2019 Pga Championship

This was the first edition under the new schedule in which the PGA Championship is the second major of the year, having previously been the final one for decades. It was the third major and first PGA Championship at Bethpage Black, which hosted U.S. Opens in 2002 and 2009, won by Tiger Woods and Lucas Glover, respectively.

2019 PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	May 16–19, 2019
Location	Farmingdale, New York 40°44′31″N 73°27′18″W / 40.742°N 73.455°W / 40.742; -73.455
Course(s)	Bethpage State Park Black Course
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,459 yards (6,821 m)
Field	156 players, 82 after cut
Cut	144 (+4)
Prize fund	$11,000,000 €8,620,017
Winner's share	$1,980,000 €1,551,603
Champion
Brooks Koepka
272 (−8)
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Brooks Koepka won his second PGA Championship, and fourth major, by two strokes ahead of runner-up Dustin Johnson. By doing so he became first player to successfully defend both the PGA Championship and the U.S. Open in a career, and became fourth player to successfully defend two different majors in a career. At age 29 he became the only player currently under 30 to win at least four majors, and he returned to being ranked number one in the world. Johnson became the eighth player to have runner-ups in all four majors.

Koepka hit a joint record PGA Championship low score of 63 in the first round, and a 65 in the second, to have the lowest 36-hole score in major history, and the largest 36-hole PGA Championship lead (7 strokes) in PGA Championship history. He hit a level par 70 in the third round, to retain a 7 stroke lead going into the final day. He held a healthy lead until a late charge from Johnson brought him within one stroke, but a four over par 74 was enough to get Koepka over the line.

Given his recent win in the Masters, and his 2002 U.S. Open win at Bethpage, Tiger Woods had a lot of media attention leading into the tournament, but missed the cut. Given the length of the course, long hitters were expected to do well, and Koepka and Johnson were among the favorites. Rory McIlroy was also among the favorites but finished tied for eighth. After struggling recently for form, Jordan Spieth finished tied for third in his attempt to complete the career grand slam.

The leading PGA Club Pro, and winner of his second Crystal Bowl, was Rob Labritz. He finished tied for 60th at 10-over-par.

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

• 7,426 yards (6,790 m), par 70 - 2009 U.S. Open
• 7,214 yards (6,596 m), par 70 - 2002 U.S. Open

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. Dates when a qualifying category will be completely determined are indicated in italics.

1. All former winners of the PGA Championship

Rich Beem, Keegan Bradley (9,11), John Daly, Jason Day (9), Jason Dufner, Pádraig Harrington, Martin Kaymer (3), Brooks Koepka (3,7,9,10,11), Rory McIlroy (4,5,9,10,11), Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson (9,10,11), Jimmy Walker, Tiger Woods (2,7,9,10,11), Yang Yong-eun

• Davis Love III did not play.
• Vijay Singh did not play due to a back injury.
• Justin Thomas (7,9,10,11) did not play due to a wrist injury.
• The following former champions did not enter: Paul Azinger, Mark Brooks, Jack Burke Jr., Steve Elkington, Dow Finsterwald, Raymond Floyd, Al Geiberger, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Don January, John Mahaffey, Larry Nelson, Bobby Nichols, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Nick Price, Jeff Sluman, Dave Stockton, Hal Sutton, David Toms, Lee Trevino, Bob Tway, Lanny Wadkins

2. Winners of the last five Masters Tournaments

Sergio García (9,10), Patrick Reed (9,10), Jordan Spieth (3,4,7,10), Danny Willett

3. Winners of the last five U.S. Open Championships

Dustin Johnson (9,10,11)

4. Winners of the last five Open Championships

Zach Johnson, Francesco Molinari (7,9,10,11), Henrik Stenson (10)

5. Winners of the last three Players Championships

Kim Si-woo (9), Webb Simpson (9,10,11)

6. Current Senior PGA Champion

• Due to the change in the date of the PGA Championship, which moves the PGA Championship prior to the same year's Senior PGA Championship (specifically the week before), this exemption was not used in 2019.

7. Top-15 and ties in the 2018 PGA Championship

Daniel Berger, Rafa Cabrera-Bello (9), Rickie Fowler (9,10,11), Tyrrell Hatton (9,10), Kevin Kisner (9,11), Shane Lowry, Thomas Pieters, Jon Rahm (9,10,11), Chez Reavie (9), Adam Scott (9), Brandon Stone, Gary Woodland (9)

• Stewart Cink (9) did not play due to a back injury.

8. Top-20 in the 2019 PGA Professional Championship

Danny Balin, Alex Beach, Rich Berberian Jr., Justin Bertsch, Craig Bowden, Jason Caron, Ben Cook, Stuart Deane, Andrew Filbert, Tyler Hall, Craig Hocknull, Marty Jertson, Rob Labritz, Brian Mackey, John O'Leary, Rod Perry, Casey Russell, Jeffrey Schmid, Cory Schneider, Ryan Vermeer

9. Top-70 leaders in official money standings from the 2018 Players Championship to the 2019 Wells Fargo Championship

An Byeong-hun, Abraham Ancer, Ryan Armour, Patrick Cantlay, Paul Casey (10,11), Corey Conners (11), Joel Dahmen, Bryson DeChambeau (10,11), Tony Finau (10), Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood (10), Jim Furyk, Brian Gay, Lucas Glover, Branden Grace, Emiliano Grillo, Adam Hadwin, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes (11), Max Homa (11), Billy Horschel, Charles Howell III (11), Im Sung-jae, Jason Kokrak, Matt Kuchar (11), Danny Lee, Marc Leishman (11), Hideki Matsuyama, Keith Mitchell (11), Ryan Moore, Kevin Na (11), Louis Oosthuizen, Ryan Palmer (11), Pan Cheng-tsung (11), Scott Piercy, Ian Poulter (10), Andrew Putnam (11), Justin Rose (10,11), Xander Schauffele (11), Cameron Smith, Brandt Snedeker (11), J. J. Spaun, Kyle Stanley, Kevin Tway (11), Harold Varner III, Jhonattan Vegas, Bubba Watson (10,11), Aaron Wise (11)

10. Members of the United States and European 2018 Ryder Cup teams

Alex Norén, Thorbjørn Olesen

11. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2018 Players Championship

Cameron Champ, Kang Sung-hoon (13), Michael Kim, Adam Long, Graeme McDowell, Troy Merritt, Martin Trainer

12. The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above

Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Lucas Bjerregaard, Alexander Björk, Sam Burns, Jorge Campillo, Ross Fisher, Ryan Fox, Dylan Frittelli, Chesson Hadley, Justin Harding, Brian Harman, Lucas Herbert, Beau Hossler, Shugo Imahira, Jazz Janewattananond, Brendan Jones, Kurt Kitayama, Patton Kizzire, Russell Knox, Satoshi Kodaira, Mikko Korhonen, Tom Lewis, Li Haotong, David Lipsky, Luke List, Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Joost Luiten, Shaun Norris, Adrián Otaegui, Eddie Pepperell, Pat Perez, Richard Sterne, Steve Stricker, Julian Suri, Michael Thompson, Erik van Rooyen, Matt Wallace, Lee Westwood

• Charl Schwartzel did not play due to a wrist injury.

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

• Sam Ryder did not play due to a wrist injury.

Alternates (per category 13)

1. Bronson Burgoon (75th in standings) – replaced Charl Schwartzel
2. Kang Sung-hoon (76) – replaced Davis Love III but subsequently qualified under category 11
3. Richy Werenski (77) – replaced Sam Ryder
4. Patrick Rodgers (80) – did not play due to injury
5. Joaquín Niemann (83) – took spot reserved for AT&T Byron Nelson winner
6. Kelly Kraft (84) – replaced Justin Thomas
7. J. T. Poston (85) – replaced Vijay Singh

• Thursday: Partly cloudy and breezy. High of 68 °F/20 °C. Wind NW 10–15 mph.
• Friday: Partly cloudy with showers. High of 65 °F/18 °C. Winds SSW 10–15 mph, with gusts to 25 mph.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny. High of 71 °F/22 °C. Wind NNW 5–10 mph.
• Sunday: Mostly cloudy. High of 68 °F/20 °C. Wind S 12–18 mph, with gusts to 25 mph.

First round

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Defending champion Brooks Koepka led after the first round with a bogey-free course-record 63. It was the second time Koepka had scored 63 in a major championship; the first being in the second round when winning in 2018. World number 119, Danny Lee was a stroke behind after a round of 64 which included eight birdies and two bogeys. Tommy Fleetwood was in third place, four behind Koepka. 16 players broke the par of 70, including world number-one Dustin Johnson. Masters champion Tiger Woods scored 72, a round that contained an eagle, three birdies, three bogeys and two double-bogeys.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Brooks Koepka	63	−7
2	Danny Lee	64	−6
3	Tommy Fleetwood	67	−3
T4	Kang Sung-hoon	68	−2
	Luke List
	Mike Lorenzo-Vera
	Pat Perez
	Chez Reavie
T9	Patrick Cantlay	69	−1
	Jason Day
	Rickie Fowler
	Dustin Johnson
	Kim Si-woo
	Phil Mickelson
	Jordan Spieth
	Matt Wallace

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Second round

Friday, May 17, 2019

Brooks Koepka shot a second round 65 which included seven birdies and two bogeys. He set a new record for the lowest 36-hole score in a major championship and his seven stroke lead over Adam Scott and Jordan Spieth also set a 36-hole PGA Championship record and was the largest at the halfway point of any major championship since Henry Cotton led by nine in the 1934 Open Championship. Scott was the only player to score lower than Koepka, with a round of 64 than included seven birdies in the first 14 holes and a bogey at the 17th. Danny Lee, in second place after the first round, dropped six shots in his first seven holes and finished with a round of 74.

82 players made the cut at 144, four strokes over par. Amongst those missing the cut were Masters champion Tiger Woods and world number 8 Bryson DeChambeau. Three PGA club professionals made the cut: Marty Jertson, Rob Labritz and Ryan Vermeer. This was the most since the number of qualifiers through the PGA Professional Championship was reduced from 25 to 20 in 2006.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Brooks Koepka	63-65=128	−12
T2	Adam Scott	71-64=135	−5
	Jordan Spieth	69-66=135
T4	Daniel Berger	70-66=136	−4
	Dustin Johnson	69-67=136
	Kelly Kraft	71-65=136
	Luke List	68-68=136
	Matt Wallace	69-67=136
9	Justin Rose	70-67=137	−3
T10	Tommy Fleetwood	67-71=138	−2
	Rickie Fowler	69-69=138
	Jazz Janewattananond	70-68=138
	Kang Sung-hoon	68-70=138
	Danny Lee	64-74=138
	Hideki Matsuyama	70-68=138
	Louis Oosthuizen	70-68=138
	Erik van Rooyen	70-68=138
	Harold Varner III	71-67=138

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Third round

Saturday, May 18, 2019

Brooks Koepka maintained his seven stroke lead after a level-par 70, a round that included three birdies and three bogeys. His seven shot lead after three rounds was a record for the PGA Championship, although he failed to break the 54-hole scoring record of 196 held by David Toms in the 2001 championship. Jazz Janewattananond and Harold Varner III had the best rounds of the day, both scoring 67 and moving into a tie for second place. Also tied for second were Dustin Johnson and Luke List. Adam Scott and Jordan Spieth both scored 72, dropping from second place into a tie for eighth.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Brooks Koepka	63-65-70=198	−12
T2	Jazz Janewattananond	70-68-67=205	−5
	Dustin Johnson	69-67-69=205
	Luke List	68-68-69=205
	Harold Varner III	71-67-67=205
T6	Hideki Matsuyama	70-68-68=206	−4
	Matt Wallace	69-67-70=206
T8	Patrick Cantlay	69-70-68=207	−3
	Xander Schauffele	70-69-68=207
	Adam Scott	71-64-72=207
	Jordan Spieth	69-66-72=207

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Final round

Sunday, May 19, 2019

Summary

Defending champion Brooks Koepka won the championship with an 8-under-par score of 272. Leading by seven shots at the start of the day, he had five bogeys in the last eight holes but held on to win, two strokes ahead of runner-up Dustin Johnson. With three holes to play, world number one Johnson had closed to within a stroke of Koepka, but dropped strokes at the 16th and 17th holes. Patrick Cantlay, Jordan Spieth, and Matt Wallace finished tied for third place, six shots behind Koepka. Jazz Janewattananond started the day in a tie for second place but dropped seven strokes in the last seven holes and finished out of the top 10. Only six players broke the par of 280.

Rob Labritz won the crystal bowl as the leading PGA club professional at 290 (+10), tied for sixtieth place.

Final leaderboard

Note: Top 15 and ties qualify for the 2020 PGA Championship; top 4 and ties qualify for the 2020 Masters Tournament

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Brooks Koepka (c)	63-65-70-74=272	−8	1,980,000
2	Dustin Johnson	69-67-69-69=274	−6	1,188,000
T3	Patrick Cantlay	69-70-68-71=278	−2	575,500
	Jordan Spieth	69-66-72-71=278
	Matt Wallace	69-67-70-72=278
6	Luke List	68-68-69-74=279	−1	380,000
7	Kang Sung-hoon	68-70-70-72=280	E	343,650
T8	Matt Kuchar	70-70-72-69=281	+1	264,395
	Shane Lowry	75-69-68-69=281
	Rory McIlroy (c)	72-71-69-69=281
	Adam Scott	71-64-72-74=281
	Erik van Rooyen	70-68-70-73=281
	Gary Woodland	70-70-73-68=281

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T14	Jazz Janewattananond	70-68-67-77=282	+2	191,665
	Chez Reavie	68-71-71-72=282
T16	Abraham Ancer	73-70-69-71=283	+3	143,100
	Lucas Bjerregaard	71-69-70-73=283
	Lucas Glover	72-69-69-73=283
	Mike Lorenzo-Vera	68-71-75-69=283
	Hideki Matsuyama	70-68-68-77=283
	Xander Schauffele	70-69-68-76=283
	Brandt Snedeker	74-67-73-69=283
T23	Jason Day (c)	69-74-69-72=284	+4	91,000
	Emiliano Grillo	76-67-70-71=284
	Billy Horschel	70-72-71-71=284
	Jason Kokrak	73-70-71-70=284
	Thomas Pieters	74-70-71-69=284
	Jimmy Walker (c)	70-70-71-73=284
T29	Keegan Bradley (c)	70-70-73-72=285	+5	65,000
	Sam Burns	70-72-69-74=285
	Paul Casey	70-71-75-69=285
	Adam Hadwin	72-70-70-73=285
	Graeme McDowell	70-72-73-70=285
	Justin Rose	70-67-73-75=285
	Webb Simpson	72-69-72-72=285
T36	Rickie Fowler	69-69-71-77=286	+6	48,200
	Beau Hossler	72-69-77-68=286
	Danny Lee	64-74-71-77=286
	Li Haotong	73-69-70-74=286
	Harold Varner III	71-67-67-81=286
T41	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	76-68-68-75=287	+7	36,036
	Matt Fitzpatrick	75-65-76-71=287
	Charles Howell III	72-67-73-75=287
	Adam Long	73-70-69-75=287
	Scott Piercy	72-67-72-76=287
	Danny Willett	71-70-69-77=287
	Aaron Wise	70-71-71-75=287
T48	Bronson Burgoon	73-66-74-75=288	+8	26,250
	Tommy Fleetwood	67-71-72-78=288
	Tyrrell Hatton	71-69-72-76=288
	Kelly Kraft	71-65-78-74=288
	Francesco Molinari	72-68-73-75=288
	Henrik Stenson	74-68-75-71=288
T54	Cameron Champ	72-71-73-73=289	+9	22,850
	Justin Harding	74-70-73-72=289
	Charley Hoffman	73-69-75-72=289
	Zach Johnson	71-69-73-76=289
	Alex Norén	73-69-74-73=289
	J. J. Spaun	72-72-70-75=289
T60	Ross Fisher	74-67-77-72=290	+10	21,300
	Rob Labritz	75-69-74-72=290
	Louis Oosthuizen	70-68-73-79=290
	J. T. Poston	77-67-71-75=290
T64	Corey Conners	72-72-76-71=291	+11	20,200
	Tony Finau	70-73-69-79=291
	Max Homa	70-71-79-71=291
	Kurt Kitayama	74-68-77-72=291
	Joost Luiten	72-72-77-70=291
	Thorbjørn Olesen	73-70-71-77=291
	Cameron Smith	73-70-74-74=291
T71	Daniel Berger	70-66-78-78=292	+12	19,250
	Rafa Cabrera-Bello	75-69-74-74=292
	Joel Dahmen	70-72-71-79=292
	Lucas Herbert	74-70-73-75=292
	David Lipsky	70-74-77-71=292
	Phil Mickelson (c)	69-71-76-76=292
77	Kevin Tway	73-70-76-74=293	+13	18,900
T78	Pat Perez	68-73-76-77=294	+14	18,750
	Andrew Putnam	74-70-75-75=294
T80	Rich Beem (c)	75-69-82-69=295	+15	18,550
	Ryan Vermeer	70-74-72-79=295
82	Marty Jertson	72-69-79-79=299	+19	18,400
CUT	Ryan Armour	74-71=145	+5
	Dylan Frittelli	77-68=145
	Jim Furyk	73-72=145
	Sergio García	74-71=145
	Tyler Hall	72-73=145
	Im Sung-jae	71-74=145
	Martin Kaymer (c)	74-71=145
	Michael Kim	74-71=145
	Patton Kizzire	70-75=145
	Russell Knox	72-73=145
	Keith Mitchell	74-71=145
	Kevin Na	72-73=145
	Adrián Otaegui	73-72=145
	Jon Rahm	70-75=145
	Kyle Stanley	71-74=145
	Steve Stricker	73-72=145
	Julian Suri	72-73=145
	Martin Trainer	75-70=145
	Bubba Watson	76-69=145
	Tiger Woods (c)	72-73=145
	Bryson DeChambeau	72-74=146	+6
	Branden Grace	73-73=146
	Kim Si-woo	69-77=146
	Joaquín Niemann	75-71=146
	Ian Poulter	72-74=146
	Patrick Reed	74-72=146
	Richy Werenski	72-74=146
	Ben Cook	74-73=147	+7
	Shugo Imahira	74-73=147
	Tom Lewis	76-71=147
	Brian Mackey	74-73=147
	Troy Merritt	72-75=147
	Shaun Norris	73-74=147
	Lee Westwood	75-72=147
	An Byeong-hun	74-74=148	+8
	Jason Dufner (c)	76-72=148
	Ryan Fox	78-70=148
	J. B. Holmes	71-77=148
	Mikko Korhonen	74-74=148
	Marc Leishman	74-74=148
	Richard Sterne	75-73=148
	Jason Caron	70-79=149	+9
	Chesson Hadley	72-77=149
	Satoshi Kodaira	73-76=149
	Pan Cheng-tsung	78-71=149
	Michael Thompson	77-72=149
	Justin Bertsch	77-73=150	+10
	Jorge Campillo	77-73=150
	Ryan Moore	73-77=150
	Casey Russell	77-73=150
	Rich Berberian Jr.	76-75=151	+11
	John Daly (c)	75-76=151
	Eddie Pepperell	76-75=151
	Yang Yong-eun (c)	76-75=151
	Alex Beach	77-75=152	+12
	Pádraig Harrington (c)	75-77=152
	Ryan Palmer	77-75=152
	Brandon Stone	79-73=152
	Craig Bowden	78-75=153	+13
	Kevin Kisner	77-76=153
	Jhonattan Vegas	76-77=153
	Brian Harman	77-77=154	+14
	Shaun Micheel (c)	77-77=154
	Rod Perry	77-77=154
Danny Balin	78-77=155	+15
Alexander Björk	80-75=155
Brendan Jones	78-77=155
John O'Leary	79-78=157	+17
Stuart Deane	82-76=158	+18
Craig Hocknull	82-77=159	+19
Jeffrey Schmid	81-78=159
Cory Schneider	74-85=159
Andrew Filbert	84-82=166	+26
WD	Brian Gay	81	+11

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Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	4
Koepka	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−12	−11	−10	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8
Johnson	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−7	−6	−6
Cantlay	−4	−4	−3	−4	−5	−5	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2
Spieth	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2
Wallace	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2
List	−5	−4	−3	−3	−3	−2	−1	−2	−3	−3	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−1
Kang	−2	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	E	E	E	E	+1	E	E	E	E
Janewattananond	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−3	−2	−1	E	+1	+2	+2
Varner III	−6	−6	−4	−2	−1	−1	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+2	+3	+5	+5	+6	+6	+6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey+

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