91st PGA Championship to be Played at the Hazeltine National Golf Club
After a super-successful 2008 season at the Oakland Hills Country Club, the 2009 PGA Championship has picked the Hazeltine National Golf Club to be its venue. As golf’s grandest game, the PGA Championship brings together the best players. To win this title is of the highest prestige and golfers work all year around just to be a part of this mega-event.
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.
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 2008 PGA Championship
The 90th PGA Championship was held from August 7 to August 10 at the South Course of Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The event was won by Padraig Harrington, who took home a purse of $7.5 million. This was his second consecutive major championship and third overall major title.
2009 PGA Championship
The 2009 PGA Championship promises to be one of the biggest events of the season. Tiger Woods had to pull out of the 2008 edition due to a knee injury, but he has every intention of making it to the latest games. For all those of you who are die hard golf fans and want to watch the PGA Championship live, TICKETFINDER.com™, a leading online tickets broker, is offering reasonably priced 2009 PGA Championship tickets for all the scheduled matches. Tickets come with free shipping and lowest price guarantee options.
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