TULSA – Justin Thomas, the son and grandson of PGA Professionals, defeated Will Zalatoris in a three-hole aggregate playoff to win the PGA Championship for the second time (2017, 2022). He became the 22nd multiple winner of the event.
In doing so, Thomas came from seven strokes back to tie the PGA Championship record for largest final-round comeback, marking the largest comeback win since Justin Rose came from eight back at the 2017 WGC-HSBC Champions.
Thomas has now won in seven straight seasons on the PGA Tour. That can become the Tour’s longest streak if Dustin Johnson does not win a tournament this season.
This year marks the first time in eight major championships contested at Southern Hills that the 36-hole and 54-hole leader/co-leader did not win the tournament. Thirty-six-hole leader Zalatoris finished runner-up for the third time in 48 Tour starts and scored his fifth Top-10 finish in last seven major starts.
Fifty-four-hole leader Mito Pereira made double bogey on No. 18 to finish T-3 but had the best finish by a Chilean at a major.
Final PGA Leaderboard | Southern Hills
*Justin Thomas 67-67-74-67—275 (-5)
Will Zalatoris 66-65-73-71—275 (-5)
Cameron Young 71-67-67-71—276 (-4)
Mito Pereira 68-64-69-75—276 (-4)
*Thomas (2-under) defeated Zalatoris (1-under) in a 3-hole aggregate playoff
Playoff (3-hole aggregate on Nos. 13-17-18)
Justin Thomas birdie (4) – birdie (3) – par (4) 2-under
Will Zalatoris birdie (4) – par (4) – par (4) 1-under