, winning by two from Viktor Hovland and Scottie Scheffler. It cemented his status as the most decorated player of his generation in this event. Koepka is in the field at Aronimink despite his current OWGR of 246 – PGA champions are exempt for life.

2022 – Justin Thomas, -5, Southern Hills Country Club
Thomas claimed his second Wanamaker Trophy in dramatic fashion, coming from behind to beat Will Zalatoris in a playoff at Southern Hills in Tulsa. He is in the field this year, sitting ninth in the world rankings. Thomas is T8 at the Truist Championship heading into this week.

2021 – Phil Mickelson, -6, Kiawah Island
Mickelson became the oldest major champion in history at 50 years old, winning by two at the Ocean Course. He is not in the 2026 field.

2020 – Collin Morikawa, -13, TPC Harding Park
Morikawa won in just his second major start, holing the shot of the tournament on the 16th hole in the final round at TPC Harding Park. He is ranked 16th in the world and fifth in the Statz projection model for Aronimink at a projected -8. His profile at statz.ai/golf/players/142/collin-morikawa.

2019 – Brooks Koepka, -8, Bethpage Black
Koepka’s second consecutive PGA title at Bethpage State Park – a dominant display of power and control on one of the toughest courses in the United States. He became the first player since Denny Shute in 1936-37 to win back-to-back PGA Championships.

2018 – Brooks Koepka, -16, Bellerive Country Club
Koepka began his PGA Championship dynasty at Bellerive in Missouri, beating Tiger Woods by two. The first of three titles in six years.

2017 – Justin Thomas, -8, Quail Hollow Club
Thomas won his maiden major at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, shooting a third-round 63 to take control and never looking back. He beat Francesco Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen, and Patrick Reed by two. Reed is in this year’s field at Aronimink.

2016 – Jimmy Walker, -14, Baltusrol Golf Club
Walker claimed his only major title at Baltusrol, edging Jason Day by one shot in New Jersey. He is not in the 2026 field.

Past Champions in the 2026 Field

Five past winners return to contest the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink: Scottie Scheffler (2025), Xander Schauffele (2024), Brooks Koepka (2023, 2019, 2018), Justin Thomas (2022, 2017), and Collin Morikawa (2020). Rory McIlroy, the 2014 winner and 2026 Masters champion, is also in the field – the only player in the field to have won the Masters in 2026 and a PGA Championship previously.

The Statz projection model has McIlroy and Scheffler as co-favourites at a projected -11, followed by Schauffele at -10. All three sit within the top 3 projections. View the full field projections at statz.ai/golf/tournaments/26/pga-championship.

Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania hosts for the first time in the modern era – a Donald Ross par 70 design built in 1928, playing to 7,267 yards with bentgrass greens and a layout that rewards precision iron play. The Statz course profile identifies approach play as the dominant skill (36% demand weight). On that evidence, Fitzpatrick and Scheffler are the course fit leaders, but past champions know how to win majors – and that counts for something.