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He is the youngest ever winner on the PGA Tour after triumphing at just 18-years-old

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The PGA Tour calendar roared on this week with the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, the latest event in the FedExCup Fall schedule.

It concludes with The RSM Classic next week, with all eyes then set to turn towards the 2026 PGA Tour season.

There, Scottie Scheffler looks like being the player to beat once more, having dominated the 2025 PGA Tour season.

Scheffler ranked first for scoring average as he claimed six wins, with such success helping him top the 2025 PGA Tour money list.

Rory McIlroy and Ben Griffin also impressed with three wins each, while Tommy Fleetwood claimed his maiden PGA Tour win at the Tour Championship.

Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy look on from the ninth tee during the first round of the TOUR Championship at East Lake
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Charles Kocsis remains the youngest ever winner on the PGA Tour

All those players and indeed their fellow winners did, however, fail to break one long-standing record this season.

It involves the youngest ever winner on the PGA Tour, a record which has now lasted for almost 100 years.

Who is the better player: Rory McIlroy or Scottie Scheffler?

And it is Charles Kocsis who holds the record, having won the 1931 Michigan Open aged 18 years, six months, and nine days.

Remarkably, it represented his only ever win on the PGA Tour, on which the former American amateur golfer made 30 appearances.

Events played30
Wins1
Cuts made22/30
Runner-up0
Third place0
Top 51
Top 103
Official money$380
Charles Kocsis’ PGA Tour stats

Jordan Spieth among youngest PGA Tour winners of all time

It was quite the feat from Kocsis, whose superb career efforts earned him a place in the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame.

Such efforts included 11 appearances at The Masters, including one as low amateur, while he qualified for the US Open 13 times, twice finishing as the low amateur.

AgePlayerTournament
18 years, 6 months, 9 daysCharles Kocsis1931 Michigan Open
19 years, 4 daysHarry Cooper1923 Galveston Open Championship
19 years, 2 months, 3 daysRalph Guldahl1931 Santa Monica Open
19 years, 10 months, 14 daysJohn McDermott1911 US Open
19 years, 11 months, 17 daysJordan Spieth2013 John Deere Classic
Youngest PGA Tour winners

Kocsis also made three Walker Cup appearances, and remains the youngest ever winner on the PGA Tour.

Others have certainly come close to breaking that record, including a 19-year-old Jordan Spieth at the 2013 John Deere Classic.