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Location: Tulsa, OK
Course: Southern Hills CC
Architect: Perry Maxwell (1936) & Gil Hanse (2019 Redesign)
Grass: Bermuda (tee-to-green), bentgrass (greens)
Par: 70
Yardage: 7,556
2021 Winner: Phil Mickelson (-6)
2021 Cut Line: +5
Field: 156 Players
Cut: Low 70 scores with ties
2022 Favorites: Scottie Scheffler (+1100), Jon Rahm (+1200)
Purse: $20M (1st gets $3.58M)
Trophy: The Wanamaker Trophy, named after businessman and golfer Rodman Wanamaker, stands nearly 2.5 feet tall and weighs 27 pounds
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Course Facts
- In 1934 a group of citizens in Tulsa raised $140,000 for a new country club on land donated by Waite Phillips, a local oil baron
- Perry Maxwell was hired to lead a crew that built the course for $113,000
- Southern Hills opened in 1936, hosted the 1946 U.S. Women’s Amateur, the 1953 U.S. Junior Championship, and the U.S. Open in 1958.
- The PGA Championship is played at different courses each year; 2021 at Kiawah Island’s Ocean Courses and 2020 at T PC Harding Park
- The last PGA Championship played at Southern Hills CC was in 2007 (won by Tiger Woods)
- Southern Hills has hosted the most PGA Championships with this year being the 5th time
- The course only has two par-5s in use for the PGA Championship, both measuring more than 630 yards
- Tiger Woods and Raymond Floyd have the Southern Hills Country Club course record. Floyd shot 63 at the 1982 PGA, while Woods matched the score in 2007.
Tournament Facts
- The first PGA Championship was held in October 1916 at Siwanoy Country Club in Bronxville, NY — Jim Barnes won and earned $500
- The tournament was played as match play format until 1957 and switched to stroke play in 1958 (won by Dow Finsterwald)
- It was formerly played in mid-August on the third weekend before Labor Day weekend, serving as the fourth and final men’s major of the golf season
- Beginning in 2019, the tournament is played in May on the weekend before Memorial Day, as the season’s second major following the Masters Tournament in April
- In seven men’s majors here, only two winners have managed to par the closing hole – Tommy Bolt at the 1958 U.S. Open and Tiger Woods at the 2007 PGA
- The winner of this tournament is invited to play in the other 3 majors plus The Players for the next 5 years, and is invited to play in the PGA Championship for life
- It’s the only one of the four majors exclusively for professional players
- The winner receives membership on the PGA Tour for 5 seasons and European Tour for 7 seasons
- Jack Nicklaus & Walter Hagen have won this tournament a record 5 times
- Phil Mickelson is the oldest winner at 50 years, 11 months in 2021
- Gene Sarazen is the youngest winner at 20 years, 174 days in 1922
- The lowest 72-hole score was set by Brooks Koepka (264) in 2018 at Bellerive
- The lowest 72-hole score by par was set by Jason Day (-20) in 2015 at Whistling Straits
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