2024 PGA Championship
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | May 16–19, 2024 |
| Location | Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. 38°14′17″N 85°28′14″W / 38.23806°N 85.47056°W |
| Course(s) | Valhalla Golf Club |
| Tour(s) | |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,609 yards (6,958 m) |
| Field | 156 players |
| Location map | |
  Valhalla Golf Club Location in the United States  Valhalla Golf Club Location in Kentucky | |
The 2024 PGA Championship will be the 106th edition of the PGA Championship and the second of the men's four major golf championships held in 2024. The tournament will be played from May 16–19 at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.[1]
Venue[edit]
This is the fourth PGA Championship at Valhalla, which previously hosted in 1996, 2000, and 2014. It also hosted the Ryder Cup in 2008.
| Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cut the Corner | 484 | 4 | 10 | Turns | 590 | 5 | |
| 2 | The Ridge | 500 | 4 | 11 | On the Edge | 211 | 3 | |
| 3 | Floyds Fork | 208 | 3 | 12 | Odin's Revenge | 494 | 4 | |
| 4 | Short 'n Sweet | 372 | 4 | 13 | The Island | 351 | 4 | |
| 5 | Fade Away | 463 | 4 | 14 | Two Tears | 254 | 3 | |
| 6 | The Bear | 495 | 4 | 15 | On the Rocks | 435 | 4 | |
| 7 | Players Pick | 597 | 5 | 16 | Down the Stretch | 508 | 4 | |
| 8 | Thor's Hammer | 190 | 3 | 17 | No Mercy | 472 | 4 | |
| 9 | The Rise | 415 | 4 | 18 | Gahm Over | 570 | 5 | |
| Out | 3,724 | 35 | In | 3,885 | 36 | |||
| Source:[2] | Total | 7,609 | 71 | |||||
Previous course lengths for major championships
- 7,458 yards (6,820 m) – par 71, 2014 PGA Championship
- 7,167 yards (6,554 m) – par 72, 2000 PGA Championship
- 7,144 yards (6,532 m) – par 72, 1996 PGA Championship
Field[edit]
Criteria[edit]
This list details the qualification criteria for the 2024 PGA Championship and the players who qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players qualified are indicated in parentheses.[3][4][5]
1. All past winners of the PGA Championship
- Rich Beem
- Keegan Bradley (10,12)
- John Daly
- Jason Day (10)
- Jason Dufner
- Pádraig Harrington
- Martin Kaymer
- Brooks Koepka (8,11)
- Rory McIlroy (8,10,11,12)
- Shaun Micheel
- Phil Mickelson
- Collin Morikawa (4,10,11,12)
- Justin Thomas (10,11)
- Jimmy Walker
- Tiger Woods
- Yang Yong-eun
- Paul Azinger, Mark Brooks, Steve Elkington, Raymond Floyd, Al Geiberger, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Davis Love III, John Mahaffey, Larry Nelson, Bobby Nichols, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Nick Price, Vijay Singh, Jeff Sluman, Dave Stockton, Hal Sutton, David Toms, Lee Trevino, Bob Tway, and Lanny Wadkins were not in the initially released field.
2. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2020–2024)
- Dustin Johnson
- Hideki Matsuyama (10,12)
- Jon Rahm (3,11)
- Scottie Scheffler (5,8,10,11,12)
3. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2019–2023)
- Wyndham Clark (10,11,12)
- Bryson DeChambeau (8)
- Matt Fitzpatrick (10,11)
- Gary Woodland
4. Recent winners of The Open Championship (2018–2023)
- Brian Harman (10,11,12)
- Shane Lowry (8,10,11)
- Francesco Molinari
- Cameron Smith (5,8)
5. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2022–2024)
6. The top three on the Official World Golf Ranking's International Federation Ranking List as of April 29, 2024
7. Current Senior PGA Champion
8. The leading 15 players, and those tying for 15th place, in the 2023 PGA Championship
- Michael Block
- Patrick Cantlay (10,11)
- Eric Cole (10)
- Corey Conners (10)
- Cameron Davis (10)
- Tyrrell Hatton (11)
- Viktor Hovland (10,11,12)
- Kurt Kitayama (10)
- Victor Perez
- Justin Rose (11)
- Sepp Straka (10,11,12)
9. The leading 20 players in the 2024 PGA Professional Championship
10. Top 70 players who are eligible and have earned the most PGA Championship Points from the 2023 AT&T Byron Nelson through the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Ludvig Åberg (11,12)
- An Byeong-hun
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- Akshay Bhatia (12)
- Zac Blair
- Sam Burns (11)
- Thomas Detry
- Austin Eckroat (12)
- Harris English
- Tony Finau
- Tommy Fleetwood (11)
- Rickie Fowler (11,12)
- Lucas Glover (12)
- Emiliano Grillo (12)
- Adam Hadwin
- Russell Henley
- Lee Hodges (12)
- Tom Hoge
- Max Homa (11)
- Beau Hossler
- Mark Hubbard
- Mackenzie Hughes
- Im Sung-jae
- Stephan Jäger (12)
- Kim Si-woo
- Tom Kim (12)
- Chris Kirk (12)
- Jake Knapp (12)
- Min Woo Lee
- Luke List (12)
- Peter Malnati (12)
- Denny McCarthy
- Taylor Moore
- Grayson Murray (12)
- Alex Norén
- Matthieu Pavon (12)
- Taylor Pendrith (12)
- J. T. Poston
- Andrew Putnam
- Aaron Rai
- Patrick Rodgers
- Xander Schauffele (11)
- Adam Schenk
- Adam Scott
- Jordan Spieth (11)
- Adam Svensson
- Nick Taylor (12)
- Sahith Theegala (12)
- Brendon Todd
- Erik van Rooyen (12)
- Cameron Young
- Will Zalatoris
11. Playing members of the 2023 Ryder Cup teams, who are ranked within the top 100 on the Official World Golf Ranking as of May 6, 2024
12. Winners of official tournaments on the PGA Tour from the 2023 PGA Championship until the start of the championship
13. Top 3 finishers on the DP World Tour Asian Swing event rankings[a][6][7]
14. PGA of America invitees[b]
- Alexander Björk
- Dean Burmester
- Luke Donald
- Ryan Fox
- Talor Gooch
- Ben Griffin
- Lucas Herbert
- Ryo Hisatsune
- Charley Hoffman
- Rasmus Højgaard
- Takumi Kanaya
- Kazuma Kobori
- Ben Kohles
- Thriston Lawrence
- Lee Kyoung-hoon
- Adrian Meronk
- Keith Mitchell
- Taylor Montgomery
- Maverick McNealy
- Joaquín Niemann
- Thorbjørn Olesen
- David Puig
- Patrick Reed
- Jordan Smith
- Jesper Svensson
- Alejandro Tosti
- Sami Välimäki
- Matt Wallace
- Tim Widing
- Louis Oosthuizen declined an invitation.[8]
- Rikuya Hoshino was listed in the first published field but did not play.[9]
15. If necessary, the field is completed by players in order of PGA Championship points earned (per 10)
Notes[edit]
- ^ The DP World Tour Asian Swing consisted of four tournaments: the Porsche Singapore Classic, the Hero Indian Open, the ISPS Handa Championship and the Volvo China Open.
- ^ The PGA of America usually invites all players ranked inside the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking. Eleven players with a world ranking of over 100 on May 6 2024 were given invitations; eight of these had rankings between 101 and 130, while Donald was ranked 420, Kobori 432, and Gooch 644.
- ^ Doug Ghim replaced Rikuya Hoshino.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "PGA Championship Future Venues". PGA of America.
- ^ "PGA Championship scorecard" (PDF). PGA Tour Media. May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
- ^ "How players can qualify for the 2024 US PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club". European Tour. April 30, 2024. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
- ^ "US PGA Championship 2024: Who is in the field and how did they qualify?". European Tour. May 3, 2024. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "Field List Announced for 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla". PGA Championship. May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
- ^ "Race to Dubai Rankings - DP World Tour". European Tour. Archived from the original on May 6, 2024. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ "Meet the three players who earned US PGA Championship exemptions through the Asian Swing". European Tour. May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ "Oosthuizen rejects invite to PGA Championship". Golf Australia Magazine. May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ a b Ferguson, Doug [@dougferguson405] (May 8, 2024). "PGA Championship now has 99 of the top 100. Rikuya Hoshino has withdrawn. Doug Ghim is in" (Tweet) – via Twitter.