9 Fun Golfer Facts about Scottie Scheffler and his win at The 2025 PGA Championships

Scottie Scheffler - Unshakable!

May 18, 2025 - SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER showed the golf world—again—why he’s the guy to beat, capturing the 2025 PGA Championship with a five-shot win and securing his third career major in style.

Things got dicey early on Sunday, with SCHEFFLER stumbling to a 2-over front nine and momentarily losing the lead. JON RAHM surged into a tie thanks to three quick birdies, but then the back nine hit—and that’s when SCHEFFLER locked in.

While RAHM imploded with a bogey-double-double finish (ouch), SCHEFFLER played mistake-free, dropping birdies on 10, 14, and 15, and then coolly navigating Quail Hollow’s brutal “Green Mile” like it was a Sunday stroll. His mental game was on full display—he stayed patient, trusted his process, and let everyone else make the mistakes.

The key? A third-round 65 that included an eagle on 14 and birdies on three of his last four holes, giving him the cushion he needed heading into Sunday. From there, it was all about staying in control—and that’s exactly what he did.

With the win, SCHEFFLER took home the biggest check in PGA Championship history. Not a bad weekend.

5 FUN GOLFER FACTS ABOUT THE 2025 PGA Championship
  • This is SCHEFFLER'S 15th PGA win in his 140th start at the age of 28 years, 10 months and 27 days

  • The 5 stroke win is the largest gap in over 10 years, since RORY MCILROY won with an 8 stroke margin back in 2012

  • Joins TIGER WOODS and JACK NICKLAUS as the only players during the modern era to win 15 times, including 3 majors, before the age of 29

  • SCHEFFLER cracks teh top 3 in shortest span between first and 15th PGA wins joining a pretty decent group - #1 is TIGER WOODS (3 years/32 days) and #2 is JACK NICKLAUS (3 years/45 days); Scottie did it in 3 years/94 days

  • SCHEFFLER has now finished in the top 10 at each of the years first two majors (4th/Masters and 1st/PGA) - but he isn't alone, joining him is a determined BRYSON DECHAMBEAU, who finished T5 at the Masters and now T2 at the PGA Championships

4 MORE FUN GOLFER FACTS ABOUT SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER
  • When SCHEFFLER is hot, he's hot...this back to back start with a win is the 4th time he has done this (2025, twice in 2024 and once in 2022)

  • Keeping the streak, this is also the 4th consecutive season with multiple wins for SCHEFFLER (2025-2, 2024-7, 2023-2, 2022-4)

  • While SCHEFFLER is a proud Texan, he wasn't actually born in the State; he was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey but moved to Texas when he was 6

  • SCHEFFLER attended Highland Park High School - the same high school where LA Dodger catcher CLAYTON KERSHAW and LA Rams quarterback MATT STAFFORD went