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unusual facts about PGA Championship


Emil Loeffler

In 1921, the PGA Championship invited the top 31 professional finishers at the 1921 U.S. Open, along with the defending champion, to the tournament and as such Loeffler was invited.


1928 PGA Championship

The 1928 PGA Championship was the 11th PGA Championship, held October 1–6 at the Five Farms Course of the Baltimore Country Club in Lutherville, Maryland, north of Baltimore.

1955 PGA Championship

The 1955 PGA Championship was the 37th PGA Championship, held July 20–26 at Meadowbrook Country Club in Northville Township, Michigan, northwest of nearby Detroit.

2004 PGA Championship

The 2004 PGA Championship was the 86th PGA Championship, played August 12–15 at the Straits Course of the Whistling Straits complex in Haven, Wisconsin (postal address Kohler).

2010 PGA Championship

The 2010 PGA Championship was the 92nd PGA Championship, played August 12–15 at the Straits Course of the Whistling Straits complex in Haven, Wisconsin (postal address Kohler, Wisconsin).

Bellerive Country Club

Bellerive hosted its second major with the PGA Championship in 1992; Nick Price won the first of his three majors with a score of 278, six under par and three strokes ahead of four runners-up.

Erath County, Texas

Dublin later became famous as the early boyhood home of PGA, U.S. Open and Masters golf champion Ben Hogan.

Kraig Kann

He also reported on-site for the station's coverage of The Masters, the U.S. Open, the Open Championship, the PGA Championship, and the Ryder Cup.

Lakeside Golf Course, Oklahoma

The US Amateur, the British Amateur, the team NCAA Championship, the individual NCAA Championship, the Walker Cup, Western Amateur, PGA Championship, American Cup and World Cups have occupied positions of prominence on the modest mantel alongside such less opposing trophies such as the Oklahoma Open and Oklahoma Amateur.

Norwood Hills Country Club

The club has hosted many prestigious events including the National Left-Handed Golfer’s Championship in 1936 and 1940, the PGA Championship in 1948 won by Ben Hogan, the LPGA Tour's St. Louis Women's Invitational from 1965 to 1969, the PGA Tour's Greater St. Louis Golf Classic in 1972 and 1973, and the U.S. Senior Amateur in 2001.

Woodstock Union High School

Keegan Bradley (born June 7, 1986) is an American professional golfer who is a rookie on the PGA Tour and has won two tour events, most notably the 2011 PGA Championship.


see also

2011 BMW PGA Championship

The 2011 BMW PGA Championship was the 57th edition of the BMW PGA Championship, an annual professional golf tournament on the European Tour, contested 26–29 May at Wentworth Club in Surrey, England.

Bob Rosburg

The 1959 PGA Championship was played at the Minneapolis Golf Club in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.

Bozhurets

The distance from the village to the Gary Player PGA Championship Golf Course is only 2 km which is one of the biggest projects on the Black Sea Coast called "Thracian Cliffs".

Congressional Country Club

With the course playing as a par 70, 1970 champion Dave Stockton sank a par-saving putt on the 72nd hole to win his second PGA Championship by one stroke at 281 (+1).

Costa Cálida

There are many PGA championship courses such as El Valle which hosted the PGA European Seniors Tour in June 2011, Hacienda del Alamo which is the longest golf course in Spain and the famous La Manga Club.

Lelant

Jim Barnes, golfer; winner of the PGA Championship, the U.S. Open, and the British Open.

Shaun Micheel

In August 2006, Micheel returned to prominence when he finished runner-up to Tiger Woods at the PGA Championship at Medinah Country Club; he followed that with T7 two weeks later at the Deutsche Bank Championship.

Woody Austin

After the second round of the 2007 PGA Championship, Austin joked that he was named after actor Woody Harrelson (Harrelson being only three years older than Austin).