The Professional Golf Association of America telah ditubuhkan pada tahun 1916. Ianya dipelopori oleh Rodman Wanamaker, saorang ahli perniagaan gedong perniagaan yang berjumpa dengan beberapa pemain golf terkenal dan ahli perniagaan terkemuka di New York pada 17 Januari 1916. Kesemuanya seramai 35 orang telah menghadiri perjumpaan itu dan dari situ tertubuh lah PGA of America. Pada tahun itu juga kejohanan PGA telah bermula. Piala yang dipertandingkan ialah Piala Wanamaker, sumbangan pelopor persatuan itu. Pada tahun 1917 dan 1918 iaitu semasa Perang dunia Pertama, kejohanan ini telah dihentikan dan disambung semula pada tahun 1919. Pada tahun 1943 semasa Perang Dunia Kedua, kejohanan ini juga dihentikan. Kini, 2010, ialah kali ke92 kejohanan ini dilangsungkan.
Kejohanan ini pada mulanya dijalankan sebagai Match Play tapi telah ditukarkan kepada stroke play, selari dengan the British Open dan the US Open.
Pemain pemain yang layak menyertai kejohanan ini adalah saperti berikut:
The PGA of America has approved the following list of players eligible to compete in the 92nd PGA Championship: Note: All contestants in the Championship (except international players) must be PGA of America members. 1. All former PGA Champions 2. Winners of the last five U.S. Opens (2006-2010) 3. Winners of the last five Masters (2006-2010) 4. Winners of the last five British Opens (2006-2010) 5. The 2010 Senior PGA Champion 6. The 15 low scorers and ties in the 2009 PGA Championship 7. The 20 low scorers in the 2010 PGA Professional National Championship 8. The 70 leaders from the PGA Championship Points list from the 2009 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational through the 2010 Greenbrier Classic 9. Members of the 2008 United States and European Ryder Cup Teams providing they remain within the top 100 of the World Golf Rankings as of Aug. 2, 2010. 10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour from the 2009 PGA Championship to the 2010 PGA Championship (does not include pro-am and team competitions). 11. Vacancies will be filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in the PGA Championship Points list from the 2009 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational through the 2010 Greenbrier Classic 12. In addition, The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above. The total field will be a maximum of 156 players.
Sekarang ni kejohanan PGA Championship yang ke 92 sedang berlangsung di Whistling Straits Golf Course iaitu satu course di Wisconsin. Sebahgian besar course ini menyusur Tasik Michigan. Saya bentangkan sadikit sebanyak berkenaan course ini. Dalam bahasa Mat Salleh lah.
Designed by Pete Dye, Whistling Straits emulates the great old seaside links courses of the British Isles, invoking an image of the game founded more than 400 years ago. The Straits Course is open with rugged and windswept terrain. A more mature course than one would expect, golfers encounter huge sandy areas, deep pot bunkers,grass-topped dunes, big and undulating greens and majestic views of Lake Michigan from each of its 18 holes. The dramatic par-3 17th, the course's unofficial signature hole, features a green precariously perched over water and sand. Whistling Straits also features: • Two miles of uninterrupted shoreline on Lake Michigan • Eight holes hugging the Lake Michigan shoreline • Bluffs and massive sand dune areas • Natural fescue fairways • A flock of Scottish Blackface sheep call the course home • Elevation change on the course (hole 15) is approximately 80 feet • The Straits Course is a walking course; walking distance for 18 holes is approximately five miles • Three stone bridges at holes 9, 10 and 18
Sekarang kita kena tunggu sahur pada subuh 15 Ogos untuk mengikuti perkembangan.
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