2009 PGA Championship

Infobox_Individual_Golf_Tournament
tournament_name = 2009 PGA Championship


dates = August 13 - 16, 2009
location = Chaska, Minnesota
course = Hazeltine National Golf Club
tour = PGA Tour
PGA European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
par = 72
yardage=7,685
field = 156 players
cut = TBD
purse = TBD
winners_share = TBD
Champion = TBD
Score = TBD

The 2009 PGA Championship will be the 91st PGA Championship and is scheduled to be played from August 13-16, 2009 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. The last time a major was played at Hazeltine National was the 2002 PGA Championship, which was won by Rich Beem in the 84th PGA Championship, and this will mark the second PGA Championship to be held at Hazeltine National.

Television coverage will be provided by CBS and TNT.

Field

The following is the qualification criteria that will be used to select the field. [ [http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2007/players/eligibility.html 2007 PGA Championship Eligiblity] - no major changes expected except 2008 Ryder Cup] Each player is listed according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses:

1. All former PGA Champions

2. Last five U.S. Open Champions

3. Last five Masters Champions

4. Last five British Open Champions

5. Current Senior PGA Champion

6. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2008 PGA Championship

7. 20 low scorers in the 2009 PGA Professional National Championship

"'8. 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and
Reno-Tahoe Open to the 2009 RBC Canadian Open"'

9. Members of the 2008 United States Ryder Cup team

10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2008 PGA Championship

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

12. Vacancies are filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings)

Course layout

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495|440|633|212|455|405|570|176|432|3,818|442|606|520|247|352|642|402|182|474|3,867|7,685

References

External links

* [http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2009/index.html 2009 Official site]
* [http://www.hngc.com/ Hazeltine National Golf Club]