2013 PGA Championship winner, leaderboard, storylines, and more at Oak Hill

Taking a look at the 2013 PGA Championship winner, leaderboard and more with the storylines the last time the major was played at Oak Hill Country Club.

For the second major of the 2023 calendar, the PGA Championship will return to a familiar venue at Oak Hill Country Club in the suburbs of Rochester, NY. This will be the fourth time that the course has hosted the event from the PGA of America, the last being the 2013 PGA Championship, in addition to having hosted the U.S. Open three times, the 1995 Ryder Cup, and numerous other major amateur and senior tournaments.

It’s worth noting that the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill is going to be tremendously different than what we’ve seen from tournaments at this course previously. Over the past few years, Oak Hill has undergone major renovations to remove trees and make the property more open and less of a tight, precision golf course. Now longer but with position being key, it’ll play much different in 2023 than it did at the 2013 PGA Championship.

Having said that, golf fans love to dive into the history of a course, particularly as it pertains to major championships. So let’s take a look at the last time this event was here, the 2013 PGA Championship, and check out the winner, what the leaderboard looked like, and the major storylines going into and leaving Oak Hill Country Club.

2013 PGA Championship winner: Who won at Oak Hill?

The last time the PGA Championship was at Oak Hill, the 2013 winner of the Wanamaker Trophy was then-36-year-old Jason Dufner. He entered the tournament with 40/1 odds but had his best major season of his career leading up to it, finishing T20 at The Masters and T4 at the US Open earlier in the year. It was also his first and only major victory in addition to just his third career PGA Tour victory of his career.

2013 PGA Championship leaderboard

Here’s a look at how the leaderboard turned out at Oak Hill the last time the PGA Championship was played here.

1. Jason Dufner -10
2. Jim Furyk -8
3. Henrik Stenson -7
4. Jonas Blixt -6
T5. Scott Piercy -5
T5. Adam Scott -5
7. David Toms -4
T8. Jason Day -3
T8. Dustin Johnson -3
T8. Zach Johnson -3
T8. Rory McIlroy -3
T12. Roberto Castro -2
T12. Marc Leishman -2
T12. Graeme McDowell -2
T12. Kevin Streelman -2
T12. Steve Stricker -2
T12. Marc Warren -2
T12. Boo Weekley -2
T19. Keegan Bradley -1
T19. Rickie Fowler -1
T19. Hideki Matsuyama -1

The two favorites entering the tournament were Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, but both finished well out of contention at Oak Hill, with Woods coming in at T40 with a +4 final score and Mickelson making the cut but finishing at the bottom of the leaderboard at T72 with a +12 final score for the tournament.

2013 PGA Championship major storylines

Coming into the 2013 PGA Championship, there was a lot of focus put on young Rory McIlroy, who had won the previous year’s major at Kiawah in dominant fashion. With his form, though he didn’t win a major in the 2013 season, there was a real thought that the prodigious Northern Irishman could go back-to-back years hosting the Wanamaker Trophy.

Having said that, he was not one of the outright favorites. Even in the wake of some early injuries, Tiger Woods was the favorite, followed by Phil Mickelson, who had just won The Open Championship for the first time in his career a month prior. Adam Scott, who won The Masters to begin the 2013 major season, was also one of the favorites. And US Open winner Justin Rose figured to be in the mix too.

In the first round on Thursday, Jim Furyk and Scott held the co-lead with 5-under rounds of 65. There was a hefty pack behind them, though, with David Hearn and Lee Westwood one stroke off of the pace and a group headlined by Jason Day two strokes behind the leaders.

Jason Dufner took control on Friday in the second round, breaking the Oak Hill course record by shooting a 7-under 63 for the day, jumping out to a two-stroke lead over Furyk, Scott and Matt Kuchar, who shot 67-66 to open his tournament.

On Moving Day at Oak Hill, though, Dufner faded a bit, shooting a 1-over round of 71 on the day, allowing a 2-under round from Furyk to be good enough to take control. Meanwhile, big-name youngsters in Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson made big moves, with the former shooting a 3-under 67 to move into a tie for seventh and Johnson entering the Top 10 with the low round of the day of 5-under 65.

During a grueling final round, though, Dufner weathered the storm, even with bogeying the final two holes — something most everyone did with the holes playing extremely difficult — and with Furyk fading a bit with a 1-over 71, Dufner’s 2-under round on Sunday was enough for him to earn his first and only major championship victory.

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