The PGA Championship

The PGA Championship and its historic Wanamaker Trophy return to Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Mich., August 4-10, for the 90th PGA Championship. The South Course at Oakland Hills has hosted the PGA Championship twice before, with Gary Player winning in 1972 and David Graham prevailing in 1979.

Since 1991, the PGA Championship has been a perennial leader among major Championships by hosting the most world-ranked players in the world’s strongest field. The 2002 PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn., featured a record 98 of the Top 100 players. The 2007 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club 97 of the top 100 world-ranked players, along with a record 64 players representing 22 countries, (including a debut by China), the most internationals in a PGA Championship and the most for any U.S.-based major.

The PGA Championship is a worldwide television event, too. The 2007 PGA Championship attracted more than 900 print and radio representatives from 15 countries.

The PGA Championship is one of the most extensively broadcast golf events, with 27 hours of coverage by CBS Sports and TNT. The 1991 PGA Championship was the first golf event in which CBS featured coverage of all 18 holes. The network continues to use that format for the PGA Championship.

In 2008, Padraig Harrington shot a final-round 66 to finish at 3-under par and win his first PGA Championship, coming just three weeks after successfully defending his British Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. Harrington became the first European in the modern era to win the British Open and PGA Championship in succession, and the first to win the PGA Championship since Scotland’s Tommy Armour in 1930. Click here for the complete wrap-up.

In 2009, the 91st Championship visits Hazeltine National Golf Club, Aug. 10-16, in Chaska, Minn. Click here for details.