Oldest golf major winners in history: Phil Mickelson tops list after ...
Mickelson is the oldest major winner in history at 50 years, 11 months old after his win at Kiawah Island
www.cbssports.comHere’s a concise update on the oldest golf major winners.
- Phil Mickelson is the oldest major winner in modern history, winning the 2021 PGA Championship at 50 years, 11 months, and 7 days. This set the current benchmark for age at the time of a major title.[1]
- Historically, Julius Boros held the previous record for oldest major winner, winning the PGA Championship in 1968 at 48 years, 4 months, and 18 days.[1]
- If you’re curious about longer-running records, Old Tom Morris (The Open Champion in 1867) remains the oldest major winner in the Open era if you go back to 19th century editions, at 46 years, 3 months, 10 days.[2]
Notes:
- Lists and analyses of oldest major winners are widely published across golf outlets, with Mickelson’s 2021 feat consistently highlighted as the standout elderly-major achievement in the post-war era.[3][7]
- For a broader sense of “oldest major winners” across historical eras, sources vary in how they segment post-war vs. pre-war and men’s vs. women’s majors, but Mickelson remains the benchmark for the men’s majors in the modern era.[6][9]
If you’d like, I can pull together a compact timeline or a 1-page graphic showing age vs. year for the top contenders.