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Age †	Golfer (Country)	Year	Tournament
18 years 189 days	Chuck Kocsis (a)	1931	Michigan Open
19 years 4 days	Harry Cooper	1923	Galveston Open
19 years 64 days	Ralph Guldahl	1931	Santa Monica Open
19 years 312 days	John McDermott	1911	US Open
19 years 352 days	Jordan Spieth	2013	John Deere Classic
20 years 5 days	Gene Sarazen	1922	Southern (Spring) Open
20 years 29 days	Nick Dunlap (a)	2024	The American Express
20 years 46 days	Chick Evans (a)	1910	Western Open
20 years 47 days	Tom Kim	2022	Wyndham Championship
20 years 84 days	Matthew Wolff	2019	3M Open
20 years 135 days	Francis Ouimet (a)	1913	US Open
20 years 211 days	Phil Mickelson (a)	1991	Northern Telecom Open
20 years 281 days	Tiger Woods	1996	Las Vegas Invitational
20 years 289 days	Aldrich Potgieter (South Africa)	2025	Rocket Classic
20 years 312 days	Joaquin Niemann (Chile)	2019	A Military Tribute at Greenbrier
20 years 363 days	Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland)	2010	Quail Hollow Championship

Up to an including 1 January 2026 | All golfers from USA unless otherwise stated.
† Youngest age at which a player won a tournament | (a) Indicates amateur

Nick Dunlap, Tom Kim and Tiger Woods all won two PGA Tour events before their 21st birthdays, while Dunlap holds the distinction of being the last amateur, in 2024, to win on the Tour.

In 2019 Chile's Joaquin Niemann became the youngest non-USA golfer to win on the US Tour since Scottish-born Clarence Hackney, winner of the 1923 Philadelphia Open.

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