2018 PGA Championship

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]

2018 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 9–12, 2018
LocationTown and Country, Missouri
38°39′36″N 90°28′59″W / 38.66°N 90.483°W / 38.66; -90.483
Course(s)Bellerive Country Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)
Statistics
Par70
Length7,316 yards (6,690 m)
Field156 players, 80 after cut
Cut140 (E)
Prize fund$11,000,000
9,500,693
Winner's share$1,980,000
€1,710,125
Champion
United States Brooks Koepka
264 (−16)
Location map
Bellerive CC is located in the United States
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Location in the United States
Bellerive CC is located in Missouri
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Location in Missouri
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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]

Media

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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

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HoleYardsPar  HoleYardsPar
14254105084
24104113554
31483124524
45214131803
54714144104
62133154954
73944162373
86105175975
94334184574
Out3,62535In3,69135
Source:[8]Total7,31670

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

Field

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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

2. Winners of the last five Masters Tournaments

3. Winners of the last five U.S. Open Championships

4. Winners of the last five Open Championships

5. Winners of the last three Players Championships

6. Current Senior PGA Champion

7. Top 15 and ties from the 2017 PGA Championship

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

10. Members of the United States and Europe 2016 Ryder Cup teams

11. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2017 PGA Championship

12. Special invitations

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

Alternates (category 13)

  1. Jason Kokrak (71st in standings; replaced Lee Westwood)[13]
  2. Chris Kirk (72, took spot reserved for WGC-Bridgestone Invitational winner)
  3. Kevin Streelman (79, replaced Thomas Bjørn)[14]
  4. Kelly Kraft (80, replaced Louis Oosthuizen)[12]

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, August 9, 2018

Gary Woodland holed five birdies on the back nine to lead by one over Rickie Fowler. A total of 47 players ended the opening day under par.[15][16]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Gary Woodland64−6
2 Rickie Fowler65−5
T3 Brandon Stone66−4
Zach Johnson
T5 Stewart Cink67−3
Austin Cook
Jason Day
Brian Gay
Dustin Johnson
Kevin Kisner
Pat Perez
Thomas Pieters
Ian Poulter
Justin Rose
Ollie Schniederjans

Source:[17]

Second round

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Friday, August 10, 2018

Play was suspended Friday afternoon at 3:35 pm due to dangerous weather with half of the field still on the course.[18] Play was set to resume Saturday morning at 7 am local time with the third round to follow at about 11:15 am. Gary Woodland was the clubhouse leader at 130 (−10), which set a PGA Championship record for low 36-hole score. Two players, Brooks Koepka and Charl Schwartzel, shot record-tying rounds of 63.[19]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Gary Woodland64-66=130−10
2 Kevin Kisner67-64=131−9
3 Brooks Koepka69-63=132−8
T4 Rickie Fowler65 (−2 thru 10)−7
Dustin Johnson67-66=133
Thomas Pieters67-66=133
Charl Schwartzel70-63=133
8 Brandon Stone66-68=134−6
T9 Patrick Cantlay68-67=135−5
Billy Horschel68 (−3 thru 10)
Jason Kokrak68-67=135
Francesco Molinari68-67=135
Pat Perez67 (−2 thru 9)
Jon Rahm68-67=135
Adam Scott70-65=135

Saturday, August 11, 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Gary Woodland64-66=130−10
2 Kevin Kisner67-64=131−9
T3 Rickie Fowler65-67=132−8
Brooks Koepka69-63=132
T5 Dustin Johnson67-66=133−7
Shane Lowry69-64=133
Thomas Pieters67-66=133
Charl Schwartzel70-63=133
T9 Pat Perez67-67=134−6
Brandon Stone66-68=134
Justin Thomas69-65=134

Source:[17]

Third round

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Saturday, August 11, 2018

Brooks Koepka's 66 gave him a two-shot lead as he attempted to become the first player since Tiger Woods in 2000 to win both the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship in the same season.[20]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Brooks Koepka69-63-66=198−12
2 Adam Scott70-65-65=200−10
T3 Rickie Fowler65-67-69=201−9
Jon Rahm68-67-66=201
Gary Woodland64-66-71=201
T6 Stewart Cink67-69-66=202−8
Jason Day67-68-67=202
Shane Lowry69-64-69=202
Charl Schwartzel70-63-69=202
Justin Thomas69-65-68=202
Tiger Woods70-66-66=202

Source:[17]

Final round

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Sunday, August 12, 2018

Summary

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Brooks Koepka duplicated his Saturday score of 66 to win by two strokes ahead of runner-up Tiger Woods, who fired a 64 in the best final round of his career in a major. Koepka became the fifth American player to win three majors before the age of 29, joining Jack Nicklaus, Jordan Spieth, Tom Watson and Woods.

His 72-hole score of 264 set the PGA Championship record (previously 265 set by David Toms in 2001) and equaled the lowest total in major championship history (set by Henrik Stenson at the 2016 Open Championship).[21]

Final leaderboard

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

Note: Top 15 and ties qualify for the 2019 PGA Championship; top 4 and ties qualify for the 2019 Masters Tournament

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Brooks Koepka69-63-66-66=264−161,980,000
2 Tiger Woods (c)70-66-66-64=266−141,188,000
3 Adam Scott70-65-65-67=267−13748,000
T4 Stewart Cink67-69-66-67=269−11489,250
Jon Rahm68-67-66-68=269
T6 Francesco Molinari68-67-68-67=270−10334,713
Thomas Pieters67-66-71-66=270
Justin Thomas (c)69-65-68-68=270
Gary Woodland64-66-71-69=270
T10 Rafa Cabrera-Bello70-68-69-64=271−9261,985
Tyrrell Hatton71-67-69-64=271

Source:[17]

Scorecard

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Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par443443454444344354
Koepka−13−13−13−12−11−11−12−13−14−14−14−14−14−14−15−16−16−16
Woods−8−9−10−10−10−9−9−10−11−11−11−12−13−12−13−13−13−14
Scott−9−9−9−9−9−9−10−11−11−12−12−13−14−14−14−14−14−13
Cink−8−8−9−8−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−9−10−9−9−9−10−11
Rahm−9−9−9−8−8−8−9−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−11−10−11
Molinari−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−10−10
Pieters−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−9−9−9−10−11−12−10−10
Thomas−9−9−9−9−10−10−11−11−10−11−12−12−12−11−11−10−10−10
Woodland−9−9−9−8−7−7−7−8−8−7−8−9−9−10−10−10−10−10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

BirdieBogeyDouble bogey

Source:[17]

References

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