Every player to ever complete the historic PGA Tour three-peat

It's not every week on the PGA Tour or in golf in general that you have an opportunity to accomplish the historic three-peat, something only six other players in the modern era of the PGA Tour have achieved, but that is exactly the position that Tom Kim finds himself in heading into this week's Shriners Children's Open in Las Vegas, Nevada. History awaits, can Tom Kim reach out and seize the opportunity to etch his name in golf's history books alongside some of the greatest to have ever played the game?

Shortly after bursting onto the scene with an astonishing win at the Wyndham at just 20 years old to become the second-youngest player to win on tour since World War II, Kim bagged his second PGA Tour win at the Shriners Children's Open two years ago becoming the first player since Tiger Woods to have won twice on tour before even turning twenty-one. At 21-years-old he would win at TPC Summerlin once again adding a third career tour win to his resume. The win saw Tom Kim become just the second player in the tournament's history to win in back-to-back years. “No. 3 sounds a lot better than No. 2, I’m not going to lie to you,” he added last October after successfully defending his title at TPC Summerlin.

Now Kim returns to the scene of two of his three career wins on the PGA Tour relishing the opportunity for a historic three-peat. "Yeah, I think it's a very, very cool week just to be even having a chance of that. I think that's the coolest part," he said to media ahead of teeing it up this week. The two-time defending champion was always likely to return to Las Vegas this year as the event's most recent winner, throw in the fact that the talented young player finished 51st in the final FedEx Cup standings, and it was certain as he looks to accumulate enough points to seal his spot in two early-season signature events in 2025. But this week is special for Tom Kim, not only because he is the defending champion again, but because of the opportunity that lies before him. Not since 2011 has someone accomplished a historic three-peat on tour, Tom has the opportunity this week and he is favored to do just that according to the experts.

Tom already shares one record with Tiger Woods after winning this event for the first time, can he join the 15-time major champion on another elite list? And who else other than the Great Woods is on that list? Let's take a look at every three-peat winner in PGA Tour history.

Every three-peat winner in PGA Tour history

The incredible three-peat achievement boasts an illustrious list of names with Tiger Woods responsible for six of the eleven three-peats since 1971. Incredibly, Tiger Woods won the same event four consecutive times on two different occasions, at what was then known as the Buick Invitational (Farmers) in 2005,2006,2007, and 2008, and at the Bay Hill Invitational (Arnold Palmer) in 2000,2001,2002, and 2003.

It should be noted that prior to 1968, eight players won the same event three consecutive times with Gene Sarazen winning the Miami Open from 1926-1930* four times in a row. Sarazen also won the Miami Beach Open in 1927,1928, and 1929. Others to have accomplished the three-peat before the modern PGA Tour era included Arnold Palmer (Phoenix Open, 1961-1963), and the Texas Open from 1960-62, Billy Casper (Portland Open, 1959-1961), Gene Littler (Tournament of Champions, 1955-57), Ben Hogan (Asheville Land of the Sky Open, 1940-42), Ralph Guldahl (Western Open, 1936-38), Henry Picard (Tournament of the Gardens, 1935-37), and Walter Hagen (Metropolitan Open, 1916-20, *not played in 1917-18 due to World War 1).

Only fourteen players in PGA history have won a non-major tournament on at least three consecutive occasions. Tom Kim can join that illustrious list of names this week should he go on to lift the trophy at the Shriners Children's Open for a third consecutive year; if he does he would be just the seventh player in the modern PGA Tour era to have done so.