PGA Championship

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golf major championship professional golf tournament

The PGA Championship is one of professional golf’s four major tournaments, organized annually by the PGA of America and contested by many of the world’s top players.

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1940 PGA Championship 1
1945 PGA Championship 1
US PGA Championship 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf golf major championship ⓘ
professional golf tournament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs PGA Championship ⓘ
surface form: US PGA Championship

PGA Championship ⓘ
surface form: USPGA
broadcastIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
category men's professional golf tournament ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cutRule top 70 and ties after 36 holes ⓘ
fieldIncludes PGA of America club professionals ⓘ
top professional golfers ⓘ
firstChampion Jim Barnes ⓘ
firstEditionCity Bronxville, New York ⓘ
firstEditionLocation Siwanoy Country Club ⓘ
format stroke play ⓘ
formatChangeYear 1958 ⓘ
formerFormat match play ⓘ
formerTypicalMonthPlayed August ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
gender men ⓘ
governingBody PGA of America ⓘ
inception 1916 ⓘ
isOneOf four men's major golf championships ⓘ
majorStatus yes ⓘ
namedAfter Rodman Wanamaker ⓘ
notOrganizedBy PGA Tour ⓘ
numberOfPlayers 156 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
organizer PGA of America ⓘ
partOf men's major golf championships ⓘ
playoffFormat three-hole aggregate playoff ⓘ
playoffFormatChangeYear 2000 ⓘ
previousPlayoffFormat 18-hole playoff ⓘ
sudden-death playoff ⓘ
qualificationIncludes past PGA Championship winners ⓘ
recent major champions ⓘ
top players in Official World Golf Ranking ⓘ
relatedCompetition Ryder Cup qualification event for some players ⓘ
sport golf ⓘ
televisionPartnerUS CBS Sports ⓘ
ESPN ⓘ
tour Asian Tour ⓘ
European Tour ⓘ
Japan Golf Tour ⓘ
PGA Tour ⓘ
PGA Tour of Australasia ⓘ
Sunshine Tour ⓘ
trophy Wanamaker Trophy ⓘ
typicalFormatDuration 72 holes over four days ⓘ
typicalMonthPlayed May ⓘ
typicalPar 70–72 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

PGA Championship → alsoKnownAs → PGA Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: US PGA Championship
PGA Championship → alsoKnownAs → PGA Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: USPGA
CBS Sports → broadcasts → PGA Championship ⓘ
U.S. Open → otherMajors → PGA Championship ⓘ
subject surface form: U.S. Open (golf)
Byron Nelson → wonTournament → PGA Championship ⓘ
Byron → wonTournament → PGA Championship ⓘ
subject surface form: Byron Nelson
Byron Nelson → wonYear → PGA Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1940 PGA Championship
Byron Nelson → wonYear → PGA Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1945 PGA Championship