Bogeys at No. 14 and No. 15 dropped Player into a tie with unknown Jim Jamieson. When Player sliced his tee shot into the crowd at No. 16, he needed to stand on a fan’s chair to see the green. But he fired a 9-iron over water and tall trees to within 4 feet and made the birdie putt to win.

8. 2001 David Toms

On the longest par four in major championship history, David Toms laid up on the 72nd hole, but proved the strategy sound as he made a 12-foot putt for par to win by one stroke over Phil Mickelson at Atlanta Athletic Club.

7. 2002 Rich Beem

At Hazeltine, journeyman Beem made the tournament’s lone eagle on the par-five 11th hole, then held off a late charge by Tiger Woods to win his lone major. After finishing on the 72nd hole, Beem did a hip-shaking shimmy.

6. 2000 Tiger Woods

At Valhalla, when Woods and Bob May finished a PGA-record 18-under, they went to a three-hole playoff. May hit a brilliant chip from 100 feet to save par on the first extra hole, but Woods answered with a 30-foot birdie putt and became the first repeat winner of the PGA since Denny Shute in 1936-37.

5. 2003 Shaun Micheel

Protecting a 1-stroke lead over Chad Campbell, Micheel hit a 7-iron from the rough, 175 yards out, to within two inches for the clinching birdie. Micheel, from parts unknown, became one of the most unlikely major champions in history.

4. 1986 Bob Tway

The 1986 British Open champ, Greg Norman, was in position to win his second straight major. Tied with Tway on the 72nd hole, Norman was on the fringe and Tway was in a bunker. But Tway exploded to the green and the ball rolled into the cup for the winning birdie.

3. 1980 Jack Nicklaus

After finishing in the top-15 in 33 straight majors, Nicklaus missed the cut at the 1978 PGA, then finished 65th in the 1979 edition. But after winning the 1980 U.S. Open, Nicklaus was back and he duplicated his major success at the PGA, winning at age 40 by 7 strokes to match Walter Hagen’s PGA record five titles.

2. 1999 Tiger Woods

When Woods, 23, squared off against Sergio Garcia, 19, it was a role reversal for golf’s most heralded prodigy. With much of the Medinah crowd pulling for the exciting teenager from Spain, Woods grinded to his second major title, charting the course for the next decade — his success and Sergio’s failure.

1. 1991 John Daly

At Crooked Stick, Daly came from nowhere, making it into the field as the eighth alternate, then galvanizing the golf world with his grip-it-and-rip-it style. Daly took the lead with a second-round 67 then showcased his incredible driving prowess on the weekend.