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Who will be PGA's next surprise champion?

You can read all the columns and blogs you want about this year¹s PGA Championship, except this one, and you likely won't find the name of the eventual winner because, when it comes to surprises, the year¹s last major is like the start of a James Bond movie.

Since the PGA Championship went to medal play in 1958, which gives us 58 events to look at, there have been 25 players - 43 percent - whose victory was their first and only major win. Compare that to the same time period at The Open and the U.