The prestigious PGA Championship will hold its latest edition at the Quail Hollow Club in 2025. Xander Schauffele won the PGA Championship in 2024 at Valhalla Golf Club. He defeated Bryson DeChambeau by one shot.
In September 2017, it was announced that starting in 2019, the PGA Championship would be played on the weekend before Memorial Day. Simultaneously, the PGA Tour announced that its Players Championship would return to March in 2019; it had moved to May in 2007. The PGA of America cited golf’s provision in the Summer Olympics and cooler weather allowing for a wider variety of options to be considered for host courses as reasons for the change. Also, it was alleged that the PGA Tour wanted to realign its schedule so that the FedEx Cup Playoffs would not have to compete with the start of the football season in late August.
PGA Championship Eligibility
The PGA Championship 2025 will be held at Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina, between May 12 and May 18. A full field of 156 will be present for the Championship. There are currently 14 ways of getting into the PGA Championship. They are:
1. All winners of any PGA Championship 2. All winners of the last five Masters3. All Winners of the last five US Opens4. All winners of the last five Open Championships5. All winners of the last three Players' Championships6. The top three on the Official World Golf Ranking International Federation Ranking List7. The current Senior PGA champion8. The top 15 (and ties) in the previous year’s PGA Championship9. The top 20 in the PGA Professional Championship (marked by a * in the table)10. The 70 leaders in the PGA Championship points list (based on official money earned on the PGA Tour since the previous PGA Championship)11. The members of the most recent US and European Ryder Cup teams who are ranked OWGR top 100 as of one week before the start of the tournament12. Any tournament winner co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the previous PGA Championship13. Any additional players not included in categories 1-12 that the PGA of America deems worthy of an invite14. The first available players from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings) to make the field up to 156
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What is the Cutline for the PGA Championship 2025?
The Cutline for the PGA Championship 2025 hasn't been announced yet.
What was the Cutline for the PGA Championship 2024?
The PGA Championship has a cutline of the top 70 players (including ties) in the first two rounds of play. This almost eliminates half of the field each year.
There is a 70-golfer cut line (including ties) for the PGA Championship. Among the four majors in golf, one is tied for the largest with the Open Championship. In contrast, only the top 50 golfers (plus ties) can play the weekend at the Masters, whereas the US Open has a 60-player cut line (plus ties).
The PGA Championship does not have a 10-shot rule, meaning any player with 10 or fewer strokes behind the leader will not see their cut line enlarged. In 2020, The Masters became the final major to waive that regulation.
FAQs on PGA Championship Cut-Line
A. The PGA Championship is contested by 156-man players as for the tournament’s field.
A. The mentioned tournament is a 72-hole stroke play event, with the lowest score after no fewer than two complete rounds on one winner declared.
A. The second modern-day major has been held since 1916 on an annual basis. hurrying concentration types.
A. The record for the youngest PGA Championship winner has remained for more than a century, when Gene Sarazen won in 1922 at the age of 20.
