[PHOTO: Patrick Smith]
Xander Schauffele broke a major championship scoring record in winning the 2024 PGA Championship at 21-under-par. But he was far from alone when it came to going low at Valhalla.
In fact, the field’s cumulative score in relation to par broke a PGA Championship record as well. And it wasn’t even close.
Thanks to stats guru Justin Ray for sharing this mind-blowing tally:
Lowest combined score to par by field, PGA Championship history
2024 Valhalla, -214
1995 Riviera, +40
2018 Bellerive, +59— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGolf) May 19, 2024
Pretty crazy, huh? That’s a LOT of red.
To put it in further perspective, Bryson DeChambeau became the first person to ever shoot 20-under in a major and lose. Heck, he couldn’t even get into a playoff at that number.
Only four of the 78 players who made the cut finished over par. And the Friday cutline itself was one-under.
Yeah, yeah, the “par is a construct” people will have their say, but the bottom line is that we just witnessed the all-time birdiefest at a major.
