Oldest Winners in Pro Golf History
Oldest PGA Tour winner: Sam Snead was 52 years, 10 months, 8 days old when he won the 1965 Greater Greensboro Open. Read more about this record
Oldest European Tour winner: At age 50 years and 133 days when he won the 2014 Spanish Open, that's Miguel Angel Jiménez.
Oldest men's major championship winner: Phil Mickelson, age 50 years, 11 months, 7 days. Mickelson won the 2021 PGA Championship. See also: All men's major winners over age 40 and the list of 10 oldest major championship winners.
Oldest LPGA Tour winner: Beth Daniel, who was 46 years, 8 months, 29 days old at the time of her 2003 Canadian Women's Open victory.
Oldest Ladies European Tour winner: Trish Johnson, who was 48 years, 7 months and 17 days old when she won the 2014 Ladies Scottish Open.
Oldest women's major championship winner: Fay Crocker, age 45 years, 7 months, 11 days old. Crocker won the 1960 Titleholders Championship. This is currently one of the oldest records still standing on the LPGA Tour.
Oldest Korn Ferry Tour winner: Kirk Triplett won the 2011 News Sentinel Open at age 49 years, 4 months, 29 days.
Oldest Champions Tour winner: Bernhard Langer has set and re-set the record for oldest Champions Tour winner multiple times. He first broke the record at age 63, then became the first 64-year-old to win on the Champions Tour, then the first 65-year-old. Langer's record currently stands at 65 years, 10 months, 5 days.
Oldest European Senior Tour winner: Neil Coles, who was 67 years and 276 days old when he won the 2002 Lawrence Batley Seniors Open.
Oldest senior major championship winner: Bernhard Langer, age 65 years, 10 months, 5 days. That's how old Langer was when he won the 2023 U.S. Senior Open.
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Photo credit: Image of Sam Snead via ABC Television / Public domain
