2018 PGA Championship
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | August 9–12, 2018 |
| Location | Town and Country, Missouri 38°39′36″N 90°28′59″W / 38.66°N 90.483°W |
| Course(s) | Bellerive Country Club |
| Organized by | PGA of America |
| Tour(s) | |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,316 yards (6,690 m) |
| Field | 156 players, 80 after cut |
| Cut | 140 (E) |
| Prize fund | $11,000,000 €9,500,693 |
| Winner's share | $1,980,000 €1,710,125 |
| Champion | |
 Brooks Koepka | |
| 264 (−16) | |
| Location map | |
  Bellerive CC Location in the United States  Bellerive CC Location in Missouri | |
The 2018 PGA Championship was the 100th PGA Championship, held August 9–12 at Bellerive Country Club in Town and Country, Missouri, a suburb west of St. Louis. This was the second PGA Championship (1992) and third major (1965 U.S. Open) held at Bellerive. It was also scheduled to be the last held in the month of August (although the 2020 tournament would later be moved to August due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Just before the 2017 tournament, the PGA announced that the Championship would move to May in 2019.[1][2]
Brooks Koepka won his third career major title, finishing two strokes ahead of runner-up Tiger Woods.[3] Koepka's 72-hole total of 264 set a PGA Championship record.[4]
The 2018 PGA Championship was the 35th overall and 28th straight PGA Championship to be televised by CBS, with first and second round coverage provided by Turner Sports for the 28th year. In the UK and Ireland, the Championship was being streamed online by Eleven Sports.[5][6][7]
Course layout
| Hole | Yards | Par | Hole | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 425 | 4 | 10 | 508 | 4 | |
| 2 | 410 | 4 | 11 | 355 | 4 | |
| 3 | 148 | 3 | 12 | 452 | 4 | |
| 4 | 521 | 4 | 13 | 180 | 3 | |
| 5 | 471 | 4 | 14 | 410 | 4 | |
| 6 | 213 | 3 | 15 | 495 | 4 | |
| 7 | 394 | 4 | 16 | 237 | 3 | |
| 8 | 610 | 5 | 17 | 597 | 5 | |
| 9 | 433 | 4 | 18 | 457 | 4 | |
| Out | 3,625 | 35 | In | 3,691 | 35 | |
| Source:[8] | Total | 7,316 | 70 | |||
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.[9][10]
1. All former winners of the PGA Championship
- Rich Beem
- Keegan Bradley (9)
- John Daly
- Jason Day (5,7,9,11)
- Jason Dufner (9)
- Pádraig Harrington
- Martin Kaymer (3,10)
- Davis Love III
- Rory McIlroy (4,9,10,11)
- Shaun Micheel
- Phil Mickelson (9,10,11)
- Vijay Singh
- Justin Thomas (7,9,11)
- Jimmy Walker (9,10)
- Tiger Woods (9)
- Yang Yong-eun
- The following former champions did not 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, David Toms, Lee Trevino, Bob Tway, Lanny Wadkins
2. Winners of the last five Masters Tournaments
- Sergio García (10)
- Patrick Reed (7,9,10,11)
- Jordan Spieth (3,4,9,10)
- Bubba Watson (9,11)
- Danny Willett (10)
3. Winners of the last five U.S. Open Championships
- Dustin Johnson (7,9,10,11)
- Brooks Koepka (7,9,10,11)
4. Winners of the last five Open Championships
- Zach Johnson (9,10)
- Francesco Molinari (7,9,11)
- Henrik Stenson (7,9,10,11)
5. Winners of the last three Players Championships
- Kim Si-woo (9)
- Webb Simpson (9,11)
6. Current Senior PGA Champion
7. Top 15 and ties from the 2017 PGA Championship
- Scott Brown
- Paul Casey (9,11)
- Rickie Fowler (9,10)
- James Hahn
- Brian Harman (9)
- Kevin Kisner (9)
- Matt Kuchar (9,10)
- Marc Leishman (9,11)
- Hideki Matsuyama (9)
- Ryan Moore (9,10)
- Jordan Smith
- Chris Stroud
- Graham DeLaet[11] and Louis Oosthuizen (9)[12] did not play due to injury.
8. Top 20 in the 2018 PGA Professional Championship
9. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and Barracuda Championship through the 2018 RBC Canadian Open
- An Byeong-hun
- Ryan Armour (11)
- Daniel Berger
- Rafa Cabrera-Bello (10)
- Patrick Cantlay (11)
- Kevin Chappell
- Austin Cook (11)
- Bryson DeChambeau (11)
- Tony Finau
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Brian Gay
- Emiliano Grillo
- Chesson Hadley
- Adam Hadwin
- Russell Henley
- Charley Hoffman
- J. B. Holmes (10)
- Billy Horschel (11)
- Beau Hossler
- Charles Howell III
- Kim Meen-whee
- Patton Kizzire (11)
- Andrew Landry (11)
- Luke List
- Kevin Na (11)
- Alex Norén
- Pat Perez (11)
- Scott Piercy (11)
- Ted Potter Jr. (11)
- Ian Poulter (11)
- Jon Rahm (11)
- Chez Reavie
- Justin Rose (10,11)
- Xander Schauffele (11)
- Ollie Schniederjans
- Charl Schwartzel
- Cameron Smith
- J. J. Spaun
- Kyle Stanley
- Brendan Steele (11)
- Jhonattan Vegas
- Aaron Wise (11)
- Gary Woodland (11)
10. Members of the United States and Europe 2016 Ryder Cup teams
- Lee Westwood did not play due to injury.[13]
11. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2017 PGA Championship
12. Special invitations
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat
- Alexander Björk
- Jorge Campillo
- Stewart Cink
- Paul Dunne
- Ross Fisher
- Ryan Fox
- Dylan Frittelli
- Jim Furyk
- Branden Grace
- Bill Haas
- Seungsu Han
- Justin Harding
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Yuta Ikeda
- Im Sung-jae
- Shugo Imahira
- Russell Knox
- Mikko Korhonen
- Anirban Lahiri
- Alexander Lévy
- Li Haotong
- Mike Lorenzo-Vera
- Jamie Lovemark
- Shane Lowry
- Yūsaku Miyazato
- Joaquín Niemann
- Thorbjørn Olesen
- Adrián Otaegui
- Eddie Pepperell
- Adam Scott
- Shubhankar Sharma
- Brandon Stone
- Julian Suri
- Ryuko Tokimatsu
- Peter Uihlein
- Matt Wallace
- Nick Watney
- Thomas Bjørn did not play due to a back injury.[14]
13. Players below 70th place in official money standings, to fill the field
Alternates (category 13)
- Jason Kokrak (71st in standings; replaced Lee Westwood)[13]
- Chris Kirk (72, took spot reserved for WGC-Bridgestone Invitational winner)
- Kevin Streelman (79, replaced Thomas Bjørn)[14]
- Kelly Kraft (80, replaced Louis Oosthuizen)[12]
