2022 PGA Championship
The 2022 PGA Championship was a professional golf tournament, held May 19–22 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was the 104th PGA Championship. This was the fifth PGA Championship at Southern Hills and its eighth major championship. The event was originally scheduled to be played at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey, but was moved to Southern Hills following the January 6 United States Capitol attack.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | May 19–22, 2022 |
| Location | Tulsa, Oklahoma 36.074°N 95.957°W |
| Course(s) | Southern Hills Country Club |
| Organized by | PGA of America |
| Tour(s) |
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| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Field | 156 players, 79 after cut |
| Cut | 144 (+4) |
| Prize fund | US$15,000,000 |
| Winner's share | US$2,700,000 |
| Champion | |
| Justin Thomas | |
| 275 (−5), playoff | |
| Location map | |
Southern Hills CC Location in the United States Southern Hills CC Location in Oklahoma | |
Defending champion Phil Mickelson withdrew from the tournament amid controversy over his remarks about LIV Golf. It was the first time he had missed the PGA Championship since 1992, and the first time the defending champion did not play since 2008, when Tiger Woods was sidelined after knee surgery.
Justin Thomas defeated Will Zalatoris in a three-hole aggregate playoff to win his second PGA Championship (2017). Thomas came from seven shots behind at the start of the final round to win, tying the largest comeback in PGA Championship history. Mito Pereira, the 54-hole leader in his first PGA Championship appearance, led by one shot playing the 72nd hole before hitting his drive into a water hazard and making a double-bogey to finish a shot out of the playoff.
This was the first major championship to go to a playoff since the 2017 Masters, a span of 19 consecutive majors, the longest in history.
This year's purse was increased 25% to $15 million, with a winner's share of $2.7 million.