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Most Times Runner-up

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Times Runner-up	Player (Country)	Years Runner-up
4	Jack Nicklaus	1964-85, 1974, 1983
3	Byron Nelson	1939 †, 1941 †, 1944 †
3	Arnold Palmer *	1964, 1968, 1970
3	Billy Casper *	1958, 1965, 1971
3	Lanny Wadkins	1982, 1984, 1987
3	Tiger Woods	2002, 2009, 2018
2	Jim Barnes	1921 †, 1924 †
2	Sam Snead	1938 †, 1940 †
2	Chick Harbert	1947 †, 1952 †
2	Walter Burkemo	1951 †, 1954 †
2	Bruce Crampton (Australia) *	1973, 1975
2	Don January	1961, 1976
2	Gary Player (South Africa)	1969, 1984
2	Andy Bean *	1980, 1989
2	Greg Norman (Australia) *	1986, 1993
2	Justin Leonard *	1997, 2004
2	Sergio García (Spain) *	1999, 2008
2	Phil Mickelson	2001, 2014
2	Dustin Johnson *	2019-20
2	Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa) *	2017, 2021
2	Bryson DeChambeau *	2024-25

Up to and including 2025 | All golfers from the USA unless otherwise stated.
† Indicates runner-up when the PGA was a match-play event
* Indictes player never won the PGA Championship.

Of the golfers on the above list, Bruce Crampton and Andy Bean are the ony two never to have won any one of the four Majors..

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