2015 PGA Championship: Jason Day wins at Whistling Straits (Straits Course)
Jason Day won the 2015 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits (Straits Course) in Kohler, Wisconsin with 268 (−20), by 3 strokes over Jordan Spieth.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 2015 in Wanamaker Avenue, the PGA Championship room, or every year on the PGA Championship winners list.
- Dates
- August 13, 2015 to August 16, 2015
- Course
- Whistling Straits (Straits Course), Kohler, Wisconsin
- Edition
- 97th PGA Championship
- Format
- stroke play
- Par
- 72 · 7,501 yards
- Field
- 156
- Made the cut
- 77 (cut at 146)
- Purse
- $10,000,000 · winner's share $1,800,000
- Champion
- Jason Day · age 27 · Australia · born Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia
- Champion's title
- 1st PGA Championship
- World ranking
- No. 5
- Winning score
- 68-67-66-67 = 268 (−20) · won by 3 strokes
- Runner-up
- Jordan Spieth
- 54-hole leader
- Jason Day (201)
- Caddie
- Colin Swatton
- Low club professional
- Brian Gaffney (293)
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Day | 68 | 67 | 66 | 67 | 268 | −20 |
| 2 | Jordan Spieth | 71 | 67 | 65 | 68 | 271 | −17 |
What happened at the 2015 PGA Championship
Day became the first golfer to finish a major at 20 under par, in his 20th major start.
Runner-up Jordan Spieth finished 54 under par across the four 2015 majors, beating the 53 under that Tiger Woods posted in 2000.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's PGA Championship data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: pga.json (the PGA Championship room's data: Tables 1A–1H).