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PGA of America memo is another blow to USGA, R&A’s golf ball distance plans

One of the biggest sports organizations in the world has come out against the idea.

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Four months ago, Fred Ridley, the chairman of Augusta National Golf Club, strongly hinted that he and the club supported the USGA and R&A’s proposed Model Local Rule (MLR) that would mandate golfers in elite events use distance-reducing golf balls. Tiger Woods came out in support of the idea, and so did Rory McIlroy, giving the two governing bodies of golf some momentum in their battle against distance.

But as the comment period has continued, that momentum has slowed, and Monday, one of the biggest sports organizations in the world came out against the idea.

Golf Channel’s Rex Hoggard obtained a memo and posted it on Twitter that was written by the CEO of the PGA of America and sent to the USGA and R&A. In the memo, Waugh, who was writing as the head representative for the PGAs of America, Australia, Great Britain and several other countries, said that the groups, comprised of more than teaching professionals, course operators and others in the golf industry would not support the idea of the Model Local Rule.

“We fear that the proposed changes could seriously interrupt the current momentum in the game and be fundamentally damaging and detrimental in the long run,” Waugh wrote. “We are also very aware that there are sets of data that conflict with the R&A and USA materials. This is confusing and, in our view, needs to be considered fully, reviewed and clarified prior to any final decision being made.”

He went on to state: “For the whole industry to buy into any changes, we feel it is very important that everyone agrees with one set of data to be used to establish the basis of dramatic change. Also, to be abundantly clear as regards to the current proposal, after much thought and conversation, we arrived at full agreement as a group that we firmly oppose bifurcation for the following reasons.”

Golfweek contacted representatives of the USGA and asked for comment, then received the following statement:

We remain in a Notice & Comment period, accepting feedback from voices from across the game. The PGA is an important stakeholder and we appreciate the feedback they have contributed to this conversation.

The comment period on the proposed Model Local Rule is scheduled to conclude on next Monday, August 14.

Less than two weeks ago, a similar memo was written by Jay Monahan and sent PGA Tour players, explaining that the PGA Tour had informed the USGA and R&A that it was not in favor of the Model Local Rule in its current form.

The PGA Tour and the Alliance of PGAs cannot stop the USGA and the R&A from creating the Model Local Rule, but if they choose not to adopt it and implement it in the events they operate, it would be a massive blow to the overall acceptance of the MLR.

The USGA operates the U.S. Open, U.S. Women’s Open and several other championships, while the R&A runs the British Open, Women’s British Open and numerous tournaments as well. Mike Whan, the CEO of the USGA, and Martin Slumbers, his counterpart at the R&A, have stated that if the MLR is created, they plan to adopt it starting in 2026 at their elite men’s events.

However, the PGA of America runs the PGA Championship. If Seth Waugh and the PGA of America decided not to adopt the MLR, it is possible that the Masters, U.S. Open and British Opens would require golfers to use a different ball than they would use at the PGA Championship, the Players Championship and week-to-week PGA Tour events.

While the USGA and R&A’s proposed MLR is not intended to be adopted at the club level or at most amateur competitions, Waugh wrote that the proposal would create confusion, more work for PGA of America members and ultimately lead to bifurcation (the use to different rules governing professionals and recreational golfers). The USGA and R&A have adamantly stated that there are already several Model Local Rules, and tournaments are free to adopt them or not adopt them as they see fit. In the eyes of the USGA and the R&A, the creation of a Model Local Rule that requires elite golfers to use reduce-distance balls would not create a separate set of rules, but many people and organizations do not agree.

“Lastly and importantly, the suggestion that elite women should play the ‘recreational ball’ could be viewed very negatively at a time when we are all trying to promote and champion women’s golf and participation,” Waugh wrote.

In an interview with Golfweek, Mike Whan said that he does not feel there is a distance problem in women’s golf and hinted that the USGA would likely not adopt the MLR at the Women’s U.S. Open.

After the conclusion of the Notice & Comment period, the USGA and R&A are expected to study the comments and announce a decision on the Model Local Rule, possibly with six months.

Gianna Clemente, Miles Russell capture 2023 Junior PGA Championship titles

It was a special week for Gianna Clemente and Miles Russell.

It was a special week for Gianna Clemente and Miles Russell.

They’re both going home with some new hardware for the trophy case.

Clemente and Russell won their respective divisions of the 47th Junior PGA Championship at Hot Springs Country Club in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Clemente finished at 9-under 275, beating Yana Wilson, Kylie Chong and Kinsley Ni by three shots. Last year, Wilson beat Clemente in the U.S. Girls’ Junior final.

Meanwhile, Russell ran away with the title on the boys side, finishing at 18-under 266 to win by seven shots. Jackson Byrd and Billy Davis tied for second at 11 under.

With their victories, Clemente and Russell earned spots on the Junior Ryder Cup team. Also earning spots were Byrd on the boys side and Chong on the girls side.

Photos: Fields Ranch East course by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner has opened at Omni PGA Frisco Resort in Texas

Check out the photos of Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner’s latest course creation.

Much attention has been paid to the design duo of Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner in recent years for their work restoring multiple host sites of major championships, and rightfully so. Los Angeles Country Club, The Country Club, Winged Foot, Southern Hills and more have hosted majors after the designers lent their expertise in putting the courses back into the shapes intended by their original architects.

But what about Hanse and Wagner’s original work? They can bring the heat to their own designs, too, and that is on full display with the Fields Ranch East course at Omni PGA Frisco Resort near Dallas, the new home of the PGA of America.

The East recently opened to public play shortly after hosting the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship (won by Steve Stricker), the first of dozens of top-tier events scheduled to be played there.

Playing as long as 7,863 yards with a par of 72, the East is part of a new complex that includes a resort, meeting spaces, dining, shopping, a lit par-3 course, a massive putting green and plenty of ways to practice. It sits alongside the West, a course designed by Beau Welling.

Check out photos of the East below, most of them shot by noted course photographer Evan Schiller and the others courtesy of the resort. And click here to see photos of the West.

Five players to watch at the KPMG Women’s PGA at Baltusrol and the numbers behind their success

The Performance Insights relies on caddies to gather information and turn in a special card after each round.

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Two years ago, KPMG launched an analytics platform to help narrow the information divide between the men’s and women’s games. The program, similar to what’s offered on the DP World Tour, relies on caddies to gather information and turn in a special card after each round. KPMG pays the caddies a small stipend.

It’s an evolving system that gets more useful over time as data accumulates.

Scorecard numbers can only tell so much of the story, and as the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship kicks off this week at historic Baltusrol for the first time, we take a closer look at the Performance Insights numbers of five players to keep an eye on in New Jersey.

HOW TO WATCH: 2023 KPMG Women’s PGA

From the current No. 1 to a past champion and last week’s champion, here’s what the numbers tell us about these noteworthy stars:

Former PGA of America CEO Pete Bevacqua leaving NBC Sports to become AD at Notre Dame

The 1993 graduate of Notre Dame is returning to the South Bend, Indiana, campus.

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Jack Swarbrick, Notre Dame’s director of athletics since July 2008, has arrived at a succession plan.

Pete Bevacqua, chairman of NBC Sports, will join Notre Dame on July 1 and spend the rest of the year learning the ropes of modern athletic administration before Swarbrick steps down in early 2024, the university announced Thursday.

Swarbrick, a Notre Dame graduate and longtime power broker on the NCAA’s rapidly changing landscape, turned 69 in March. In recent years he has guided the major sports programs of the Irish through multiple coaching transitions, hiring new head coaches for football (Marcus Freeman), men’s basketball (Micah Shrewsberry), women’s basketball (Niele Ivey) and baseball (Shawn Stiffler).

A 1993 Notre Dame graduate and briefly a walk-on punter for coach Lou Holtz, Bevacqua’s transitional title will be special assistant to the president for athletics.

“At a time of great chaos and disruption in college athletics,” Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins said in a statement, “it will be invaluable to have Pete join Jack and me in charting a future for Notre Dame athletics that allows our student-athletes to play at the highest level, enjoy a full student experience and earn a Notre Dame degree.”

Named in September 2020 as the third chairman in NBC Sports history, the 51-year-old Bevacqua has become a known quantity at Notre Dame over the past five years as the network and the university work to extend a broadcast agreement that is entering its 33rd football season this fall.

Bevacqua, who holds a law degree from Georgetown, previously served as NBC Sports president since 2018 after a six-year stint as CEO of the PGA of America.

“It speaks volumes about Notre Dame and Father Jenkins’ leadership that we can implement such a well-conceived succession plan and attract someone of Pete’s talent and experience,” Swarbrick said in a statement. “I have worked closely with Pete throughout his time at NBC. I believe he has the perfect skill set to help Notre Dame navigate the rapidly changing landscape that is college athletics today and be an important national leader as we look to the future.”

A native of Bedford, New York, Bevacqua and wife Tiffany have three children.

“This is an unbelievable honor for me and a dream come true,” Bevacqua said in a statement. “With the exception of my family, nothing means more to me than the University of Notre Dame. … Jack has become a true friend over the course of the past several years, and I am looking forward to working alongside him and learning as much as I can from the person I admire and respect the most in college athletics.”

Notre Dame law professor Patricia Bellia, faculty athletics representative and chair of Notre Dame’s faculty board on athletics, praised the move.

“Jack Swarbrick has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to academic integrity and academic excellence and has been a steadfast partner to the Notre Dame faculty in ensuring that our student-athletes can succeed in the classroom and on the field,” Bellia said in a statement. “Pete Bevacqua shares those commitments, and we look forward to collaborating with him to provide the best environment for Notre Dame student-athletes to flourish as students, athletes and leaders.”

83rd KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship: Steve Stricker, Stewart Cink join the ‘Paddy Party’ at Fields Ranch

Harrington holds a one-shot lead over Stricker with 18 holes to play.

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FRISCO, Texas – Padraig Harrington was on cruise control through 45 holes of the 83rd KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship. Until suddenly, he wasn’t.

Bogey-free through 51 holes, the golf gods finally got a hold of the Irishman’s game on the par-4 16th.

“The second shot was kind of innocuous because the pin was so tight,” Harrington told reporters following his third-round 68. “I was just playing 15 feet left of it and to be honest, yeah, I just, I wasn’t — I do that sometimes, I just wasn’t focused, I wasn’t into it and I hit a bad shot in the hazard.”

The double bogey, while untimely, was somewhat of a sigh of relief for Harrington.

“I’m glad I broke my par streak,” he said. “It’s not good not to have made a bogey. That’s not a good thing. I know that sounds strange.”

Standing over his tee shot on the par-3 17th, Harrington held the same club that caused his trouble on 16. Opting to be aggressive, Harrington nipped the flag stick resulting in an easy par.

On 18, the three-time major winner leaked his tee shot off to the right, playing it off of the lateral hazard line. Needing a par to remain tied with a surging Steve Stricker, Harrington got up and down out of a greenside bunker to birdie the par-5 last and takes a one-stroke lead into Sunday’s final round. The birdie not only gives him the overnight lead, but gives Harrington a boost of confidence despite slipping down the stretch.

“It’s always nice to hole a putt on the last,” he told Golfweek. “Yeah. So you’re dead right, it creates a bit of momentum, for sure.”

Heading into Saturday’s third round, it seemed like it was Harrington’s tournament to lose. But former Ryder Cup captain and 2023 co-captain, Steve Stricker, took it upon himself to close the gap and apply pressure.

Five shots back to begin the day and six back at one point during Saturday’s round, Stricker stormed out of the gates with a 4-under 32 on the front nine.

“I mean, all you can do is continue to keep trying to make birdies,” he told reporters. “I was in a position to try to be aggressive and try to hit good shots, make putts, try to make birdies. That was the mindset. Also not trying to make a bogey. I figured if I could go bogey-free today I needed a good round to get right back in there. We got one more round and a lot of golf left.”

Doubling down on a solid front nine, Stricker followed his gameplan to a tee, posting a bogey-free 64, tying the course record set by Harrington on Thursday and matching the best third-round score in Senior PGA Championship history.

Joining the pair in Sunday’s final-round pairing is PGA Tour Champions rookie Stewart Cink.

Well off the lead and stalling a bit on the front nine, Cink credits his wife, Lisa, with getting him into the mix.

“She (Lisa) told me at the turn, I kind of had a dry spell there where I bogeyed 8, bad decision on 8, made a bogey there,” Cink told reporters.

 “I kind of went one direction and Padraig went the other way. And all of a sudden I was like seven back… So Lisa said, ‘You know, you’re playing fine, but the big thing is that you [are] just seven back of Harrington now. He’s kind of like separated himself.’ She said, ‘Let’s just try to like kind of pick our way back into sort of like shouting distance here’… I wouldn’t really say it actually changed my attitude, but it kind of gave me confidence to just instead of getting it all back at once I could just kind of pick away at it. … So I got to give my illustrious caddie some credit for that one.”

The 2009 Open champion was rewarded for sticking to his revised gameplan with an ace on the par-3 13th, the third ace of the week at Fields Ranch.

Quickly cutting into Harrington’s lead, Cink closed out his third round with a 5-under 67, three back of the lead.

When it comes to chasing down his first PGA Tour Champions win, Cink is ready to put up a good fight.

“I’m three back, but it’s probably the two players (Sticker and Harrington) you don’t want to be behind in this tournament, to be honest,” Cink said post round. “The two guys who are going to probably — that fit this course the best and have the best experience and confidence over their last handful of seasons out here. I’m the new guy, so I’m, I’ve got the firepower to play with those guys or take over this thing, but it’s going to be a dog fight tomorrow. … So I look forward to it tomorrow. It will feel like a big tournament for sure tomorrow and it’s not every day you get to do that.”

With low scores certainly doable, the new home of the PGA of America should offer a dramatic finish as star power takes center stage Sunday.

Robert Karlsson, Darren Clarke and Y.E. Yang look to make a push tied at 9 under. Defending Senior PGA champion, Steven Alker, sits in solo seventh (8 under) with Katsumasa Miyamoto, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Asilson da Silva rounding out the top 10 at 7 under.

‘I didn’t know that’: U.S. Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson didn’t know the CW broadcasted LIV Golf

When asked where he watches LIV Golf, Johnson offered a subtle if unintended snub to the CW network.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Zach Johnson was squarely focused on his own golf game during the final round of the 2023 PGA Championship, finishing an uneven day with a 71, one that included five birdies, four bogeys and a double on No. 17. Although he survived the cut, Johnson struggled to a 10-over 290 through four days at Oak Hill Country Club.

But Johnson is also taking notice of the field, as the selection process for the 2023 Ryder Cup is fast approaching and he’s handling his first tour of duty as the U.S. team captain.

When asked if he would attend a LIV Golf event to scout prospective players, Johnson implied that he would not. And then, when asked where he watches the upstart golf series, the Iowa native offered a subtle if unintended snub to the network broadcasts.

Here’s how the exchange with the reporter went:

Q. Do you get the CW … to watch their broadcast or YouTube?

ZACH JOHNSON: CW?

Q. That’s where it’s on television?

ZACH JOHNSON: I didn’t know that. I do get to see it — I have to ask my kids. I think I get the CW.

As for the team he needs to help build, six players automatically qualify through a point system that would require LIV players to win at least one or more majors to be in the running.  Johnson will have six picks to round out the rest of the team and noted that he would rely heavily on input from the six qualifiers.

When asked about Koepka, who opened the day at Oak Hill in the lead and then promptly birdied three of the first four holes to take a commanding lead, Johnson said he’s always been impressed with the Florida State product’s resolve.

“Look at his résumé prior to this week. He’s an amazing player,” Johnson said about Koepka. “What I appreciate about Brooks is just how he goes about his work in massive tournaments. He’s a rare breed mentally where he just is able to bring out his best in the most difficult and trying of circumstances.”

Koepka, Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau all have Ryder Cup experience and because LIV players paid their membership dues before June 30, 2022, they retain their PGA of America membership through the end of June 2023 and then through a grace period that runs through the end of June 2024. That means each could be eligible for selection to the team.

Johnson said he’s taking chemistry into consideration when considering his half-dozen picks.

“I mentioned chemistry. I don’t think I mentioned character,” Johnson said. “So take that in context. I mean, chemistry is important on any team. It’s important with any leadership of any team. It’s important with anything you’re trying to construct if you want to go out and win. My No. 1 goal as the leader is to go put these guys in a position to win, whatever that looks like. Time will tell.”

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Club pro Michael Block celebrates another great 2023 PGA Championship round with beers at local pub

“I’ve learned at this point to enjoy the moment, to sit back and relax and enjoy it because it goes by fast.”

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — How did PGA club pro Michael Block, the Cinderella Story of the 105th PGA Championship, celebrate another hard day’s work of shooting even-par 70 at Oak Hill? He hit the town still dressed in his golf gear and had a few pints at the Pittsford Pub with golf fans. (Hey, he doesn’t tee off until 2 p.m. ET today.)

Block, 46, who teaches at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club in Mission Viejo, California, enters the final round tied for eighth and paired with Rory McIlroy, a day after playing with former U.S. Open champ and world No. 1 Justin Rose.

“I didn’t look at Rosey’s face for the first three holes because I’m a big fan of Rosey and I’ve watched him my whole life, and I knew it could get a little too intimidating, the fact that, holy crap, I’m sitting here playing with Justin Rose, and that might get too big for me, so I literally just kind of looked down, looked at his shoes the first couple holes, and got off to a decent start and went on from there,” Block said after his round.

Only Rose, with 14, has made more birdies this week than Block’s 13. He’s doing things that a club pro, who makes his living tending to the needs of his membership and rarely has time to play let alone practice, shouldn’t be doing and has practically never done before. Block was ahead of world No. 1 and Masters champ Jon Rahm, defending champ Justin Thomas, three-time major winner Jordan Spieth and Patrick Cantlay, his buddy from back home in Southern California who gives him odds when they play. Nevertheless, Block has a chance to become the first PGA club pro to finish in the top 10 at the PGA Championship, and a whole lot more.

“I can compete against these guys, to be honest,” said Block, a 10-time Southern California PGA Player of the Year. “I can compete against them. I can hang. I can post a 3- or 4-under (Sunday).”

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Asked how he can stay grounded when he’s become an overnight sensation in the golf world, he said, “Have you met my wife? She will keep you down to earth more than anyone in the world. She’s an Argentinian-Italian fireball that will tell me everything you don’t want to hear, but yeah, she’ll keep me down to earth like you have no idea. It’s pretty easy for me. I grew up in St. Louis, I grew up in Iowa, kind of combination, Midwest roots. My parents would never let me get outside my box, right.

“I’m just having fun. Everyone is so cool and the people are great. We go out to dinner, everyone is so awesome, and the fans have been amazing, you guys have been great, and I’m just having a good time.”

It’s one thing to stay grounded and another to embrace the media attention that’s been showered upon him and engage in ‘walk-and-talk’ interviews with the likes of ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt and CBS’s Jim Nantz, but Block is a charismatic fellow. Asked to explain how he’s handled it all with such aplomb, he said, “It’s built-in club professional. You deal with 600 different personalities, right? You’ve got a lawyer telling you how to grow grass and you’ve got an accountant telling you that the burger wasn’t cooked right. So you’ve got to deal with it and you know how to deal with everybody under the sun.

“That’s a natural thing for me. I don’t have to try to do that. I’m just being — like I said, I’m just being myself. That’s my big goal. My wife used to give me so much crap because for the first 100 interviews of my life back in the day, not with you guys but much smaller interviews, I was very, yes, yes, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, kind of what I hear honestly with a lot of the guys here when I see them doing this. It’s just like, dude…I just became way more natural. My wife really kind of told me to do that, and it’s worked out beautifully, so she was right.”

And Block also spouted off with some deep thoughts that transcend golf. He’s a modern-day philosopher, too, a Ferris Bueller in spikes.

“I’ve learned at this point to enjoy the moment, to sit back and relax and enjoy it because it goes by fast, and life goes by fast,” he said. “Before you know it, you’re 60 years old and retired and look back at the videos on this and remember that was the best week of my life, and more than likely this is probably going to be the best week of my life. So I’m going to sit back as much as I can with my friends and family at the house we rented and watch the videos tonight and see all my new followers on Instagram. It’s been crazy, it’s been awesome.”

And there’s still one more day of the Block Party to go.

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2023 PGA Championship tee times for Sunday’s final round at Oak Hill

Everything you need to know for Sunday’s final round at Oak Hill.

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Brooks Koepka, the four-time major champion and runner-up to Jon Rahm at the Masters last month, leads the 2023 PGA Championship by one stroke with 18 holes to play.

For the second consecutive day, Koepka posted the low round of the day, a 4-under 66. One behind are Corey Conners and Viktor Hovland. Hovland will play in the final group with Koepka. Bryson DeChambeau sits at 3 under, Scottie Scheffler is 2 under while Rory McIlroy is five back at 1 under.

Koepka is the betting favorite to win at +140, with Hovland second in line at +330.

Here’s everything you need to know for Sunday’s final round of the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York.

More PGA: Live updates | How to watch

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Sunday tee times

1st tee

Tee time Player
7:50 a.m.
Ben Taylor, Mark Hubbard
8 a.m.
Joel Dahmen, Kazuki Higa
8:10 a.m.
Taylor Montgomery, Taylor Moore
8:20 a.m.
Justin Thomas, Phil Mickelson
8:30 a.m.
Rikuya Hoshino, Lee Hodges
8:40 a.m.
Sihwan Kim, Zach Johnson
8:50 a.m.
Padraig Harrington, Matt Wallace
9 a.m.
Adrian Meronk, Pablo Larrazabal
9:10 a.m.
Thomas Detry, Tony Finau
9:20 a.m.
Callum Tarren, Yannik Paul
9:30 a.m.
Max Homa, J.T. Poston
9:40 a.m.
Patrick Rodgers, Thriston Lawrence
9:50 a.m.
K.H Lee, Denny McCarthy
10:10 a.m.
Adam Hadwin, Adam Scott
10:20 a.m.
Sam Stevens, Nicolai Hojgaard
10:30 a.m.
Tom Hoge, Lucas Herbert
10:40 a.m.
Dean Burmester, Jon Rahm
10:50 a.m.
Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth
11 a.m.
Harold Varner III, Mito Pereira
11:10 a.m.
Collin Morikawa, Beau Hossler
11:20 a.m.
Xander Schauffele, Chez Reavie
11:30 a.m.
Alex Smalley, Thomas Pieters
11:40 am.
Keegan Bradley, Matt NeSmith
12 p.m.
Cam Smith, Hayden Buckley
12:10 p.m.
Tyrrell Hatton, Chris Kirk
12:20 p.m.
Keith Mitchell, Taylor Pendrith
12:30 p.m.
Adam Svensson, Sepp Straka
12:40 p.m.
Sahith Theegala, Patrick Cantlay
12:50 p.m.
Cam Davis, Hideki Matsuyama
1 p.m.
Kurt Kitayama, Ryan Fox
1:10 p.m.
Min Woo Lee, Patrick Reed
1:20 p.m.
Eric Cole, Shane Lowry
1:30 p.m.
Stephan Jaeger, Victor Perez
1:50 p.m.
Justin Suh, Tommy Fleetwood
2 p.m.
Rory McIlroy, Michael Block
2:10 p.m.
Justin Rose, Scottie Scheffler
2:20 p.m.
Corey Conners, Bryson DeChambeau
2:30 p.m.
Brooks Koepka, Viktor Hovland

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How much does the PGA Championship winner make? 2023 purse, payout breakdown

The 2023 PGA Championship purse at Oak Hill Country Club is projected to be $15 million.

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The 2023 PGA Championship purse at Oak Hill Country Club is $17.5 million, with the winner taking home $3.15 million and the Wanamaker Trophy. Each of the top three finishers will earn more than a million dollars.

The PGA Championship is one of the most prestigious tournaments on the tour. It’s not among the highest-paying, though. Nearly a dozen PGA Tour events have a purse of more than $20 million.

The 2023 Masters had a total purse of $18 million.

MORE: See the final money payout for 2023 PGA Championship

Total purse

The purse for the 2023 PGA Championship will be $17.5 million, up from $15 million a year ago.

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PGA Championship payouts

  • 1st: $3,150,000
  • 2nd: $1,890,000
  • 3rd: $1,190,000
  • 4th: $840,000
  • 5th: $700,000
  • 6th: $620,000
  • 7th: $575,000
  • 8th: $535,000
  • 9th: $500,000
  • 10th: $465,000
  • 11th: $430,000
  • 12th: $395,000
  • 13th: $365,000
  • 14th: $335,000
  • 15th: $309,000
  • 16th: $288,000
  • 17th: $268,000
  • 18th: $248,000
  • 19th: $228,000
  • 20th: $213,000
  • 21st: $198,000
  • 22nd: $185,000
  • 23rd: $175,000
  • 24th: $165,000
  • 25th: $155,000
  • 26th: $145,000
  • 27th: $135,000
  • 28th: $125,000
  • 29th: $116,500
  • 30th: $110,000
  • 31st: $105,000
  • 32nd: $100,000
  • 33rd: $95,000
  • 34th: $90,000
  • 35th: $85,000
  • 36th: $80,000
  • 37th: $75,000
  • 38th: $70,000
  • 39th: $65,000
  • 40th: $60,000
  • 41st: $55,000
  • 42nd: $50,000
  • 43rd: $48,000
  • 44th: $46,000
  • 45th: $44,000
  • 46th: $43,000
  • 47th: $42,000
  • 48th: $41,000
  • 49th: $40,000
  • 50th: $39,000
  • 51st: $38,000
  • 52nd: $37,000
  • 53rd: $36,500
  • 54th: $36,000
  • 55th: $35,500
  • 56th: $35,000
  • 57th: $34,500
  • 58th: $34,000
  • 59th: $33,500
  • 60th: $33,000
  • 61st: $32,500
  • 62nd: $32,000
  • 63rd: $31,500
  • 64th: $31,000
  • 65th: $30,500
  • 66th: $30,000
  • 67th: $29,500
  • 68th: $29,000
  • 69th: $28,500
  • 70th: $28,000
  • 71st: $27,500

What if players are tied?

If golfers are tied, money they would earn for those positions is added up and then split evenly among the number of players tied.

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