PGA Championship
The PGA Championship is a professional golf tournament played in the United States. It is sometimes referred to as the US PGA Championship outside North America. It is one of the 4 major championships on the PGA Tour. It is played in the middle part of August and is the 4th of the 4 major tournaments to take place each year with The US Open, The British Open and the Masters Tournament coming before. Since it is the last of the 4 tournaments the PGA Championship has been nicknamed “Glory’s last shot.”
The first PGA Championship was played at Siwanoy Country club in Eastchester, NY in 1916. The winner received $500 and a diamond studded gold medal. The PGA Championship was started as a match play event and was changed to stroke play in 1958. Today the winner takes home $1.35 million and is awarded the Wanamaker Trophy.
The winner of the PGA Championship is invited to participate in all of the subsequent major tournaments for the next five years. The winners are also exempt from qualifying for the PGA Championship for life.
The PGA Championship has been held at many different locations, but is now played at any of a small number of celebrated courses.
Records at the PGA Championship include:
- Oldest winner: Julius Boros (48 years, 142 days), 1968
- Youngest winner: Gene Sarazen (20 years, 174 days), 1922
- Lowest absolute score in relation to par: -18, Tiger woods (200, 2006), Bob May (2000)
- Greatest winning margin: 7 strokes, Jack Nicklaus, 1980
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