The PGA Championship has never been a major where the phrase “par is your friend” necessarily applied. To wit: In the three previous visits the PGA of America has made to Valhalla Golf Club—1996, 2000 and 2014—the average winning score in relation to par has been 15 under. And each successive time the event has been held, the winning aggregate score has fallen.
Take a look for yourself:
1996 PGA: Mark Brooks, -11/277 (won playoff over Kenny Perry)
2000 PGA: Tiger Woods, -18/270 (won playoff over Bob May)
2014 PGA: Rory McIlroy, -16/268 (1 over Phil Mickelson)
What then is in store for those competing at the 2024 PGA Championship this coming week in Louisville, Ky.? We’re guessing a getable course that will see its fair share of birdies.
Below are the 154 players already in the field for the championship. Two spots are being held for the winner of the Wells Fargo Championship and the Myrtle Beach Classic if he hasn’t already qualified.
Tee times for the first and second rounds have yet to be set, but check back here and we’ll have them posted as soon as they go live.
Private Valhalla Golf Club Louisville, KY 4.6 102 Panelists
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Given a difficult piece of land on which to create Valhalla (half the site was floodplain, with high-tension power poles), Jack Nicklaus drew on his training under Pete Dye and Desmond Muirhead to produce a unique design, with an alternate fairway par 5, a par 4 with an island green and an 18th green shaped like a horseshoe. Over the decades, Nicklaus returned periodically to update its challenges, and the club rebuilt bunkers and replaced its soft bent grass fairways with firmer, faster zoysia in 2022. Valhalla has proven to be a great championship site. It has hosted three thrilling PGA Championships, the latest Rory McIlroy’s win in 2014, and will host a fourth in 2024. View Course
Ludvig Åberg
Byeong Hun An
Rich Beem
Josh Bevell (CP)
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Akshay Bhatia
Alexander Björk
Zac Blair
Michael Block (CP)
Evan Bowser (CP)
Keegan Bradley
Dean Burmester
Sam Burns
Parick Cantlay
Wyndham Clark
Eric Cole
Preston Cole (CP)
Tyler Collet (CP)
Corey Conners
John Daly
Cameron Davis
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Jason Day
Bryson DeChambeau
Thomas Detry
Matt Dobyns (CP)
Luke Donald
Jason Dufner
Nick Dunlap
Austin Eckroat
Harris English
Tony Finau
Matthew Fitzpatrick
Tommy Fleetwood
Rickie Fowler
Ryan Fox
Brice Garnett
Lucas Glover
Talor Gooch
Ben Griffin
Emiliano Grillo
Larkin Gross (CP)
Adam Hadwin
Brian Harman
Padraig Harrington
Tyrrell Hatton
Russell Henley
Lucas Herbert
Ryo Hisatsune
Lee Hodges
Charley Hoffman
Tom Hoge
Nicolai Højgaard
Rasmus Højgaard
Max Homa
Billy Horschel
Rikuya Hoshino
Beau Hossler
Viktor Hovland
Mark Hubbard
Mackenzie Hughes
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Sungjae Im
Stephan Jaeger
Dustin Johnson
Jared Jones (CP)
Taukumi Kanaya
Martin Kaymer
Jeff Kellen (CP)
Si Woo Kim
Tom Kim
Chris Kirk
Kurt Kitayama
Jake Knapp
Kazuma Kobori
Brooks Koepka
Ben Kohles
Thirston Lawrence
K.H. Lee
Min Woo Lee
Luke List
Shane Lowry
Robert MacIntyre
Peter Malnati
Brad Marek (CP)
Hideki Matsuyama
Denny McCarthy
Rory McIlroy
Maverick McNealy
Kyle Mendoza
Adrian Meronk
Shaun Micheel
Phil Mickelson
Keith Mitchell
Franceso Molinari
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Taylor Montgomery
Taylor Moore
Collin Morikawa
Jesse Mueller (CP)
Grayson Murray
Keita Nakajima
Joaquin Niemann
Alex Noren
Vincent Norrman
Zac Oakley (CP)
Andy Ogletree
Thorbjorn Olesen
Adrian Otaegui
Matthieu Pavon
Taylor Pendrith
Victor Perez
Tracy Phillips (CP)
Ben Polland (CP)
J.T. Poston
David Puig
Andrew Putnam
Jon Rahm
Aaron Rai
Patrick Reed
Patrick Rodgers
Justin Rose
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Adam Schenk
Adam Scott
Braden Shattuck (CP)
Cameron Smith
Jordan Smith
Sebastian Soderberg
John Somers (CP)
Josh Speight (CP)
Jordan Spieth
Sepp Straka
Steve Stricker
Adam Svensson
Jesper Svensson
Andy Svoboda (CP)
Nick Taylor
Sahith Theegala
Justin Thomas
Brendon Todd
Alejandro Tosti
Sami Valimaki
Erik van Rooyen
Ryan van Velzen
Camilo Villegas
Jimmy Walker
Matt Wallace
Jeremy Wells (CP)
Tim Widing
Gary Woodland
Tiger Woods
Wyatt Worthington II (CP)
Y.E. Yang
Cameron Young
Will Zalatoris
(cp) = PGA of America Club Professional
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