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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
Bellerive CC
Bellerive CC
Location in the United States
Bellerive CC is located in Missouri
Bellerive CC
Bellerive CC
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 edit

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 edit

Main article: Bellerive Country Club
Hole Yards Par    Hole Yards Par
1 425 4 10 508 4
2 410 4 11 355 4
3 148 3 12 452 4
4 521 4 13 180 3
5 471 4 14 410 4
6 213 3 15 495 4
7 394 4 16 237 3
8 610 5 17 597 5
9 433 4 18 457 4
Out 3,625 35 In 3,691 35
Source:[8] Total 7,316 70

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

Field edit

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 edit

First round edit

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]

Place Player Score To par
1   Gary Woodland 64 −6
2   Rickie Fowler 65 −5
T3   Brandon Stone 66 −4
  Zach Johnson
T5   Stewart Cink 67 −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 edit

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]

Place Player Score To par
1   Gary Woodland 64-66=130 −10
2   Kevin Kisner 67-64=131 −9
3   Brooks Koepka 69-63=132 −8
T4   Rickie Fowler 65 (−2 thru 10) −7
  Dustin Johnson 67-66=133
  Thomas Pieters 67-66=133
  Charl Schwartzel 70-63=133
8   Brandon Stone 66-68=134 −6
T9   Patrick Cantlay 68-67=135 −5
  Billy Horschel 68 (−3 thru 10)
  Jason Kokrak 68-67=135
  Francesco Molinari 68-67=135
  Pat Perez 67 (−2 thru 9)
  Jon Rahm 68-67=135
  Adam Scott 70-65=135

Saturday, August 11, 2018

Place Player Score To par
1   Gary Woodland 64-66=130 −10
2   Kevin Kisner 67-64=131 −9
T3   Rickie Fowler 65-67=132 −8
  Brooks Koepka 69-63=132
T5   Dustin Johnson 67-66=133 −7
  Shane Lowry 69-64=133
  Thomas Pieters 67-66=133
  Charl Schwartzel 70-63=133
T9   Pat Perez 67-67=134 −6
  Brandon Stone 66-68=134
  Justin Thomas 69-65=134

Source:[17]

Third round edit

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]

Place Player Score To par
1   Brooks Koepka 69-63-66=198 −12
2   Adam Scott 70-65-65=200 −10
T3   Rickie Fowler 65-67-69=201 −9
  Jon Rahm 68-67-66=201
  Gary Woodland 64-66-71=201
T6   Stewart Cink 67-69-66=202 −8
  Jason Day 67-68-67=202
  Shane Lowry 69-64-69=202
  Charl Schwartzel 70-63-69=202
  Justin Thomas 69-65-68=202
  Tiger Woods 70-66-66=202

Source:[17]

Final round edit

Sunday, August 12, 2018

Summary edit

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 edit

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

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Brooks Koepka 69-63-66-66=264 −16 1,980,000
2   Tiger Woods (c) 70-66-66-64=266 −14 1,188,000
3   Adam Scott 70-65-65-67=267 −13 748,000
T4   Stewart Cink 67-69-66-67=269 −11 489,250
  Jon Rahm 68-67-66-68=269
T6   Francesco Molinari 68-67-68-67=270 −10 334,713
  Thomas Pieters 67-66-71-66=270
  Justin Thomas (c) 69-65-68-68=270
  Gary Woodland 64-66-71-69=270
T10   Rafa Cabrera-Bello 70-68-69-64=271 −9 261,985
  Tyrrell Hatton 71-67-69-64=271

Source:[17]

Scorecard edit

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 4
  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:[17]

References edit

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External links edit

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