2017 PGA Championship

The 2017 PGA Championship was the 99th PGA Championship, held August 10–13 at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. This was the first major at Quail Hollow, which is a regular stop on the PGA Tour.

2017 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 10–13, 2017
LocationCharlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Course(s)Quail Hollow Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)
Statistics
Par71
Length7,600 yards (6,949 m)[1]
Field156 players, 75 after cut
Cut147 (+5)
Prize fund$10,500,000
€8,875,888
Winner's share$1,890,000
€1,597,660
Champion
Justin Thomas
276 (−8)
Charlotte 
Location in the United States
Quail Hollow 
Location in North Carolina

Early in the week of the tournament, it was announced that the championship will be held in May beginning in 2019.[2][3]

Justin Thomas, the son of a PGA professional, won his first career major title, two strokes ahead of runners-up Francesco Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen, and Patrick Reed.[4]

Media

In the United States, the Championship was televised by CBS, with weekday and early weekend coverage on TNT. It was televised live in the United Kingdom by the BBC who secured the rights over Sky Sports who had previously screened the event since 1992.[5][6]

Course layout
Main article: Quail Hollow Club
HoleYardsPar  HoleYardsPar
15244105925
24524114624
34834124564
41843132083
54494143444
62493155775
75465165064
83464172233
95054184944
Out3,73835In3,86236
Source:[1]Total7,60071

The course hosts the Wells Fargo Championship on the PGA Tour (2003–present), though not in 2017; in 2016, it played as a par-72 at 7,575 yards (6,927 m).[7] It was also the home of the tour's Kemper Open (1969–1979) and the senior tour's PaineWebber World Seniors Invitational in the 1980s.

Under the direction of Tom Fazio, Quail Hollow underwent an aggressive 90-day renovation in 2016 that modified four holes and added Bermuda grass. It commenced during the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship on Sunday, May 8.[8][9] Thousands of trees were removed, as the former first two holes were combined into a new first hole, and the old fifth hole was divided between the new fourth and fifth holes.[9][10]

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.[11]

1. All former PGA Champions

Rich Beem, Keegan Bradley (8), John Daly, Jason Day (6,8), Jason Dufner (8,10), Pádraig Harrington (6), Davis Love III, Rory McIlroy (4,8,9,10), Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson (4,8,9), Vijay Singh, Jimmy Walker (6,8,9), Yang Yong-eun

2. Last five Masters Champions

Sergio García (8,9), Adam Scott (8), Jordan Spieth (3,4,6,8,9,10), Bubba Watson, Danny Willett (9)

3. Last five U.S. Open Champions

Dustin Johnson (8,9,10), Brooks Koepka (6,8,9,10), Justin Rose (8,9,11)

4. Last five Open Champions

Zach Johnson (9), Henrik Stenson (6,8,9)

5. Current Senior PGA Champion
6. Top 15 and ties from the 2016 PGA Championship

Paul Casey (8), Branden Grace (8), Emiliano Grillo (8), Tyrrell Hatton, Hideki Matsuyama (8,10), William McGirt (8), Patrick Reed (8,9,10), Webb Simpson (8), Robert Streb, Daniel Summerhays

7. 20 low scorers in the 2017 PGA Professional Championship

Alex Beach, Rich Berberian, Jr., Jamie Broce, Paul Claxton, Stuart Deane, Matt Dobyns, Greg Gregory, Jaysen Hansen, Scott Hebert, Dave McNabb, Chris Moody, David Muttitt, Rod Perry, Kenny Pigman, Adam Rainaud, Mike Small, Brian Smock, Omar Uresti, Ryan Vermeer, J. J. Wood

8. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2016 RBC Canadian Open to the 2017 RBC Canadian Open

Daniel Berger (10), Wesley Bryan (10), Rafael Cabrera-Bello (9), Bud Cauley, Kevin Chappell (10), Tony Finau, Tommy Fleetwood, Rickie Fowler (9,10), Lucas Glover, Bill Haas, Adam Hadwin (10), James Hahn, Brian Harman (10), Russell Henley (10), Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes (9), Billy Horschel (10), Charles Howell III, Mackenzie Hughes (10), Kang Sung-hoon, Kim Si-woo (10), Kevin Kisner (10), Russell Knox (10), Kelly Kraft, Matt Kuchar (9), Martin Laird, Danny Lee, Marc Leishman (10), Luke List, Jamie Lovemark, Francesco Molinari, Ryan Moore (9,10), Kevin Na, Sean O'Hair, Louis Oosthuizen, Pat Perez (10), Thomas Pieters (9), Ian Poulter, Jon Rahm (10), Patrick Rodgers, Xander Schauffele (10), Charl Schwartzel, Cameron Smith (10), Kyle Stanley (10), Brendan Steele (10), Hudson Swafford (10), Justin Thomas (10), Jhonattan Vegas (10), Gary Woodland

9. Members of the United States and Europe 2016 Ryder Cup teams (provided they are ranked in the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking on July 30)

Matthew Fitzpatrick, Andy Sullivan, Lee Westwood, Chris Wood

10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2016 PGA Championship

Jonas Blixt, Bryson DeChambeau, Cody Gribble, Grayson Murray, Rod Pampling, D. A. Points, Chris Stroud

11. Winner of the 2016 Olympic Golf Tournament
12. Special invitations

An Byeong-hun, Thomas Bjørn, Patrick Cantlay, Nicolas Colsaerts, Graham DeLaet, Luke Donald, Ernie Els, Ross Fisher, Ryan Fox, Dylan Frittelli, Jim Furyk, Scott Hend, Jim Herman, Yuta Ikeda, Thongchai Jaidee, Andrew Johnston, Kim Kyung-tae, Søren Kjeldsen, Satoshi Kodaira, Anirban Lahiri, Pablo Larrazábal, Alexander Lévy, Li Haotong, David Lingmerth, Shane Lowry, Joost Luiten, Graeme McDowell, Alex Norén, Thorbjørn Olesen, Jordan Smith, Song Young-han, Richard Sterne, Brandon Stone, Steve Stricker, Hideto Tanihara, Peter Uihlein, Wang Jeung-hun, Bernd Wiesberger, Fabrizio Zanotti

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

Jason Kokrak

Alternates (category 13)
  1. Scott Brown (77th in standings; replaced David Toms)
  2. Chez Reavie (79, took spot reserved for WGC-Bridgestone Invitational winner)
  3. Scott Piercy (80, did not play)
  4. Chris Kirk (81, replaced Brandt Snedeker)[12]

Nationalities in the field
North America (85)South America (3)Europe (37)Oceania (10)Asia (14)Africa (7)
 Canada (3) Argentina (1) England (14) Australia (7) China (1) South Africa (7)
 United States (82) Paraguay (1) Northern Ireland (2) Fiji (1) India (1)
 Venezuela (1) Scotland (2) New Zealand (2) Japan (4)
 Ireland (2) South Korea (7)
 Austria (1) Thailand (1)
 Belgium (2)
 Denmark (3)
 France (1)
 Italy (1)
 Netherlands (1)
 Spain (4)
 Sweden (4)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Jason Day Australia201570667770283−1T9
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland2012, 201472727368285+1T22
Keegan Bradley United States201174707370287+3T33
Jason Dufner United States201374727273291+7T58
Vijay Singh Fiji1998, 200475707970294+1066

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Jimmy Walker United States20168169150+8
Shaun Micheel United States20037377150+8
Pádraig Harrington Ireland20087972151+9
Phil Mickelson United States20057974153+11
Davis Love III United States19977875153+11
John Daly United States19917479153+11
Rich Beem United States20028272154+12
Y. E. Yang South Korea20097679155+13

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 10, 2017

Kevin Kisner and Thorbjørn Olesen were the co-leaders at 67 (−4), with five players one shot behind.[13][14][15]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Kevin Kisner United States67−4
Thorbjørn Olesen Denmark
T3Brooks Koepka United States68−3
Grayson Murray United States
D. A. Points United States
Chris Stroud United States
Gary Woodland United States
T8Bud Cauley United States69−2
Paul Casey England
Tony Finau United States
Rickie Fowler United States
Brian Harman United States
Jim Herman United States
Patrick Reed United States

Second round

Friday, August 11, 2017
Saturday, August 12, 2017

Following a weather delay of nearly two hours in the late afternoon, play was suspended at 8:11 pm EDT due to darkness, with 25 players remaining on the course. On the leaderboard, only Chris Stroud was affected, two-under for his round with five holes remaining. Play resumed at 7:30 am on Saturday.[16]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Kevin Kisner United States67-67=134−8
Hideki Matsuyama Japan70-64=134
T3Jason Day Australia70-66=136−6
Chris Stroud United States68-68=136
T5Francesco Molinari Italy73-64=137−5
Louis Oosthuizen South Africa70-67=137
T7Paul Casey England69-70=139−3
Rickie Fowler United States69-70=139
Justin Thomas United States73-66=139
10An Byeong-hun South Korea71-69=140−2

Third round

Saturday, August 12, 2017

With the second round completed on Saturday morning, the third round began at 9:50 am EDT in groups of three at ten-minute intervals, with the final group at 2:00 pm.[17]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Kevin Kisner United States67-67-72=206−7
T2Hideki Matsuyama Japan70-64-73=207−6
Chris Stroud United States68-68-71=207
T4Louis Oosthuizen South Africa70-67-71=208−5
Justin Thomas United States73-66-69=208
6Grayson Murray United States68-73-69=210−3
T7Scott Brown United States73-68-70=211−2
Graham DeLaet Canada70-73-68=211
Francesco Molinari Italy73-64-74=211
Patrick Reed United States69-73-69=211
Gary Woodland United States68-74-69=211

Source:[18]

Final round

Sunday, August 13, 2017

Entering the final round with a one-stroke lead, Kevin Kisner failed to record a birdie on the front-nine and bogeyed the par-5 7th after hitting his approach into the water. Hideki Matsuyama birdied both 6 and 7 to tie Kisner. Justin Thomas began the round two back and tied for the lead with a 36-foot (11 m) birdie putt at the 9th. Chris Stroud also birdied the ninth to tie, while Francesco Molinari's run of four birdies in five holes on his back-nine meant that five players were atop the leaderboard at seven-under.[19]

At the par-5 tenth, Thomas' putt for birdie paused on the lip of the cup for several seconds before falling in. He then chipped in at 13 for another birdie. At the par-3 17th, he hit his approach to 14 feet (4.3 m) and converted the birdie opportunity to get to nine-under. Matsuyama birdied the tenth to take solo possession of the lead, but made five bogeys to finish and fell to five-under. Kisner made his first birdie of the day at 10, but followed with two more bogeys. He managed to birdie both 14 and 15 before three-putting for bogey at the 16th. After a par at 17, Kisner needed to hole his approach from the fairway on the last to force a playoff, but found the water and made double bogey.

In the penultimate pairing and leading by three on the final tee, Thomas drove into a fairway bunker and then played conservatively. His third shot from the rough was to the right side of the green; he sank his short putt for bogey for 68 (−3) and 276 (−8).[20] Patrick Reed had three birdies on the back to get to within a shot of the lead, but bogeyed the 18th after finding a fairway bunker off the tee and tied for second, two strokes behind Thomas.[21] Molinari's chances were diminished when he also drove into a bunker at 16 and failed to get up-and-down. Louis Oosthuizen holed out from 34 yards on the par-5 15th for an eagle and birdied 18 to tie Reed and Molinari for second. With the finish Oosthuizen became the seventh golfer to finish runner-up in all four major championships.[22] Stroud played the back-nine in six-over to fall to a tie for ninth.[23]

Thomas with the Wanamaker Trophy
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Justin Thomas United States73-66-69-68=276−81,890,000
T2Francesco Molinari Italy73-64-74-67=278−6784,000
Louis Oosthuizen South Africa70-67-71-70=278
Patrick Reed United States69-73-69-67=278
T5Rickie Fowler United States69-70-73-67=279−5388,500
Hideki Matsuyama Japan70-64-73-72=279
T7Graham DeLaet Canada70-73-68-69=280−4317,500
Kevin Kisner United States67-67-72-74=280
T9Jason Day Australia70-66-77-70=283−1250,000
Matt Kuchar United States71-74-70-68=283
Jordan Smith England70-75-70-68=283
Chris Stroud United States68-68-71-76=283

Source:[18]

Scorecard
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444343544544345434
Thomas−4−5−4−4−4−4−5−5−6−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−9−8
Molinari−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−3−4−5−5−6−7−6−6−6
Oosthuizen−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−6−5−5−6
Reed−2−1−2−3−2−3−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−6
Fowler−1EE−1−1−1−2−1−1−1−1−2−3−4−5−5−5−5
Matsuyama−6−5−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−8−7−6−5−6−7−6−6−5
DeLaet−2−1−2−1−1−1−2−2−3−3−3−3−2−3−3−3−3−4
Kisner−7−7−7−7−7−7−6−6−6−7−6−5−5−6−7−6−6−4
Stroud−5−5−5−6−6−5−5−6−7−7−6−6−5−5−5−3−2−1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[18]

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Preceded by
2017 Open Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
2018 Masters

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