2021 PGA Championship: Phil Mickelson wins at Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Ocean Course)
Phil Mickelson won the 2021 PGA Championship at Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Ocean Course) in Kiawah Island, South Carolina with 282 (−6), by 2 strokes over Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 2021 in Wanamaker Avenue, the PGA Championship room, or every year on the PGA Championship winners list.
- Dates
- May 20, 2021 to May 23, 2021
- Course
- Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Ocean Course), Kiawah Island, South Carolina
- Edition
- 103rd PGA Championship
- Format
- stroke play
- Par
- 72 · 7,876 yards
- Made the cut
- 81 (cut at 149)
- Purse
- $12,000,000 · winner's share $2,160,000
- Champion
- Phil Mickelson · age 50 · United States · born San Diego, California
- Champion's title
- 2nd PGA Championship
- World ranking
- No. 115
- Winning score
- 70-69-70-73 = 282 (−6) · won by 2 strokes
- Runners-up
- Brooks Koepka, Louis Oosthuizen
- 54-hole leader
- Phil Mickelson (209)
- Caddie
- Tim Mickelson
- Low club professional
- Ben Cook (292)
Winner and runners-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Mickelson | 70 | 69 | 70 | 73 | 282 | −6 |
| T2 | Brooks Koepka | 69 | 71 | 70 | 74 | 284 | −4 |
| T2 | Louis Oosthuizen | 71 | 68 | 72 | 73 | 284 | −4 |
What happened at the 2021 PGA Championship
At 50, Mickelson became the oldest major champion, breaking the record Julius Boros had held since 1968.
In round three Mickelson led by five after the front nine, then found the water at 13 and made double bogey, cutting the lead to one.
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).