PGA Championship

Sports Name: Golf

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Updated On : 06 May, 2019

Full Name
PGA Championship

Type
international

Location
United States

Disabled
No

Conducted
Annually

Gender
Both

Trivia

The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA), which is an American organisation of Professional golfers, was established in the year 1916 in New York City. At present, it has more than 28,000 golf professional members.

The PGA Championship is amongst the four major championships for professional golfers, held in the United States of America, every year. Outside the United States, the tournament is often referred as the U.S. PGA Championship or the U.S. PGA. The first competition was held in the year 1916 at the Siwanoy Country Club in Eastchester, New York. Organized by the PGA of America, the championship consists of three tours: PGA Tour, European Tour and Japan Golf Tour. The format of the game consists of match-play only, from 1916 to 1957. In 1958, stroke-play has been introduced to the format of the championship.

Competition Format

The competition was initially a "match-play" that was eventually changed to "stroke-play".
It is a type of scoring system in which player with the fewer number of strokes for a hole wins the round.
Scores are reported in relation or subject to par so as to make it convenient to compare the scores between two players. The stroke-play is favourable when there is a tie and the undisputed winner is to be decided.