2017 PGA Championship

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The 2017 PGA Championship was the 99th PGA Championship, held August 10–13 at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. This was the first major at Quail Hollow, which is a regular stop on the PGA Tour.

DatesAugust 10–13, 2017
LocationCharlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
35.116°N 80.842°W / 35.116; -80.842
Organized byPGA of America
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2017 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 10–13, 2017
LocationCharlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
35.116°N 80.842°W / 35.116; -80.842
CourseQuail Hollow Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tours
Statistics
Par71
Length7,600 yards (6,949 m)[1]
Field156 players, 75 after cut
Cut147 (+5)
Prize fund$10,500,000
8,875,888
Winner's share$1,890,000
€1,597,660
Champion
United States Justin Thomas
276 (−8)
Location map
Quail Hollow Club is located in the United States
Quail Hollow Club
Quail Hollow Club
Location in the United States
Quail Hollow Club is located in North Carolina
Quail Hollow Club
Quail Hollow Club
Location in North Carolina
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Early in the week of the tournament, it was announced that the championship will be held in May beginning in 2019.[2][3]

Justin Thomas won his first career major title, two strokes ahead of runners-up Francesco Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen, and Patrick Reed.[4]

Media

In the United States, the Championship was televised by CBS, with weekday and early weekend coverage on TNT. It was televised live in the United Kingdom by the BBC who secured the rights over Sky Sports who had previously screened the event since 1992.[5][6]

Course layout

More information Hole, Yards ...
HoleYardsPar  HoleYardsPar
15244105925
24524114624
34834124564
41843132083
54494143444
62493155775
75465165064
83464172233
95054184944
Out3,73835In3,86236
Source:[1]Total7,60071
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The course hosts the Wells Fargo Championship on the PGA Tour (2003–present), though not in 2017; in 2016, it played as a par-72 at 7,575 yards (6,927 m).[7] It was also the home of the tour's Kemper Open (19691979) and the senior tour's PaineWebber World Seniors Invitational in the 1980s.

Under the direction of Tom Fazio, Quail Hollow underwent an aggressive 90-day renovation in 2016 that modified four holes and added Bermuda grass. It commenced during the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship on Sunday, May 8.[8][9] Thousands of trees were removed, as the former first two holes were combined into a new first hole, and the old fifth hole was divided between the new fourth and fifth holes.[9][10]

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.[11]

1. All former PGA Champions

2. Last five Masters Champions

3. Last five U.S. Open Champions

4. Last five Open Champions

5. Current Senior PGA Champion

6. Top 15 and ties from the 2016 PGA Championship

7. 20 low scorers in the 2017 PGA Professional Championship

  • Alex Beach
  • Rich Berberian, Jr.
  • Jamie Broce
  • Paul Claxton
  • Stuart Deane
  • Matt Dobyns
  • Greg Gregory
  • Jaysen Hansen
  • Scott Hebert
  • Dave McNabb
  • Chris Moody
  • David Muttitt
  • Rod Perry
  • Kenny Pigman
  • Adam Rainaud
  • Mike Small
  • Brian Smock
  • Omar Uresti
  • Ryan Vermeer
  • J. J. Wood

8. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2016 RBC Canadian Open to the 2017 RBC Canadian Open

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 30)

10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2016 PGA Championship

11. Winner of the 2016 Olympic Golf Tournament

12. Special invitations

13. Players below 70th place in official money standings, to fill the field

Alternates (category 13)

  1. Scott Brown (77th in standings; replaced David Toms)
  2. Chez Reavie (79, took spot reserved for WGC-Bridgestone Invitational winner)
  3. Scott Piercy (80, did not play)
  4. Chris Kirk (81, replaced Brandt Snedeker)[12]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 10, 2017

Kevin Kisner and Thorbjørn Olesen were the co-leaders at 67 (−4), with five players one shot behind.[13][14][15]

Second round

Friday, August 11, 2017
Saturday, August 12, 2017

Following a weather delay of nearly two hours in the late afternoon, play was suspended at 8:11 pm EDT due to darkness, with 25 players remaining on the course. On the leaderboard, only Chris Stroud was affected, two-under for his round with five holes remaining. Play resumed at 7:30 am on Saturday.[16]

More information Place, Player ...
PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Kevin Kisner67-67=134−8
Japan Hideki Matsuyama70-64=134
T3Australia Jason Day70-66=136−6
United States Chris Stroud68-68=136
T5Italy Francesco Molinari73-64=137−5
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen70-67=137
T7England Paul Casey69-70=139−3
United States Rickie Fowler69-70=139
United States Justin Thomas73-66=139
10South Korea An Byeong-hun71-69=140−2
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Third round

Saturday, August 12, 2017

With the second round completed on Saturday morning, the third round began at 9:50 am EDT in groups of three at ten-minute intervals, with the final group at 2:00 pm.[17]

More information Place, Player ...
PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Kevin Kisner67-67-72=206−7
T2Japan Hideki Matsuyama70-64-73=207−6
United States Chris Stroud68-68-71=207
T4South Africa Louis Oosthuizen70-67-71=208−5
United States Justin Thomas73-66-69=208
6United States Grayson Murray68-73-69=210−3
T7United States Scott Brown73-68-70=211−2
Canada Graham DeLaet70-73-68=211
Italy Francesco Molinari73-64-74=211
United States Patrick Reed69-73-69=211
United States Gary Woodland68-74-69=211
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Source:[18]

Final round

Sunday, August 13, 2017

Summary

Entering the final round with a one-stroke lead, Kevin Kisner failed to record a birdie on the front-nine and bogeyed the par-5 7th after hitting his approach into the water. Hideki Matsuyama birdied both 6 and 7 to tie Kisner. Justin Thomas began the round two back and tied for the lead with a 36-foot (11 m) birdie putt at the 9th. Chris Stroud also birdied the ninth to tie, while Francesco Molinari's run of four birdies in five holes on his back-nine meant that five players were atop the leaderboard at seven-under.[19]

At the par-5 tenth, Thomas' putt for birdie paused on the lip of the cup for several seconds before falling in. He then chipped in at 13 for another birdie. At the par-3 17th, he hit his approach to 14 feet (4.3 m) and converted the birdie opportunity to get to nine-under. Matsuyama birdied the tenth to take solo possession of the lead, but made five bogeys to finish and fell to five-under. Kisner made his first birdie of the day at 10, but followed with two more bogeys. He managed to birdie both 14 and 15 before three-putting for bogey at the 16th. After a par at 17, Kisner needed to hole his approach from the fairway on the last to force a playoff, but found the water and made double bogey.

In the penultimate pairing and leading by three on the final tee, Thomas drove into a fairway bunker and then played conservatively. His third shot from the rough was to the right side of the green; he sank his short putt for bogey for 68 (−3) and 276 (−8).[20] Patrick Reed had three birdies on the back to get to within a shot of the lead, but bogeyed the 18th after finding a fairway bunker off the tee and tied for second, two strokes behind Thomas.[21] Molinari's chances were diminished when he also drove into a bunker at 16 and failed to get up-and-down. Louis Oosthuizen holed out from 34 yards on the par-5 15th for an eagle and birdied 18 to tie Reed and Molinari for second. With the finish Oosthuizen became the seventh golfer to finish runner-up in all four major championships.[22] Stroud played the back-nine in six-over to fall to a tie for ninth.[23]

Thomas with the Wanamaker Trophy

Final leaderboard

Champion
Crystal Bowl winner (leading PGA Club Pro)
(c) = past champion

Note: Top 15 and ties qualify for the 2018 PGA Championship; top 4 and ties qualify for the 2018 Masters Tournament

More information Place, Player ...
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1United States Justin Thomas73-66-69-68=276−81,890,000
T2Italy Francesco Molinari73-64-74-67=278−6784,000
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen70-67-71-70=278
United States Patrick Reed69-73-69-67=278
T5United States Rickie Fowler69-70-73-67=279−5388,500
Japan Hideki Matsuyama70-64-73-72=279
T7Canada Graham DeLaet70-73-68-69=280−4317,500
United States Kevin Kisner67-67-72-74=280
T9Australia Jason Day (c)70-66-77-70=283−1250,000
United States Matt Kuchar71-74-70-68=283
England Jordan Smith70-75-70-68=283
United States Chris Stroud68-68-71-76=283
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More information Leaderboard below the top 10, Place ...
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Source:[18]

Scorecard

More information Hole ...
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444343544544345434
United States Thomas−4−5−4−4−4−4−5−5−6−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−9−8
Italy Molinari−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−3−4−5−5−6−7−6−6−6
South Africa Oosthuizen−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−6−5−5−6
United States Reed−2−1−2−3−2−3−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−6
United States Fowler−1EE−1−1−1−2−1−1−1−1−2−3−4−5−5−5−5
Japan Matsuyama−6−5−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−8−7−6−5−6−7−6−6−5
Canada DeLaet−2−1−2−1−1−1−2−2−3−3−3−3−2−3−3−3−3−4
United States Kisner−7−7−7−7−7−7−6−6−6−7−6−5−5−6−7−6−6−4
United States Stroud−5−5−5−6−6−5−5−6−7−7−6−6−5−5−5−3−2−1
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Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[18]

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