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 the last to be held in the month of August. Just before the 2017 tournament, the PGA announced that the Championship will move to May in 2019.[1][2]

2018 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 9–12, 2018
LocationTown and Country, Missouri
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
Brooks Koepka
264 (−16)
Location Map
Bellerive CC
Location in the United States
Bellerive CC
Location in Missouri

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

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
Main article: Bellerive Country Club
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

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

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

Paul Broadhurst

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

8. Top-20 in the 2018 PGA Professional Championship

Danny Balin, Rich Berberian Jr., Michael Block, Matt Borchert, Craig Bowden, Matt Dobyns, Jaysen Hansen, Craig Hocknull, Marty Jertson, Zach J. Johnson, Ben Kern, Johan Kok, Sean McCarty, David Muttitt, Jason Schmuhl, Brian Smock, Bob Sowards, Omar Uresti, Ryan Vermeer, Shawn Warren

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

Matthew Fitzpatrick, Thomas Pieters, Brandt Snedeker, Andy Sullivan, Chris Wood

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

Brice Garnett, Michael Kim, Satoshi Kodaira, Troy Merritt, Andrew Putnam

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

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]

Nationalities in the field
North America (92)South America (3)Europe (34)Oceania (7)Asia (15)Africa (5)
 Canada (1) Argentina (1) England (14) Australia (5) China (1) South Africa (5)
 United States (91) Chile (1) Northern Ireland (1) Fiji (1) India (2)
 Venezuela (1) Scotland (1) New Zealand (1) Japan (6)
 Ireland (3) South Korea (5)
 Belgium (1) Thailand (1)
 Denmark (1)
 Finland (1)
 France (2)
 Germany (1)
 Italy (1)
 Spain (5)
 Sweden (3)

Source:[15]

Round summaries

First round

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.[16][17]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Gary Woodland United States64−6
2Rickie Fowler United States65−5
T3Brandon Stone South Africa66−4
Zach Johnson United States
T5Stewart Cink United States67−3
Austin Cook United States
Jason Day Australia
Brian Gay United States
Dustin Johnson United States
Kevin Kisner United States
Pat Perez United States
Thomas Pieters Belgium
Ian Poulter England
Justin Rose England
Ollie Schniederjans United States

Source:[15]

Second round

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]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Gary Woodland United States64-66=130−10
2Kevin Kisner United States67-64=131−9
3Brooks Koepka United States69-63=132−8
T4Rickie Fowler United States65 (−2 thru 10)−7
Dustin Johnson United States67-66=133
Thomas Pieters Belgium67-66=133
Charl Schwartzel South Africa70-63=133
8Brandon Stone South Africa66-68=134−6
T9Patrick Cantlay United States68-67=135−5
Billy Horschel United States68 (−3 thru 10)
Jason Kokrak United States68-67=135
Francesco Molinari Italy68-67=135
Pat Perez United States67 (−2 thru 9)
Jon Rahm Spain68-67=135
Adam Scott Australia70-65=135

Saturday, August 11, 2018

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Gary Woodland United States64-66=130−10
2Kevin Kisner United States67-64=131−9
T3Rickie Fowler United States65-67=132−8
Brooks Koepka United States69-63=132
T5Dustin Johnson United States67-66=133−7
Shane Lowry Ireland69-64=133
Thomas Pieters Belgium67-66=133
Charl Schwartzel South Africa70-63=133
T9Pat Perez United States67-67=134−6
Brandon Stone South Africa66-68=134
Justin Thomas United States69-65=134

Source:[15]

Third round

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]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Brooks Koepka United States69-63-66=198−12
2Adam Scott Australia70-65-65=200−10
T3Rickie Fowler United States65-67-69=201−9
Jon Rahm Spain68-67-66=201
Gary Woodland United States64-66-71=201
T6Stewart Cink United States67-69-66=202−8
Jason Day Australia67-68-67=202
Shane Lowry Ireland69-64-69=202
Charl Schwartzel South Africa70-63-69=202
Justin Thomas United States69-65-68=202
Tiger Woods United States70-66-66=202

Source:[15]

Final round

Sunday, August 12, 2018

Summary

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
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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Brooks Koepka United States69-63-66-66=264−161,980,000
2Tiger Woods (c) United States70-66-66-64=266−141,188,000
3Adam Scott Australia70-65-65-67=267−13748,000
T4Stewart Cink United States67-69-66-67=269−11489,250
Jon Rahm Spain68-67-66-68=269
T6Francesco Molinari Italy68-67-68-67=270−10334,713
Thomas Pieters Belgium67-66-71-66=270
Justin Thomas (c) United States69-65-68-68=270
Gary Woodland United States64-66-71-69=270
T10Rafa Cabrera-Bello Spain70-68-69-64=271−9261,985
Tyrrell Hatton England71-67-69-64=271

Source:[15]

Scorecard
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

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[15]

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