PGA Championship

This article is about the major golf championship held in the United States. For the European Tour Championship held at Wentworth Club, United Kingdom, see BMW PGA Championship. For the PGA Tour's championship event, see Tour Championship.

PGA Championship

Tournament information
Location	Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Established	1916
Course(s)	Valhalla Golf Club
Par	70
Length	7,394 yards (6,761 m)
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play (1958–present) Match play (1916–1957)
Prize fund	US$18,000,000
Month played	May (formerly August)
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 [lower-alpha 1] Brooks Koepka (2018)
To par	−20 [lower-alpha 1] Jason Day (2015)
Current champion
Brooks Koepka
2024 PGA Championship
Location map
Valhalla Golf Club Location in the United States Show map of the United States Valhalla Golf Club Location in Kentucky Show map of Kentucky

The PGA Championship (often referred to as the US PGA Championship or USPGA outside the United States ^{[1] [2] [3]} ) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers' Association of America. It is one of the four men's major golf championships.

It was formerly played in mid-August on the third weekend before Labor Day weekend, serving as the fourth and final men's major of the golf season. Beginning in 2019, the tournament is played in May on the weekend before Memorial Day, as the season's second major following the Masters Tournament in April. It is an official money event on the PGA Tour, European Tour, and Japan Golf Tour, with a purse of $11 million for the 100th edition in 2018.

In line with the other majors, winning the PGA gains privileges that improve career security. PGA champions are automatically invited to play in the other three majors (Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, and The Open Championship) and The Players Championship for the next five years, and are eligible for the PGA Championship for life. They receive membership on the PGA Tour and the European Tour for the following five seasons. The PGA Championship is the only one of the four majors that is exclusively for professional players.

The PGA Championship has been held at various venues. Some of the early sites are now quite obscure, but in recent years, the event has generally been played at a small group of celebrated courses.

History

In 1894, with 41 golf courses operating in the United States, two unofficial national championships for amateur golfers were organized. One was held at Newport Country Club in Rhode Island, and the other at St. Andrew's Golf Club in New York. In addition, and at the same time as the amateur event, St. Andrew's conducted an Open championship for professional golfers. None of the championships was officially sanctioned by a governing body for American golf, causing considerable controversy among players and organizers. Later in 1894 this led to the formation of the United States Golf Association (USGA), which became the first formal golf organization in the country. After the formation of the USGA, golf quickly became a sport of national popularity and importance.

In February 1916 the Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) was established in New York City. One month earlier, the wealthy department store owner Rodman Wanamaker hosted a luncheon with the leading golf professionals of the day at the Wykagyl Country Club in nearby New Rochelle. The attendees prepared the agenda for the formal organization of the PGA; ^[4] consequently, golf historians have dubbed Wykagyl "The Cradle of the PGA." ^[5] The new organization's first president was Robert White, one of Wykagyl's best-known golf professionals.^{[ citation needed ]}

The first PGA Championship was held in October 1916 at Siwanoy Country Club in Bronxville, New York. ^[6] The winner, Jim Barnes, received $500 and a diamond-studded gold medal donated by Rodman Wanamaker. The 2016 winner, Jimmy Walker, earned $1.8 million. The champion is also awarded a replica of the Wanamaker Trophy, which was also donated by Wanamaker, to keep for one year, and a smaller-sized keeper replica Wanamaker Trophy. ^{[7] [8]}

Format

The PGA Championship was originally a match play event in the early fall, but it varied from May to December. After World War II, the championship was usually in late May or late June, then moved to early July in 1953 and a few weeks later in 1954, with the finals played on Tuesday. As a match play event (with a stroke play qualifier), it was not uncommon for the finalists to play over 200 holes in seven days. The 1957 event lost money, ^[9] and at the PGA meetings in November it was changed to stroke play, starting in 1958, with the standard 72-hole format of 18 holes per day for four days, Thursday to Sunday. Network television broadcasters, preferring a large group of well-known contenders on the final day, pressured the PGA of America to make the format change. ^[10]

During the 1960s, the PGA Championship was played the week after The Open Championship five times, making it virtually impossible for players to compete in both majors. In 1965, the PGA was contested for the first time in August, and returned in 1969, save for a one-year move to late February in 1971, played in Florida. The 2016 event was moved to late July, two weeks after the Open Championship, to accommodate the 2016 Summer Olympics in August. ^[11]

Before the 2017 edition, it was announced that the PGA Championship would be moved to May on the weekend before Memorial Day, beginning in 2019. The PGA Tour concurrently announced that it would move its Players Championship back to March the same year; it had been moved from March to May in 2007. The PGA of America cited the addition of golf to the Summer Olympics, as well as cooler weather enabling a wider array of options for host courses, as reasoning for the change. It was also believed that the PGA Tour wished to re-align its season so that the FedEx Cup Playoffs would not have to compete with the start of football season in late-August. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

Location

The PGA Championship has normally been played in the eastern half of the United States except eleven times, most recently in 2020 at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. ^[15] It was the first for the Bay Area, returning to California after a quarter century. Prior to 2020, it was last played in the Pacific time zone in  1998, at  Sahalee east of  Seattle. (The Mountain time zone has hosted three editions, all in suburban Denver, in 1941, 1967, and  1985.) The 103rd PGA Championship was held at the Kiawah Island Golf Resort's Ocean Course in Kiawah Island, South Carolina, ^[16] and the 104th was held at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. ^[17]

The state of New York has hosted thirteen times, followed by Ohio (11) and Pennsylvania (9).

Promotion

The tournament was previously promoted with the slogan "Glory's Last Shot". In 2013, the tagline was dropped in favor of "The Season's Final Major", as suggested by PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem while discussing the allowance of a one-week break in its schedule before the Ryder Cup. Finchem had argued that the slogan was not appropriate as it weakened the stature of events that occur after it, such as the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup playoffs. PGA of America CEO Pete Bevacqua explained that they had also had discussions with CBS, adding that "it was three entities that all quickly came to the same conclusion that, you know what, there's just not much in that tag line and we don't feel it's doing much for the PGA Championship, so let's not stick with it. Let's think what else is out there." ^{[18] [19]} For a time, the tournament used the slogan "This is Major" as a replacement. ^{[20] [21]}

Trophy

The Wanamaker Trophy, named after businessman and golfer Rodman Wanamaker, stands nearly 2.5 feet (75 cm) tall and weighs 27 pounds (12 kg). The trophy was lost, briefly, for a few years until it showed up in 1930 in the cellar of L.A. Young and Company. Ironically, this cellar was in the factory which made the clubs for the man responsible for losing it, Walter Hagen. Hagen claimed to have trusted a taxi driver with the precious cargo, but it never returned to his hotel. There is a smaller replica trophy that the champion gets to keep permanently, but the original must be returned for the following years tournament. ^[22]

Qualification

The PGA Championship was established for the purpose of providing a high-profile tournament specifically for professional golfers at a time when they were generally not held in high esteem in a sport that was largely run by wealthy amateurs. This origin is still reflected in the entry system for the Championship. It is the only major that does not explicitly invite leading amateurs to compete (it is possible for amateurs to get into the field, although the only viable ways are by winning one of the other major championships, or winning a PGA Tour event while playing on a sponsor's exemption), and the only one that reserves so many places, 20 of 156, for club professionals. These slots are determined by the top finishers in the PGA Professional Championship, which is held in late April.

Since December 1968, the PGA Tour has been independent of the PGA of America. ^{[23] [24] [25]}

The PGA Tour is an elite organization of tournament professionals, but the PGA Championship is still run by the PGA of America, which is mainly a body for club and teaching professionals. The PGA Championship is the only major that does not explicitly grant entry to the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking, although special exemptions are commonly given to players in the top 100 (not just top 50) of the ranking who are not already qualified. ^[26]

As of 2023 ^[update] , the qualification criteria are as follows: ^[27]

• Former PGA Champions.
• Winners of the last five U.S. Opens.
• Winners of the last five Masters.
• Winners of the last five Open Championships.
• Winners of the last three The Players Championships.
• Top 3 on the Official World Golf Ranking International Federation Ranking List (criterion added in 2023). ^[27]
• The current Senior PGA Champion.
• The low 15 scorers and ties in the previous PGA Championship.
• The 20 low scorers in the last PGA Professional Championship.
• The 70 leaders in PGA Championship points list (based on official money earned on the PGA Tour since the previous PGA Championship).
• Members of the most recent United States and European Ryder Cup Teams who are ranked the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking as of one week before the start of the tournament.
• Any tournament winner co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the previous PGA Championship .
• The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above.
• The total field is a maximum of 156 players. Vacancies are filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings).

Winners

Main article: List of PGA Championship champions

Stroke play era winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)	Venue	Location
2024							Valhalla	Louisville, Kentucky
2023	Brooks Koepka (3)	271	−9	2 strokes	Viktor Hovland Scottie Scheffler	3,150,000	Oak Hill (East Course)	Rochester, New York [lower-alpha 2]
2022	Justin Thomas (2)	275	−5	Playoff	Will Zalatoris	2,700,000	Southern Hills	Tulsa, Oklahoma
2021	Phil Mickelson (2)	282	−6	2 strokes	Brooks Koepka Louis Oosthuizen	2,160,000	Kiawah Island (Ocean Course)	Kiawah Island, South Carolina
2020	Collin Morikawa	267	−13	2 strokes	Paul Casey Dustin Johnson	1,980,000	TPC Harding Park	San Francisco, California
2019	Brooks Koepka (2)	272	−8	2 strokes	Dustin Johnson	1,980,000	Bethpage Black	Farmingdale, New York
2018	Brooks Koepka	264	−16	2 strokes	Tiger Woods	1,980,000	Bellerive	Town and Country, Missouri
2017	Justin Thomas	276	−8	2 strokes	Francesco Molinari Louis Oosthuizen Patrick Reed	1,890,000	Quail Hollow	Charlotte, North Carolina
2016	Jimmy Walker	266	−14	1 stroke	Jason Day	1,800,000	Baltusrol (Lower Course)	Springfield, New Jersey
2015	Jason Day	268	−20	3 strokes	Jordan Spieth	1,800,000	Whistling Straits (Straits Course)	Kohler, Wisconsin [lower-alpha 3]
2014	Rory McIlroy (2)	268	−16	1 stroke	Phil Mickelson	1,800,000	Valhalla	Louisville, Kentucky
2013	Jason Dufner	270	−10	2 strokes	Jim Furyk	1,445,000	Oak Hill (East Course)	Rochester, New York [lower-alpha 2]
2012	Rory McIlroy	275	−13	8 strokes	David Lynn	1,445,000	Kiawah Island (Ocean Course)	Kiawah Island, South Carolina
2011	Keegan Bradley	272	−8	Playoff	Jason Dufner	1,445,000	Atlanta (Highlands Course)	Johns Creek, Georgia [lower-alpha 4]
2010	Martin Kaymer	277	−11	Playoff	Bubba Watson	1,350,000	Whistling Straits (Straits Course)	Kohler, Wisconsin [lower-alpha 3]
2009	Yang Yong-eun	280	−8	3 strokes	Tiger Woods	1,350,000	Hazeltine National	Chaska, Minnesota
2008	Pádraig Harrington	277	−3	2 strokes	Ben Curtis Sergio García	1,350,000	Oakland Hills (South Course)	Bloomfield, Michigan
2007	Tiger Woods (4)	272	−8	2 strokes	Woody Austin	1,260,000	Southern Hills	Tulsa, Oklahoma
2006	Tiger Woods (3)	270	−18	5 strokes	Shaun Micheel	1,224,000	Medinah (Course No. 3)	Medinah, Illinois
2005	Phil Mickelson	276	−4	1 stroke	Thomas Bjørn Steve Elkington	1,170,000	Baltusrol (Lower Course)	Springfield, New Jersey
2004	Vijay Singh (2)	280	−8	Playoff	Chris DiMarco Justin Leonard	1,125,000	Whistling Straits (Straits Course)	Kohler, Wisconsin [lower-alpha 3]
2003	Shaun Micheel	276	−4	2 strokes	Chad Campbell	1,080,000	Oak Hill (East Course)	Rochester, New York [lower-alpha 2]
2002	Rich Beem	278	−10	1 stroke	Tiger Woods	990,000	Hazeltine National	Chaska, Minnesota
2001	David Toms	265	−15	1 stroke	Phil Mickelson	936,000	Atlanta (Highlands Course)	Duluth, Georgia [lower-alpha 4]
2000	Tiger Woods (2)	270	−18	Playoff	Bob May	900,000	Valhalla	Louisville, Kentucky [lower-alpha 5]
1999	Tiger Woods	277	−11	1 stroke	Sergio García	630,000	Medinah (Course No. 3)	Medinah, Illinois
1998	Vijay Singh	271	−9	2 strokes	Steve Stricker	540,000	Sahalee	Sammamish, Washington
1997	Davis Love III	269	−11	5 strokes	Justin Leonard	470,000	Winged Foot (West Course)	Mamaroneck, New York
1996	Mark Brooks	277	−11	Playoff	Kenny Perry	430,000	Valhalla	Louisville, Kentucky [lower-alpha 5]
1995	Steve Elkington	267	−17	Playoff	Colin Montgomerie	360,000	Riviera	Pacific Palisades, California [lower-alpha 6]
1994	Nick Price (2)	269	−11	6 strokes	Corey Pavin	310,000	Southern Hills	Tulsa, Oklahoma
1993	Paul Azinger	272	−12	Playoff	Greg Norman	300,000	Inverness Club	Toledo, Ohio
1992	Nick Price	278	−6	3 strokes	John Cook Nick Faldo Jim Gallagher Jr. Gene Sauers	280,000	Bellerive	St. Louis, Missouri [lower-alpha 7]
1991	John Daly	276	−12	3 strokes	Bruce Lietzke	230,000	Crooked Stick	Carmel, Indiana
1990	Wayne Grady	282	−6	3 strokes	Fred Couples	225,000	Shoal Creek	Birmingham, Alabama
1989	Payne Stewart	276	−12	1 stroke	Andy Bean Mike Reid Curtis Strange	200,000	Kemper Lakes	Kildeer, Illinois
1988	Jeff Sluman	272	−12	3 strokes	Paul Azinger	160,000	Oak Tree	Edmond, Oklahoma
1987	Larry Nelson (2)	287	−1	Playoff	Lanny Wadkins	150,000	PGA National	Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1986	Bob Tway	276	−8	2 strokes	Greg Norman	145,000	Inverness Club	Toledo, Ohio
1985	Hubert Green	278	−6	2 strokes	Lee Trevino	125,000	Cherry Hills	Cherry Hills Village, Colorado
1984	Lee Trevino (2)	273	−15	4 strokes	Gary Player Lanny Wadkins	125,000	Shoal Creek	Birmingham, Alabama
1983	Hal Sutton	274	−10	1 stroke	Jack Nicklaus	100,000	Riviera	Pacific Palisades, California [lower-alpha 6]
1982	Raymond Floyd (2)	272	−8	3 strokes	Lanny Wadkins	65,000	Southern Hills	Tulsa, Oklahoma
1981	Larry Nelson	273	−7	4 strokes	Fuzzy Zoeller	60,000	Atlanta (Highlands Course)	Duluth, Georgia [lower-alpha 4]
1980	Jack Nicklaus (5)	274	−6	7 strokes	Andy Bean	60,000	Oak Hill (East Course)	Rochester, New York [lower-alpha 2]
1979	David Graham	272	−8	Playoff	Ben Crenshaw	60,000	Oakland Hills (South Course)	Bloomfield, Michigan
1978	John Mahaffey	276	−8	Playoff	Jerry Pate Tom Watson	50,000	Oakmont	Plum, Pennsylvania
1977	Lanny Wadkins	282	−6	Playoff	Gene Littler	45,000	Pebble Beach	Pebble Beach, California
1976	Dave Stockton (2)	281	+1	1 stroke	Raymond Floyd Don January	45,000	Congressional (Blue Course)	Bethesda, Maryland
1975	Jack Nicklaus (4)	276	−4	2 strokes	Bruce Crampton	45,000	Firestone (South Course)	Akron, Ohio
1974	Lee Trevino	276	−4	1 stroke	Jack Nicklaus	45,000	Tanglewood Park (Championship Course)	Clemmons, North Carolina
1973	Jack Nicklaus (3)	277	−7	4 strokes	Bruce Crampton	45,000	Canterbury	Beachwood, Ohio
1972	Gary Player (2)	281	+1	2 strokes	Tommy Aaron Jim Jamieson	45,000	Oakland Hills (South Course)	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1971	Jack Nicklaus (2)	281	−7	2 strokes	Billy Casper	40,000	PGA National	Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1970	Dave Stockton	279	−1	2 strokes	Bob Murphy Arnold Palmer	40,000	Southern Hills	Tulsa, Oklahoma
1969	Raymond Floyd	276	−8	1 stroke	Gary Player	35,000	NCR (South Course)	Dayton, Ohio
1968	Julius Boros	281	+1	1 stroke	Bob Charles Arnold Palmer	25,000	Pecan Valley	San Antonio, Texas
1967	Don January	281	−7	Playoff	Don Massengale	25,000	Columbine	Columbine Valley, Colorado
1966	Al Geiberger	280	E	4 strokes	Dudley Wysong	25,000	Firestone (South Course)	Akron, Ohio
1965	Dave Marr	280	−4	2 strokes	Billy Casper Jack Nicklaus	25,000	Laurel Valley	Ligonier, Pennsylvania
1964	Bobby Nichols	271	−9	3 strokes	Jack Nicklaus Arnold Palmer	18,000	Columbus	Columbus, Ohio
1963	Jack Nicklaus	279	−5	2 strokes	Dave Ragan	13,000	Dallas (Blue Course)	Dallas, Texas
1962	Gary Player	278	−2	1 stroke	Bob Goalby	13,000	Aronimink	Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
1961	Jerry Barber	277	−3	Playoff	Don January	11,000	Olympia Fields	Olympia Fields, Illinois
1960	Jay Hebert	281	+1	1 stroke	Jim Ferrier	11,000	Firestone (South Course)	Akron, Ohio
1959	Bob Rosburg	277	−3	1 stroke	Jerry Barber Doug Sanders	8,250	Minneapolis	St. Louis Park, Minnesota
1958	Dow Finsterwald	276	−4	2 strokes	Billy Casper	5,500	Llanerch	Havertown, Pennsylvania

Match play era winners

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Winners share ($)	Venue	Location
1957	Lionel Hebert	2 and 1	Dow Finsterwald	8,000	Miami Valley	Dayton, Ohio
1956	Jack Burke Jr.	3 and 2	Ted Kroll	5,000	Blue Hill	Canton, Massachusetts
1955	Doug Ford	4 and 3	Cary Middlecoff	5,000	Meadowbrook	Detroit, Michigan
1954	Chick Harbert	4 and 3	Walter Burkemo	5,000	Keller	Maplewood, Minnesota
1953	Walter Burkemo	2 and 1	Felice Torza	5,000	Birmingham	Birmingham, Michigan
1952	Jim Turnesa	1 up	Chick Harbert	3,500	Big Spring	Louisville, Kentucky
1951	Sam Snead (3)	7 and 6	Walter Burkemo	3,500	Oakmont	Plum, Pennsylvania
1950	Chandler Harper	4 and 3	Henry Williams Jr.	3,500	Scioto	Columbus, Ohio
1949	Sam Snead (2)	3 and 2	Johnny Palmer	3,500	Hermitage	Richmond, Virginia
1948	Ben Hogan (2)	7 and 6	Mike Turnesa	3,500	Norwood Hills	St. Louis, Missouri
1947	Jim Ferrier	2 and 1	Chick Harbert	3,500	Plum Hollow	Detroit, Michigan
1946	Ben Hogan	6 and 4	Ed Oliver	3,500	Portland	Portland, Oregon
1945	Byron Nelson (2)	4 and 3	Sam Byrd	3,750	Moraine	Dayton, Ohio
1944	Bob Hamilton	1 up	Byron Nelson	3,500	Manito	Spokane, Washington
1943: No tournament due to World War II
1942	Sam Snead	2 and 1	Jim Turnesa	1,000	Seaview	Atlantic City, New Jersey
1941	Vic Ghezzi	38 holes	Byron Nelson	1,100	Cherry Hills	Cherry Hills Village, Colorado
1940	Byron Nelson	1 up	Sam Snead	1,100	Hershey (West Course)	Hershey, Pennsylvania
1939	Henry Picard	37 holes	Byron Nelson	1,100	Pomonok	Flushing, New York
1938	Paul Runyan (2)	8 and 7	Sam Snead	1,100	The Shawnee	Smithfield Township, Pennsylvania
1937	Denny Shute (2)	37 holes	Harold McSpaden	1,000	Pittsburgh	O'Hara Township, Pennsylvania
1936	Denny Shute	3 and 2	Jimmy Thomson	1,000	Pinehurst Resort (No. 2 Course)	Pinehurst, North Carolina
1935	Johnny Revolta	5 and 4	Tommy Armour	1,000	Twin Hills	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1934	Paul Runyan	38 holes	Craig Wood	1,000	The Park	Williamsville, New York
1933	Gene Sarazen (3)	5 and 4	Willie Goggin	1,000	Blue Mound	Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
1932	Olin Dutra	4 and 3	Frank Walsh	1,000	Keller	Maplewood, Minnesota
1931	Tom Creavy	2 and 1	Denny Shute	1,000	Wannamoisett	Rumford, Rhode Island
1930	Tommy Armour [lower-alpha 8]	1 up	Gene Sarazen		Fresh Meadow	Queens, New York
1929	Leo Diegel (2)	6 and 4	Johnny Farrell		Hillcrest	Los Angeles, California
1928	Leo Diegel	6 and 5	Al Espinosa		Baltimore (East Course)	Timonium, Maryland
1927	Walter Hagen (5)	1 up	Joe Turnesa		Cedar Crest	Dallas, Texas
1926	Walter Hagen (4)	5 and 3	Leo Diegel		Salisbury (Red Course)	East Meadow, New York
1925	Walter Hagen (3)	6 and 5	Bill Mehlhorn		Olympia Fields	Olympia Fields, Illinois
1924	Walter Hagen (2)	2 up	Jim Barnes		French Lick Springs (Hill Course)	French Lick, Indiana
1923	Gene Sarazen (2)	38 holes	Walter Hagen		Pelham	Pelham Manor, New York
1922	Gene Sarazen	4 and 3	Emmet French	500	Oakmont	Plum, Pennsylvania
1921	Walter Hagen	3 and 2	Jim Barnes	500	Inwood	Inwood, New York
1920	Jock Hutchison [lower-alpha 8]	1 up	J. Douglas Edgar	500	Flossmoor	Flossmoor, Illinois
1919	Jim Barnes (2)	6 and 5	Fred McLeod	500	Engineers	Roslyn Harbor, New York
1917–18: No tournament due to World War I
1916	Jim Barnes	1 up	Jock Hutchison	500	Siwanoy	Bronxville, New York

Source: ^[28]

Match play era details

The table below lists the field sizes and qualification methods for the match play era. All rounds were played over 36 holes except as noted in the table. ^[29]

Years	Field size	Qualification	18 hole rounds
1916–21	32	sectional*
1922	64	sectional	1st two rounds
1923	64	sectional
1924–34	32	36 hole qualifier
1935–41	64	36 hole qualifier	1st two rounds
1942–45	32	36 hole qualifier
1946–55	64	36 hole qualifier	1st two rounds
1956	128	sectional	1st four rounds
1957	128	sectional	1st four rounds, consolation matches (3rd-8th place)

* In 1921, the field consisted of the defending champion and the top 31 qualifiers from the 1921 U.S. Open.

Summary by course, state and region

Summary by course, state and region

Course/State/Region	Number	State No.	Region No.
Blue Hill Country Club	1
Total Massachusetts		1
Wannamoisett Country Club	1
Total Rhode Island		1
Total New England			2
Baltusrol Golf Club	2
Seaview Country Club	1
Total New Jersey		3
Bethpage Black Course	1
Engineers Country Club	1
Fresh Meadow Country Club	1
Inwood Country Club	1
Oak Hill Country Club	4
Pelham Country Club	1
Pomonok Country Club	1
Salisbury Golf Club	1
Siwanoy Country Club	1
The Park Country Club	1
Winged Foot Golf Club	1
Total New York		14
Aronimink Golf Club	1
Hershey Country Club	1
Laurel Valley Golf Club	1
Llanerch Country Club	1
Oakmont Country Club	3
Pittsburgh Field Club	1
The Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort	1
Total Pennsylvania		9
Total Mid-Atlantic			25
PGA National Golf Club	1
Total Florida		1
Atlanta Athletic Club	3
Total Georgia		3
Baltimore Country Club	1
Congressional Country Club	1
Total Maryland		2
Pinehurst Resort	1
Quail Hollow	1
Tanglewood Park	1
Total North Carolina		3
Kiawah Island Golf Resort	2
Total South Carolina		2
Hermitage Country Club	1
Total Virginia		1
Total South Atlantic			13
Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club	2
Total Alabama		2
Big Spring Country Club	1
Valhalla Golf Club	3
Total Kentucky		4
Total East South Central			6
Oak Tree Golf Club	1
Southern Hills Country Club	5
Twin Hills Golf & Country Club	1
Total Oklahoma		7
Cedar Crest Country Club	1
Dallas Athletic Club	1
Pecan Valley Golf Club	1
Total Texas		3
Total West South Central			10
Flossmoor Country Club	1
Kemper Lakes Golf Club	1
Medinah Country Club	2
Olympia Fields Country Club	2
Total Illinois		6
Crooked Stick Golf Club	1
French Lick Springs Resort	1
Total Indiana		2
Birmingham Country Club	1
Meadowbrook Country Club	1
Oakland Hills Country Club	3
Plum Hollow Country Club	1
Total Michigan		6
Canterbury Golf Club	1
Columbus Country Club	1
Firestone Country Club	3
Inverness Club	2
Miami Valley Golf Club	1
Moraine Country Club	1
NCR Country Club	1
Scioto Country Club	1
Total Ohio		11
Blue Mound Golf & Country Club	1
Whistling Straits	3
Total Wisconsin		4
Total East North Central			29
Hazeltine National Golf Club	2
Keller Golf Course	2
Minneapolis Golf Club	1
Total Minnesota		5
Bellerive Country Club	2
Norwood Hills Country Club	1
Total Missouri		3
Total West North Central			8
Cherry Hills Country Club	2
Columbine Country Club	1
Total Colorado		3
Total Mountain			3
Hillcrest Country Club	1
Pebble Beach Golf Links	1
Riviera Country Club	2
TPC Harding Park	1
Total California		5
Portland Golf Club	1
Total Oregon		1
Manito Golf and Country Club	1
Sahalee Country Club	1
Total Washington		2
Total Pacific			8

Records

• Most wins: 5, Jack Nicklaus, Walter Hagen
• Most runner-up finishes: 4, Jack Nicklaus
• Oldest winner: Phil Mickelson in 2021 (50 years, 11 months)
• Youngest winner: Gene Sarazen in 1922 (20 years, 174 days)
• Greatest winning margin in the match play era: Paul Runyan beat Sam Snead 8 & 7 in 1938
• Greatest winning margin in the stroke play era: 8 strokes, Rory McIlroy in 2012
• Lowest absolute 72-hole score: 264, Brooks Koepka (69-63-66-66), 2018
• Lowest 72-hole score in relation to par: −20, Jason Day (68-67-66-67=268) in 2015
  • This is the lowest score in relation to par at any major championship.
  • Koepka's 2018 score was −16. The 2018 site, Bellerive Country Club, played to par 70, while the 2015 site, the Straits Course at Whistling Straits, played to par 72. (Bellerive played to par 71 when it hosted in 1992, and the Straits Course also played to par 72 when it hosted in 2004 and 2010.)
• Lowest 18-hole score: 63 – Bruce Crampton, 2nd round, 1975; Raymond Floyd, 1st, 1982; Gary Player, 2nd, 1984; Vijay Singh, 2nd, 1993; Michael Bradley, 1st, 1995; Brad Faxon, 4th, 1995; José María Olazábal, 3rd, 2000; Mark O'Meara, 2nd, 2001; Thomas Bjørn, 3rd, 2005; Tiger Woods, 2nd, 2007; Steve Stricker, 1st, 2011; Jason Dufner, 2nd, 2013; Hiroshi Iwata, 2nd, 2015; Robert Streb, 2nd, 2016; Brooks Koepka, 2nd, 2018; Charl Schwartzel, 2nd, 2018; Brooks Koepka, 1st, 2019; Bubba Watson, 2nd, 2022.
• Most frequent venues:
  • 5 PGA Championships: Southern Hills Country Club – 1970, 1982, 1994, 2007, 2022.
  • 4 PGA Championships: Oak Hill Country Club, East Course – 1980, 2003, 2013, 2023.
  • 3 PGA Championships: Atlanta Athletic Club, Highlands Course – 1981, 2001, 2011.
  • 3 PGA Championships: Firestone Country Club, South Course – 1960, 1966, 1975.
  • 3 PGA Championships: Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course – 1972, 1979, 2008.
  • 3 PGA Championships: Oakmont Country Club – 1922, 1951, 1978.
  • 3 PGA Championships: Valhalla Golf Club – 1996, 2000, 2014, (2024 planned).
  • 3 PGA Championships: Whistling Straits, Straits Course – 2004, 2010, 2015.

Broadcasting

Further information: List of PGA Championship broadcasters

The PGA Championship is televised in the United States by CBS and ESPN. Beginning 2020, ESPN holds rights to early-round and weekend morning coverage, and will air supplemental coverage through its digital subscription service ESPN+ prior to weekday coverage and during weekend broadcast windows. CBS holds rights to weekend-afternoon coverage. Both contracts run through 2030, with ESPN's contract replacing a prior agreement with TNT. CBS has televised the PGA Championship since 1991, when it replaced ABC. ^{[30] [31] [32]} The ESPN telecasts are co-produced with CBS Sports, mirroring the broadcast arrangements used by ESPN for the Masters Tournament. ^[33]

Future sites

Year	Edition	Course	Location	Dates	Hosted
2024	106th	Valhalla Golf Club	Louisville, Kentucky	May 16–19	1996, 2000, 2014
2025	107th	Quail Hollow Club [34]	Charlotte, North Carolina	May 15–18	2017
2026	108th	Aronimink Golf Club [35] [36]	Newtown Square, Pennsylvania	May 14–17	1962
2027	109th	PGA Frisco [36]	Frisco, Texas	May 20–23	Never
2028	110th	Olympic Club [37]	San Francisco, California	May 18–21	Never
2029	111th	Baltusrol Golf Club	Springfield, New Jersey	May 17–20	2005, 2016
2030	112th	Congressional Country Club [38]	Bethesda, Maryland	TBD	1976
2031	113th	Kiawah Island Golf Resort [39]	Kiawah Island, South Carolina	TBD	2012, 2021
2032	114th	Not yet awarded
2033	115th	Not yet awarded
2034	116th	PGA Frisco	Frisco, Texas	TBD	2027

Source: ^[40]

See also

• Golf in the United States

Notes

1. Equals record for all major championships.
2. The club has a Rochester postal address, but is located in the adjacent town of Pittsford.
3. The course has a Kohler postal address, but is located in the unincorporated community of Haven.
4. The club is in a portion of the postal area of Duluth that became part of the newly incorporated city of Johns Creek in 2006. Although the club continues to be served by the Duluth post office, it now states its postal address as Johns Creek.
5. At that time, the club had a Louisville postal address, but was located in unincorporated Jefferson County. In 2003, the governments of Louisville and Jefferson County merged, putting the club within the political boundaries of Louisville.
6. Pacific Palisades is a neighborhood in Los Angeles with its own postal identity.
7. The club has a St. Louis postal address, but is located in the suburb of Town and Country.
8. These players were British born, but they were based in the United States when they won the PGA Championship, and they became U.S. citizens: Tommy Armour – Born in Scotland but moved to the U.S. in the early 1920s and became a U.S. citizen in 1942. Jock Hutchison – Born in Scotland. He became a U.S. citizen in 1920.

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External links

• Official website
• PGA Media Guide
• Coverage on PGA Tour's official site
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site