2008 PGA Championship – It’s Almost Time for the Tee Off
April 21, 2008 – 12:23 amIt is almost time for golf’s grandest event – the PGA Championship. Every August, fans from all over the world gather at the Oakland Hills Country Club to witness the best names in the sport battle it out for the title of the champion and the 2008 PGA Championship will be no different. For its 90th play, the PGA Championship promises to give the fans a bigger game, much more exciting than ever before.
The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. The PGA Championship is one of the four major championships in men’s golf, and it is the golf season’s final major, played in August. Because of its distinction as the season’s final major, the PGA Championship is nicknamed ‘Glory’s last shot’. It is an official money event on the PGA Tour, the European Tour and the Japan Golf Tour, with a purse in 2007 of $7 million.
Some PGA Championship trivia
- PGA champions are automatically invited to play in the other three majors for the next five years, and are exempt from qualifying for the PGA Championship for life.
- The first PGA Championship was held in 1916 at Siwanoy Country Club in Bronxville, New York.
- The PGA Championship was established for the purpose of providing a high profile tournament specifically for professional golfers at a time when they were generally not held in high esteem in a sport that was largely run by wealthy amateurs.
- PGA champions also receive membership on the PGA Tour for the following five seasons and invitations to the Players Championship for five years.
An overview of the 2007 PGA Championship
The 2007 PGA Championship was played from August 9 to August 12, 2007 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Won by Tiger Woods, this was the fourth PGA Championship that Southern Hills hosted. This was the 89th playing of the PGA Championship.
2008 PGA Championship
The 2008 PGA Championship will be held from August 04 to August 10 at the Oakland Hills Country Club.
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