US Open: Could the first page of the PGA Championship leaderboard point towards this week's winner?

The only exceptions were Collin Morikawa, who had played just one Major before his PGA Championship win in 2020 (a solid but unspectacular top 40), and Phil Mickelson, who succeeded Morikawa and was apparently in his golfing dotage.

2017 - Sergio Garcia had missed the cut in the PGA Championship but before that had finished fifth in both the Open and US Open.

2018 - Patrick Reed had finished second in the PGA.

2019 - Tiger Woods had finished second in the PGA and had briefly led in the final round of the Open.

2020 - Dustin Johnson had been sixth in the US Open and second in the PGA (when leading after 54 holes).

2021 - Hideki Matsuyama had finished T13th in the previous year's Masters (in November) and before that had been fourth heading into the final round of the US Open before slipping back into T17th.

2022 - Scottie Scheffler was eighth in the Open (when fourth after 54 holes), his third top eight finish in the Majors in a row.

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2017 - Justin Thomas had been second with 18 holes to play at the US Open, finishing tied ninth.

2018 - Koepka had won the US Open.

2019 - Koepka had been second in the Masters after sharing the 18 and 36 hole lead and was defending his title.

2020 - In an odd COVID-disrupted year Collin Morikawa only had experience of the previous year's US Open when he was T35th.

2021 - Phil Mickelson had given no hint that he would win.

2022 - Justin Thomas had finished tied eighth at the Masters, spending the last 54 holes in the top 10.

2017 - Brooks Koepka had been T11th in the Masters and fourth in the PGA.

2018 - Koepka had missed the Masters that year. He had been T13th in the PGA (having been third after 18 holes) tied sixth in the Open (having been top three all week) and