Golf tournament
2016 PGA Championship Dates July 28–31, 2016 Location Springfield , New Jersey 40°42′18″N 74°19′41″W / 40.705°N 74.328°W / 40.705; -74.328 Course(s) Baltusrol Golf Club Lower CourseOrganized by PGA of America Tour(s) Par 70 Length 7,428 yards (6,792 m)[ 1] Field 156 players, 86 after cut Cut 142 (+2) Prize fund $ 10,000,000[ 2] € 9,040,528Winner's share $1,800,000[ 2] €1,627,295 Jimmy Walker 266 (−14) Show map of the United States
The 2016 PGA Championship was the 98th PGA Championship which took place from July 28–31 at Baltusrol Golf Club on the Lower Course in Springfield Township, New Jersey , west of New York City . This was the ninth major and second PGA Championship at Baltusrol, which last hosted in 2005 . Jimmy Walker won his first major championship title with a score of 14 under par, one shot ahead of 2015 champion Jason Day .
This edition of the PGA Championship was moved up two weeks from its early-August spot to accommodate the 2016 Olympic tournament in Rio de Janeiro. The John Deere Classic was moved back two weeks from its mid-July spot before the Open Championship and is taking its place on the schedule for those not qualified for the Olympics.
Course layout
Lower Course
Hole
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Out
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
In
Total
Yards
478
377
503
196
425
482
501
380
210
3,552
460
431
218
451
430
453
230
649
554
3,876
7,428
Par
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
3
34
4
4
3
4
4
4
3
5
5
36
70
Lengths of the course for previous major championships:
7,392 yards (6,759 m), par 70 - 2005 PGA Championship
7,116 yards (6,507 m), par 70 - 1993 U.S. Open
7,013 yards (6,413 m), par 70 - 1980 U.S. Open
7,015 yards (6,415 m), par 70 - 1967 U.S. Open
7,027 yards (6,425 m), par 70 - 1954 U.S. Open
6,866 yards (6,278 m), par 72 - 1936 U.S. Open (Upper Course)
6,212 yards (5,680 m), par 74 - 1915 U.S. Open (Old Course)
6,003 yards (5,489 m), par - 1903 U.S. Open (Old Course) The Old Course no longer exists, plowed under in 1918
Field
The following qualification criteria were used to select the field.[ 3] [ 4] Each player is listed according to the first category by which he qualified with additional categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses.
1. All former PGA Champions
Davis Love III (10)[ 5] and Tiger Woods did not play due to injury.
The following former champions did not enter: Paul Azinger , Mark Brooks , Jack Burke Jr. , Steve Elkington , Dow Finsterwald , Raymond Floyd , Doug Ford , Al Geiberger , Wayne Grady , David Graham , Hubert Green , Don January , John Mahaffey , Larry Nelson , Bobby Nichols , Jack Nicklaus , Gary Player , Nick Price , Jeff Sluman , Dave Stockton , Hal Sutton , Lee Trevino , Bob Tway , Lanny Wadkins
2. Winners of last five U.S. Opens
3. Winners of last five Masters Tournaments
4. Winners of last five British Opens
5. Current Senior PGA Champion
6. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2015 PGA Championship
7. 20 low scorers in the 2016 PGA Professional Championship
Although Karen Paolozzi placed in the top 20, she was not eligible for entry to the PGA Championship under the Whaley Rule .[ 6]
8. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational to the 2016 Open Championship and Barbasol Championship
9. Members of the United States and European 2014 Ryder Cup teams (provided they are ranked in the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking on July 1, 2016)
10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2015 PGA Championship
11. Vacancies are filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings).
12. The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above
Alternates (from category 11)
Jonas Blixt (82) – replaced Charles Howell III
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Jimmy Walker led after the first round with a five-under-par 65, one clear of Ross Fisher , Martin Kaymer and Emiliano Grillo .[ 7] Two-time PGA winner Rory McIlroy was nine shots off the lead after a four-over-par 74 and 2016 U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson was further behind at seven-over-par 77.[ 8]
Second round
Friday, July 29, 2016
Robert Streb shot a major record-tying 63 to move into a tie for first place with first round leader Jimmy Walker at 131 (−9). Jason Day , the defending champion, was tied for third place, two strokes behind at 133 (−7) while the 2016 Open Championship winner, Henrik Stenson , was in fifth place at 134 (−6).[ 9] Danny Willett , the 2016 Masters Tournament champion, was well back at 141, while Dustin Johnson , the 2016 U.S. Open winner, missed the cut with a 149 (+9). The cut was at 142 (+2) and 86 players made the cut.[ 10]
Third round
Saturday, July 30, 2016
Play was suspended at 2:14 pm EDT due to dangerous weather conditions. Only 37 players finished their third rounds, with the leaders yet to tee off. Kevin Kisner was the overnight leader at the clubhouse at 5 under par.[ 11] [ 12]
*Had not yet started their third round.
Sunday, July 31, 2016
Play was resumed at 7am EDT on Sunday. Jimmy Walker went into the final round with a single shot lead over Jason Day , and two shots ahead of Brooks Koepka and Henrik Stenson .[ 13]
Final round
Sunday, July 31, 2016
The third round pairings were kept for the final round, and the final pair of Jimmy Walker and Robert Streb teed off shortly after their scheduled time of 3:16 pm EDT. Walker made no bogeys (or worse) during the final round, with all pars on the front nine, then made two consecutive birdies, the first by holing out from the greenside bunker on the 10th hole. His third and final birdie came at 17 for a three-shot lead over defending champion Jason Day , who quickly responded with an eagle on the 72nd hole, narrowing the margin to one shot.[ 14]
Walker won wire-to-wire by making a 3-foot (0.91 m) par putt on the final hole to win by a stroke.[ 15] [ 16] With Walker's win, it was the first time since 2011 that all four major golf championships were won by first-time winners.[ 8]
Due to course conditions, the fourth round was played with preferred lies , allowing players to "lift, clean and place" their balls on the fairways.[ 17] This is believed to be the first time the rule was invoked in a major championship.[ 15]
Final leaderboard
Champion
(c) = past champion
Note: Top 15 and ties qualify for the 2017 PGA Championship ; top 4 and ties qualify for the 2017 Masters Tournament
Leaderboard below the top 10
Place
Player
Score
To par
Money ($ )
T13
Emiliano Grillo
66-67-73-68=274
−6
172,400
Pádraig Harrington (c)
71-70-65-68=274
Patrick Reed
70-65-70-69=274
Webb Simpson
69-69-66-70=274
Jordan Spieth
70-67-69-68=274
T18
Grégory Bourdy
69-68-69-69=275
−5
121,000
Kevin Kisner
71-69-65-70=275
Adam Scott
70-67-69-69=275
John Senden
68-70-69-68=275
T22
K. J. Choi
68-70-71-67=276
−4
75,636
Russell Henley
68-72-68-68=276
Billy Hurley III
72-65-69-70-276
Russell Knox
70-70-67-69=276
David Lingmerth
68-70-69-69=276
Francesco Molinari
71-70-68-67=276
Kevin Na
71-68-71-66=276
Louis Oosthuizen
68-70-70-68=276
Kyle Reifers
70-70-70-66=276
Justin Rose
70-72-66-68=276
Jhonattan Vegas
68-71-70-67=276
T33
Jon Curran
69-69-69-70=277
−3
45,289
Rickie Fowler
68-68-71-70=277
Yuta Ikeda
70-67-73-67=277
Zach Johnson
71-66-71-69=277
Søren Kjeldsen
70-69-73-65=277
Joost Luiten
72-70-70-65=277
Phil Mickelson (c)
71-70-68-68=277
Hideto Tanihara
71-66-73-67=277
Vaughn Taylor
68-71-70-68=277
T42
Keegan Bradley (c)
73-68-71-66=278
−2
30,143
Jamie Donaldson
69-67-72-70=278
Ross Fisher
66-73-70-69=278
Scott Hend
68-70-68-72=278
Ryan Palmer
71-71-69-67=278
Charl Schwartzel
73-69-66-70=278
Steve Stricker
69-70-67-72=278
T49
Aaron Baddeley
70-70-71-68=279
−1
25,000
Rafa Cabrera-Bello
72-70-70-67=279
Matt Fitzpatrick
72-70-70-67=279
Patton Kizzire
71-71-68-69=279
Jason Kokrak
70-72-69-68=279
Alex Norén
70-68-71-70=279
Andy Sullivan
67-71-72-69=279
T56
Bill Haas
70-70-68-72=280
E
22,250
Danny Lee
69-70-70-71=280
Brandt Snedeker
73-66-70-71=280
Song Young-han
71-68-73-68=280
T60
George Coetzee
72-67-74-68=281
+1
20,000
Jason Dufner (c)
71-71-70-69=281
Harris English
67-69-74-71=281
Andrew Johnston
70-69-71-71=281
Marc Leishman
71-69-67-74=281
Bubba Watson
71-69-70-71=281
T66
Kiradech Aphibarnrat
70-72-69-71=282
+2
18,500
Roberto Castro
72-70-69-71=282
Ernie Els
73-69-69-71=282
Justin Thomas
69-72-72-69=282
T70
James Hahn
67-73-70-73=283
+3
17,900
Colt Knost
69-73-68-73=283
Ryan Moore
71-67-74-71=283
T73
Rich Beem (c)
69-72-72-71=284
+4
17,450
Daniel Berger
71-69-71-73=284
Marcus Fraser
71-68-72-73=284
Jim Furyk
74-67-69-74=284
Freddie Jacobson
71-71-70-72=284
Thongchai Jaidee
72-70-73-69=284
T79
Bradley Dredge
69-71-75-70=285
+5
16,900
Billy Horschel
72-70-71-72=285
Matt Jones
74-68-70-73=285
Brian Stuard
70-70-75-70=285
Danny Willett
71-70-74-70=285
84
Cameron Tringale
72-68-77-69=286
+6
16,600
85
Lee Westwood
69-70-73-75=287
+7
16,500
86
Thomas Pieters
71-70-75-74=290
+10
16,400
CUT
Luke Donald
72-71=143
+3
Victor Dubuisson
69-74=143
Ryan Helminen
72-71=143
Smylie Kaufman
73-70=143
Chris Kirk
74-69=143
Rory McIlroy (c)
74-69=143
Scott Piercy
72-71=143
Chris Wood
69-74=143
Yang Yong-eun (c)
72-71=143
An Byeong-hun
72-72=144
+4
Zac Blair
73-71=144
J. B. Holmes
75-69=144
Rikard Karlberg
72-72=144
Kim Si-woo
71-73=144
Thorbjørn Olesen
70-74=144
Rod Perry
73-71=144
Vijay Singh (c)
74-70=144
Brendan Steele
71-73=144
Harold Varner III
72-72=144
Jason Bohn
71-74=145
+5
Kevin Chappell
72-73=145
Darren Clarke
74-71=145
Matt Dobyns
73-72=145
Sergio García
71-74=145
Charley Hoffman
75-70=145
Shane Lowry
72-73=145
Bryce Molder
74-71=145
Ben Polland
72-73=145
Kevin Streelman
75-70=145
Gary Woodland
73-72=145
Rich Berberian, Jr.
72-74=146
+6
Jonas Blixt
75-71=146
Kristoffer Broberg
72-74=146
Mark Brown
75-71=146
Matt Kuchar
74-72=146
Anirban Lahiri
73-73=146
Peter Malnati
73-73=146
Bernd Wiesberger
75-71=146
John Daly (c)
74-73=147
+7
Tony Finau
77-70=147
Brian Gaffney
74-73=147
Rob Labritz
71-76=147
Lee Soo-min
77-70=147
Jamie Lovemark
71-76=147
David Muttitt
73-74=147
David Toms (c)
74-73=147
Michael Block
72-76=148
+8
Greg Chalmers
72-76=148
Nicolas Colsaerts
72-76=148
Fabián Gómez
75-73=148
Jim Herman
77-71=148
Kim Kyung-tae
77-71=148
Johan Kok
72-76=148
Josh Speight
77-71=148
Wang Jeung-hun
73-75=148
Dustin Johnson
77-72=149
+9
Graeme McDowell
74-75=149
Rocco Mediate
76-73=149
Troy Merritt
77-72=149
Joe Summerhays
76-73=149
Mitch Lowe
74-76=150
+10
Tommy Sharp
77-73=150
Brandon Stone
79-71=150
Omar Uresti
72-78=150
Shaun Micheel (c)
77-74=151
+11
Brad Ott
79-72=151
Wyatt Worthington II
76-76=152
+12
James Morrison
78-76=154
+14
Rick Schuller
78-76=154
Brad Lardon
83-74=157
+17
Scorecard
Final round
Hole
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Par
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
4
4
4
3
5
5
Walker
−11
−11
−11
−11
−11
−11
−11
−11
−11
−12
−13
−13
−13
−13
−13
−13
−14
−14
Day
−9
−9
−8
−8
−9
−9
−9
−9
−10
−10
−11
−11
−11
−11
−11
−11
−11
−13
Summerhays
−6
−6
−6
−6
−6
−6
−5
−5
−6
−6
−6
−7
−8
−7
−8
−9
−9
−10
Grace
−6
−7
−7
−8
−8
−8
−9
−9
−9
−9
−9
−9
−10
−10
−10
−9
−9
−9
Koepka
−9
−9
−9
−9
−9
−9
−9
−9
−9
−9
−8
−8
−8
−8
−9
−8
−8
−9
Matsuyama
−7
−7
−7
−7
−7
−7
−7
−7
−7
−7
−8
−8
−8
−8
−8
−8
−8
−9
Kaymer
−4
−5
−5
−5
−4
−4
−5
−5
−5
−5
−5
−6
−6
−7
−7
−6
−6
−8
Stenson
−9
−9
−9
−9
−9
−10
−10
−10
−10
−10
−10
−10
−10
−10
−8
−8
−8
−8
Streb
−7
−7
−6
−6
−7
−7
−7
−7
−8
−8
−9
−9
−9
−9
−9
−9
−8
−8
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle
Birdie
Bogey
Double bogey
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