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PGA Professional Championship History
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2024 PGA Professional Champion, Ben Polland, will lead the Corebridge Financial Team at the 2024 PGA Championship.
From 1968 to the present, here are the players who have won the PGA Professional Championship, their total scores, runner-ups and host sites.
Year: 2024
- Winner: Ben Polland, 286
- Runner-Up: Andy Svoboda, Jared Jones
- Site: Fields Ranch, Frisco, Texas
Year: 2023
- Winner: Braden Shattuck, 279
- Runner-Up: Matt Cahill, Michael Block
- Site: Twin Warriors and Santa Ana Golf Clubs, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico
Year: 2022
- Winner: Jesse Mueller, 273
- Runner-Up: Michael Block, Jared Jones
- Site: Omni Barton Creek, Austin, Texas
Year: 2021
- Winner: Omar Uresti, 276
- Runner-Up: Frank Bensel Jr.
- Site: PGA Golf Club, Port St. Lucie, Florida
Year: 2020 - Cancelled
Year: 2019
- Winner: Alex Beach, 277
- Runner-Up: Danny Balin
- Site: Belfair, Bluffton, South Carolina
Year: 2018
- Winner: Ryan Vermeer, 283
- Runner-Up: Sean McCarty, Bob Sowards
- Site: Bayonet and Black Horse Golf Courses, Seaside, California
Year: 2017
- Winner: Omar Uresti, 283
- Runner-Up: Dave McNabb
- Site: Sunriver Resort, Oregon
Year: 2016
- Winner: Rich Berberian Jr, 277
- Runner-Up: Mark Brown, Omar Uresti
- Site: Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, New York
Year: 2015
- Winner: Matt Dobyns, 279
- Runner-Up: Ben Polland
- Site: Philadelphia Cricket Club, Flourtown, Pennsylvania
Year: 2014
- Winner: Michael Block, 286
- Runner-Up: Jamie Broce
- Site: Dunes Golf & Beach Club, Grande Dunes Resort Club, South Carolina
Year: 2013
- Winner: Rod Perry, 277
- Runner-Up: Ryan Polzin
- Site: Crosswater Club, Sunriver, Oregon
Year: 2012
- Winner: Matt Dobyns, 275
- Runner-Up: Kelly Mitchum, Rod Perry
- Site: Bayonet and Black Horse Golf Courses, Seaside, California
Year: 2011
- Winner: David Hutsell, 274
- Runner-Up: Scott Erdmann, Faber Jamerson
- Site: Hershey CC, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Year: 2010
- Winner: Mike Small, 278
- Runner-Up: Sonny Skinner
- Site: French Lick Resort, French Lick, Indiana
Year: 2009
- Winner: Mike Small, 277
- Runner-Up: Mark Sheftic, Steve Schneiter
- Site: Twin Warriors GC, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico
Year: 2008
- Winner: Scott Hebert, 276
- Runner-Up: Sonny Skinner
- Site: Reynolds Plantation, Greensboro, Georgia
Year: 2007
- Winner: Chip Sullivan, 281
- Runner-Up: Ryan Benze, Mike Small
- Site: Sunriver Resort, Bend, Oregon
Year: 2006
- Winner: Ron Philo, Jr., 278
- Runner-Up: Alan Schulte
- Site: Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, New York
Year: 2005
- Winner: Mike Small, 289
- Runner-Up: Travis Long
- Site: The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island, South Carolina
Year: 2004
- Winner: Bob Sowards, 276
- Runner-Up: Mike Small
- Site: Longaberger GC, Nashport, Ohio
Year: 2003
- Winner: Tim Thelen, 282
- Runner-Up: Steve Schneiter
- Site: Twin Warriors GC, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico
Year: 2002
- Winner: Barry Evans, 281
- Runner-Up: Mike Gilmore
- Site: Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky
Year: 2001
- Winner: Wayne DeFrancesco, 278
- Runner-Up: Don Berry, Mark Brown, John Aber, Tim Thelen
- Site: Crosswater Club, Sunriver, Oregon
Year: 2000
- Winner: Tim Thelen, 214
- Runner-Up: Mark Brown
- Site: Oak Tree Golf Club, Edmond, Oklahoma
Year: 1999
- Winner: Jeff Freeman, 287
- Runner-Up: Milan Swilor, Christopher Toulson, Brett Upper
- Site: Whistling Straits (Straits Course), Kohler, Wisconsin
Year: 1998
- Winner: Mike Burke Jr., 281
- Runner-Up: Bob Gaus
- Site: Pinehurst Resort & CC, North Carolina
Year: 1997
- Winner: Bruce Zabriski, 281
- Runner-Up: Steve Schneiter, Jay Overton, Mike Burke Jr.
- Site: Pinehurst Resort & CC, North Carolina
Year: 1996
- Winner: Darrell Kestner, 271
- Runner-Up: Dan Bateman
- Site: PGA West/Nicklaus Private, Palmer Private, Weiskopf Private, La Quinta, California
Year: 1995
- Winner: Steve Schneiter, 278
- Runner-Up: John DeForest, Bob Ford
- Site: PGA West/Nicklaus Private, Palmer Private, Weiskopf Private, La Quinta, California
Year: 1994
- Winner: Sammy Rachels*, 284
- Runner-Up: Darrell Kestner, Ron McDougal
- Site: Marriott's Tan-Tar-A Resort/The Oaks Crs. & The Lodge of Four Seasons/Jones Crs., Osage Beach, Mo., North Port National GC Lake Ozark, Missouri
Year: 1993
- Winner: Jeffrey Roth, 275
- Runner-Up: John Lee
- Site: PGA National GC, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Year: 1992
- Winner: Ron McDougal, 273
- Runner-Up: Sammy Rachels
- Site: PGA West/La Quinta Hotel/Mission Hills, La Quinta, California
Year: 1991
- Winner: Larry Gilbert, 267
- Runner-Up: Gene Fieger, Ron McDougal
- Site: Doral Resort and Country Club, Miami, Florida
Year: 1990
- Winner: Brett Upper, 275
- Runner-Up: Gibby Gilbert, Larry Gilbert
- Site: PGA West/La Quinta Hotel/Mission Hills, La Quinta, California
Year: 1989
- Winner: Bruce Fleisher, 277
- Runner-Up: Jeff Thomsen
- Site: PGA West/La Quinta Hotel/Mission Hills, La Quinta, California
Year: 1988
- Winner: Robert Boyd*, 287
- Runner-Up: Rick Morton
- Site: Pinehurst Resort & CC, North Carolina
Year: 1987
- Winner: Jay Lumpkin, 279
- Runner-Up: Jeff Roth, Bob Menne, Gibby Gilbert
- Site: PGA West/La Quinta Hotel/Mission Hills, La Quinta, California
Year: 1986
- Winner: Bob Lendzion, 284
- Runner-Up: Jim White
- Site: PGA West/La Quinta Hotel/Mission Hills, La Quinta, California
Year: 1985
- Winner: Ed Dougherty, 277
- Runner-Up: Steve Schneiter, Jay Overton, Mike Burke Jr.
- Site: La Quinta Hotel/Mission Hills, La Quinta, California
Year: 1984
- Winner: Bill Schumaker*, 284
- Runner-Up: Gary Ostrega
- Site: PGA National GC, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Year: 1983
- Winner: Larry Webb, 283
- Runner-Up: Bob Ford
- Site: La Quinta Hotel/Mission Hills, La Quinta, California
Year: 1982
- Winner: Larry Gilbert, 284
- Runner-Up: Steve Benson
- Site: PGA National GC, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Year: 1981
- Winner: Larry Gilbert*, 285
- Runner-Up: Don Padgett II
- Site: PGA National GC, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Year: 1980
- Winner: John Traub, 283
- Runner-Up: Jim Albus
- Site: PGA National GC, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Year: 1979
- Winner: Buddy Whitten*, 278
- Runner-Up: Jack Lewis
- Site: Callaway Gardens Resort, Pine Mountain, Georgia
Year: 1978
- Winner: John Gentile*, 276
- Runner-Up: Jim Ferree
- Site: Callaway Gardens Resort, Pine Mountain, Georgia
Year: 1977
- Winner: Laurie Hammer, 282
- Runner-Up: Steve Benson
- Site: Callaway Gardens Resort, Pine Mountain, Georgia
Year: 1976
- Winner: Bob Galloway, 280
- Runner-Up: George Lanning, Larry Gilbert, Jim Ferriell
- Site: Callaway Gardens Resort, Pine Mountain, Georgia
Year: 1975
- Winner: Roger Watson*, 279
- Runner-Up: David Jimenez
- Site: Callaway Gardens Resort, Pine Mountain, Georgia
Year: 1974
- Winner: Roger Watson*, 284
- Runner-Up: Sam Snead
- Site: Pinehurst Resort & CC, North Carolina
Year: 1973
- Winner: Rives McBee, 282
- Runner-Up: Stan Brian
- Site: Pinehurst Resort & CC, North Carolina
Year: 1972
- Winner: Don Massengale, 280
- Runner-Up: Bob Bruno
- Site: Pinehurst Resort & CC, North Carolina
Year: 1971
- Winner: Sam Snead, 275
- Runner-Up: Jerry Steelsmith, Ron Letellier
- Site: Pinehurst Resort & CC, North Carolina
Year: 1970
- Winner: Rex Baxter, 285
- Runner-Up: Ernie George, Bob Duden
- Site: Sunol Valley CC, Sunol, California
Year: 1969
- Winner: Bob Rosburg, 275
- Runner-Up: Jimmy Wright
- Site: Roadrunner & San Marcos, Chandler, Arizona
Year: 1968
- Winner: Howell Fraser, 272
- Runner-Up: Chuck Malchaski, Bob Rosburg
- Site: Century & Roadrunner, Scottsdale, Arizona
*Won in Playoff