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Revision as of 07:43, 21 July 2018
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | August 9–12, 2018 |
| Location | Town and Country, Missouri |
| Course(s) | Bellerive Country Club |
| Organized by | PGA of America |
| Tour(s) | |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,547 yards (6,901 m) |
| Field | 156 players |
| Prize fund | $10,500,000 |
| Winner's share | $1,890,000 |
The 2018 PGA Championship is the forthcoming 100th PGA Championship that will take place from August 9–12 at Bellerive Country Club in Town and Country, Missouri, a suburb west of St. Louis. This will be the second PGA Championship and third major at Bellerive. It will also be the last held in the month of August; just before the 2017 tournament, the PGA announced that the Championship will move to May in 2019.[1][2]
Media
The 2018 PGA Championship will be the 35th overall and 28th straight PGA Championship to be televised by CBS (CBS Sports' parent network).
Course layout
| Hole | Yards | Par | Hole | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 438 | 4 | 10 | 519 | 4 | |
| 2 | 413 | 4 | 11 | 358 | 4 | |
| 3 | 170 | 3 | 12 | 475 | 4 | |
| 4 | 565 | 5 | 13 | 184 | 3 | |
| 5 | 473 | 4 | 14 | 410 | 4 | |
| 6 | 215 | 3 | 15 | 494 | 4 | |
| 7 | 397 | 4 | 16 | 239 | 3 | |
| 8 | 613 | 5 | 17 | 603 | 5 | |
| 9 | 437 | 4 | 18 | 463 | 4 | |
| Out | 3,721 | 36 | In | 3,745 | 35 | |
| Total | 7,466 | 71 | ||||
Lengths of the course for previous major championships:
- 7,148 yards (6,536 m), par 71 - 1992 PGA Championship
- 7,191 yards (6,575 m), par 70 - 1965 U.S. Open
Field
The following qualification criteria were used to select the field. Each player is listed according to the first category by which he qualified with additional categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses. Dates when a qualifying category will be completely determined are indicated in italics.
- 1. All former PGA Champions
Rich Beem, Keegan Bradley, John Daly, Jason Day (6,10), Jason Dufner, Pádraig Harrington, Martin Kaymer (3,9), Davis Love III, Rory McIlroy (4,9,10), Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson (9,10), Vijay Singh, Justin Thomas (6,10), David Toms, Jimmy Walker (9), Tiger Woods, Yang Yong-eun
- The following former champions are not expected to enter: Paul Azinger, Mark Brooks, Jack Burke, Jr., Steve Elkington, Dow Finsterwald, Raymond Floyd, Al Geiberger, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Don January, John Mahaffey, Larry Nelson, Bobby Nichols, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Nick Price, Jeff Sluman, Dave Stockton, Hal Sutton, Lee Trevino, Bob Tway, Lanny Wadkins
- 2. Last five Masters Champions
Sergio García (9), Patrick Reed (6,9,10), Jordan Spieth (3,4,9), Bubba Watson (10), Danny Willett (9)
- 3. Last five U.S. Open Champions
Dustin Johnson (6,9,10), Brooks Koepka (6,9,10)
- 4. Last five Open Champions
Zach Johnson (9), Henrik Stenson (6,9,10), July 22
- 5. Current Senior PGA Champion
- 6. Top 15 and ties from the 2017 PGA Championship
Scott Brown, Paul Casey (10), Graham DeLaet, Rickie Fowler (9), James Hahn, Brian Harman, Kevin Kisner, Matt Kuchar (9), Marc Leishman (10), Hideki Matsuyama, Francesco Molinari (10), Ryan Moore (9), Louis Oosthuizen, Jordan Smith, Chris Stroud
- 7. 20 low scorers in the 2018 PGA Professional Championship
Danny Balin, Rich Berberian Jr., Michael Block, Matt Borchert, Craig Bowden, Matt Dobyns, Jaysen Hansen, Craig Hocknull, Marty Jertson, Zach Johnson, Ben Kern, Johan Kok, Sean McCarty, David Muttitt, Jason Schmuhl, Brian Smock, Bob Sowards, Omar Uresti, Ryan Vermeer, Shawn Warren
- 8. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and Barracuda Championship through the 2018 RBC Canadian Open
July 29
- 9. Members of the United States and Europe 2016 Ryder Cup teams (provided they are ranked in the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking on July 29, 2018)
Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Matthew Fitzpatrick, J. B. Holmes, Thomas Pieters, Justin Rose (10), Brandt Snedeker, Andy Sullivan, Lee Westwood, Chris Wood
- 10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2017 PGA Championship
Ryan Armour, Patrick Cantlay, Austin Cook, Bryson DeChambeau, Brice Garnett, Billy Horschel, Michael Kim, Patton Kizzire, Satoshi Kodaira, Andrew Landry, Kevin Na, Pat Perez, Scott Piercy, Ted Potter Jr., Ian Poulter, Jon Rahm, Xander Schauffele, Webb Simpson, Brendan Steele, Gary Woodland, Aaron Wise (as of the John Deere Classic), August 5
- 11. Special invitations
- 12. Players below 70th place in official money standings, to fill the field
- Alternates (category 12)
Past champions expected in the field
References
- ^ "PGA date switch makes sense for US but is troublesome for European Tour". Guardian. August 9, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
- ^ Harig, Bob (August 10, 2012). "PGA Championship to move from August date to May in 2019". ESPN. Retrieved August 12, 2017.