New Englanders to Win PGA Championship

(May 14, 2024) - The second major of 2024 will be contested at Valhalla Golf Club later this week. So ahead of the 2024 PGA Championship, we decided to check out which native New Englanders have won the title. Check out the list below!

Henry Picard

Born: Plymouth, Massachusetts

PGA Championship Year: 1939

Course: Pomonok Country Club (NY)

Notes: Defeated Byron Nelson with a playoff on the 37th hole of what was then a match play final.

PGA Tour Wins: 26

Additional Major Championships: Masters (1938)

Doug Ford

Born: West Haven, Connecticut

PGA Championship Year: 1955

Course: Meadowbrook Country Club (MI)

Notes: Earned a 4&3 victory over Cary Middlecoff

PGA Tour Wins: 19

Additional Major Championships: Masters (1957)

Julius Boros

Born: Fairfield, Connecticut

PGA Championship Year: 1968

Course: Pecan Valley Golf Club (TX)

Notes: One-stroke victory over Bob Charles and Arnold Palmer. Boros, 48 years old, at the time of his victory, became the oldest player to ever win a major championship. He held that distinction until 2021 when Phil Mickelson won the PGA Championship as a 50-year-old.

PGA Tour Wins: 18

Additional Major Championships: U.S. Open (1952, 1963), Masters (1963)

Paul Azinger

Born: Holyoke, Massachusetts

PGA Championship Year: 1993

Course: Inverness Club (OH)

Notes: Azinger birdied four of his last seven holes and then won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff against Greg Norman.

PGA Tour Wins: 12

Keegan Bradley

Born: Woodstock, Vermont

PGA Championship Year: 2011

Course: Atlanta Athletic Club (GA)

Notes: Bradley won in a three-hole playoff against Jason Dufner

PGA Tour Wins: 6

Editors Note: All photos from PGA of America