PGA Championship Cut-Line

The prestigious PGA Championship will hold its latest edition at the Valhalla Golf Course in 2024. Brooks Koepka won the PGA Championship in 2023 at Oak Hills. He won the tournament for the third time which made him the fifth major winner in his life. He defeated Scottie Scheffler in the PGA Championship to get the title. Brooks Koepka is now on the list of players who have won the PGA Championship for 3rd time alongside Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.

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 2024 PGA Championship will be held at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, between May 16 and May 19. A full field of 156 will be present for the Championship. The 2024 qualification details, according to the PGA of America, are as follows:

• All past PGA Championship winners;

• Last 5 Masters winners 2020-24;

• Last 5 U.S. Open Champions 2019-23;

• Last 5 Open winners 2018 – 2023 [Note: no 2020 event];

• Winners of the last three Players Championships 2022-24;

• Top three of the Individual Federation official World Ranking List for Golf as at April 29;

• 2023 KitchenAid Senior PGA Champion winners.

• The top 15 finishers and ties in the 2023 PGA Championship;

• The top 20 finishers in the 2024 PGA Professional Championship;

• Current top 70 players from the PGA Championship Points List who are available and have accumulated the most PGA Championship points from the end of the season- closing the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson ending May 5.

• U.S. Members from the last named Ryder Cup teams permitted they remain within the top 100 Official World Golf Rankings as of May 6;

• Winners of PGA Tourco-sponsored or approved events whose palms are considered functionary from the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship and Myrtle Beach Classic ending May 12.

• The PGA of America reserves the right to invite fresh players not included in the below orders. Those players will be in the top 100 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of the week before the championship.

• If necessary to complete the field, those players beyond the first 70 players who are eligible and who have earned the most PGA Championship points through the same period as applicable to criteria No. 10, based on their respective standing in those parameters.

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What is the Cutline for the 2024 PGA Championship?

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, the 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.