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PGA Championship

PGA Championship
NamePGA Championship
NicknameGlory's last shot
LocationUnited States
Establishment1916
CourseAtlanta Athletic Club-Highlands Course in 2011
Par70 in 2011
Yardage7486 yd (6845.2 m)
in 2011
TourPGA Tour
PGA European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play 1958 � present
Match play 1916 � 1957
Month PlayedAugust
Purse$8,000,000 (2011)
Aggregate265* David Toms (2001)
*record for all majors
To-par−18 Bob May (2000)
−18 Tiger Woods (2000, 2006)
Current ChampionUS Keegan Bradley
Current2011 PGA Championship

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The PGA Championship (sometimes referred to as the U.S. PGA Championship outside of the United States) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship. (It was advanced a week in 2007 and 2008 because of local scheduling conflicts.) Due to its distinction as the season's final major, the PGA Championship is nicknamed "Glory's Last Shot". It is an official money event on the PGA Tour, the European Tour, and the Japan Golf Tour, with a purse of $8 million in 2011. The 2011 edition is the 93rd PGA Championship.

In line with the other majors, winning "The PGA" gives a golfer several privileges which make his career much more secure, if he is not already one of the elite players of the sport. PGA champions are automatically invited to play in the other three majors (Masters, U.S. Open, and the Open Championship) for the next five years, and are exempt from qualifying for the PGA Championship for life. They also receive membership on the PGA and European Tours for the following five seasons and invitations to The Players Championship for five years. The PGA Championship has been held at a large number of venues, some of the early ones now quite obscure, but currently it is usually staged by one of a small group of celebrated courses, each of which has also hosted several other leading events.


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