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Who won the first PGA Championship in 1916?
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Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy competing in the final round of the 2012 PGA Championship.
The first PGA Championship was won by James Barnes in 1916. Held at the Siwanoy Country Club in Bronxville, New York, the inaugural event was a 36-hole elimination match-play tournament where Barnes defeated Jock Hutchison in the final round.12