US PGA Championship stat pack

Jason Day starts the defence of his US PGA Championship title on Thursday.

Ahead of the final major of the year at Baltusrol, we take a look at a selection of the best statistics courtesy of Opta:

- This is the 98th US PGA Championship. Meanwhile, Baltusrol is hosting its ninth major (seven US Opens, two US PGA Championships), with the only previous US PGA on the New Jersey course staged in 2005, when Phil Mickelson emerged victorious.

- The last seven majors played at Baltusrol have all been won by Americans. The only other men's major at the venue was its first in 1903 when Scotsman Willie Anderson lifted the US Open trophy.

- If there is a new champion on Sunday it will be the fifth time all four majors are won by first-time major winners. That also happened in 1959, 1969, 2003 and 2011.

- So far, the 2016 majors have been won by golfers from three different countries. This could be only the second time in golf history that the four major tournaments are won by four different nationalities in the same calendar year, with 2010 the only previous year that has occurred.

- Walter Hagen and Jack Nicklaus have won the most US PGA Championships. Those two players have won five apiece, while Tiger Woods is next on the list with four victories.

- Rory McIlroy has won two of the last four US PGA Championships - in 2012 and 2014. This is also the major in which the Northern Irishman has recorded the most top-10 finishes (five) and the only major where he has made the cut on every occasion, staying for the weekend seven times.

- Dustin Johnson has racked up seven top-10 finishes in his last nine majors. The American's victory at the U.S. Open in June was his first major triumph in 29 attempts. He has also recorded the best overall score to par of players to complete all four rounds at the first three majors this year (seven under).

- Phil Mickelson's second place at The Open at Royal Troon marked the 11th time he has finished runner-up in a major. Only Jack Nicklaus (with 19) has finished second on more occasions.