The 2018 PGA Championship was the 100th PGA Championship, held August 9–12 at Bellerive Country Club in Town and Country, Missouri, a suburb west of St. Louis. This was the second PGA Championship (1992) and third major (1965 U.S. Open) held at Bellerive. It was also scheduled to be the last held in the month of August (although the 2020 tournament would later be moved to August due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Just before the 2017 tournament, the PGA announced that the Championship would move to May in 2019.
Brooks Koepka won his third career major title, finishing two strokes ahead of runner-up Tiger Woods. Koepka's 72-hole total of 264 set a PGA Championship record.
Media The 2018 PGA Championship was the 35th overall and 28th straight PGA Championship to be televised by CBS, with first and second round coverage provided by Turner Sports for the 28th year. In the UK and Ireland, the Championship was being streamed online by Eleven Sports.
Course layout
HoleYardsParHoleYardsPar14254 1050842410411355431483124524452141318035471414410462133154954739441623738610517597594334184574 Out3,62535 In3,69135 Total 7,31670 Lengths of the course for previous major championships: , par 71 - 1992 PGA Championship , par 70 - 1965 U.S. Open
Field The following qualification criteria were used to select the field. 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 winners of the PGA Championship
Rich Beem Keegan Bradley (9) John Daly Jason Day (5,7,9,11) Jason Dufner (9) Pádraig Harrington Martin Kaymer (3,10) Davis Love III Rory McIlroy (4,9,10,11) Shaun Micheel Phil Mickelson (9,10,11) Vijay Singh Justin Thomas (7,9,11) Jimmy Walker (9,10) Tiger Woods (9) Yang Yong-eun
The following former champions did not enter: Paul Azinger, Mark Brooks, Jack Burke Jr., Steve Elkington, Dow Finsterwald, Raymond Floyd, Al Geiberger, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Don January, John Mahaffey, Larry Nelson, Bobby Nichols, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Nick Price, Jeff Sluman, Dave Stockton, Hal Sutton, David Toms, Lee Trevino, Bob Tway, Lanny Wadkins
2. Winners of the last five Masters Tournaments
Sergio García (10) Patrick Reed (7,9,10,11) Jordan Spieth (3,4,9,10) Bubba Watson (9,11) Danny Willett (10)
3. Winners of the last five U.S. Open Championships
Dustin Johnson (7,9,10,11) Brooks Koepka (7,9,10,11)
4. Winners of the last five Open Championships
Zach Johnson (9,10) Francesco Molinari (7,9,11) Henrik Stenson (7,9,10,11)
5. Winners of the last three Players Championships
Kim Si-woo (9) Webb Simpson (9,11)
6. Current Senior PGA Champion Paul Broadhurst
7. Top 15 and ties from the 2017 PGA Championship
Scott Brown Paul Casey (9,11) Rickie Fowler (9,10) James Hahn Brian Harman (9) Kevin Kisner (9) Matt Kuchar (9,10) Marc Leishman (9,11) Hideki Matsuyama (9) Ryan Moore (9,10) Jordan Smith Chris Stroud
Graham DeLaet and Louis Oosthuizen (9) did not play due to injury.
8. Top 20 in the 2018 PGA Professional Championship
Danny Balin Rich Berberian Jr. Michael Block Matt Borchert Craig Bowden Matt Dobyns Jaysen Hansen Craig Hocknull Marty Jertson Zach J. Johnson Ben Kern Johan Kok Sean McCarty David Muttitt Jason Schmuhl Brian Smock Bob Sowards Omar Uresti Ryan Vermeer Shawn Warren
9. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and Barracuda Championship through the 2018 RBC Canadian Open
An Byeong-hun Ryan Armour (11) Daniel Berger Rafa Cabrera-Bello (10) Patrick Cantlay (11) Kevin Chappell Austin Cook (11) Bryson DeChambeau (11) Tony Finau Tommy Fleetwood Brian Gay Emiliano Grillo Chesson Hadley Adam Hadwin Russell Henley Charley Hoffman J. B. Holmes (10) Billy Horschel (11) Beau Hossler Charles Howell III Kim Meen-whee Patton Kizzire (11) Andrew Landry (11) Luke List Kevin Na (11) Alex Norén Pat Perez (11) Scott Piercy (11) Ted Potter Jr. (11) Ian Poulter (11) Jon Rahm (11) Chez Reavie Justin Rose (10,11) Xander Schauffele (11) Ollie Schniederjans Charl Schwartzel Cameron Smith J. J. Spaun Kyle Stanley Brendan Steele (11) Jhonattan Vegas Aaron Wise (11) Gary Woodland (11)
10. Members of the United States and Europe 2016 Ryder Cup teams
Matt Fitzpatrick Thomas Pieters Brandt Snedeker Andy Sullivan Chris Wood
Lee Westwood did not play due to injury.
11. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2017 PGA Championship
Brice Garnett Michael Kim Satoshi Kodaira Troy Merritt Andrew Putnam
12. Special invitations
Kiradech Aphibarnrat Alexander Björk Jorge Campillo Stewart Cink Paul Dunne Ross Fisher Ryan Fox Dylan Frittelli Jim Furyk Branden Grace Bill Haas Seungsu Han Justin Harding Tyrrell Hatton Yuta Ikeda Im Sung-jae Shugo Imahira Russell Knox Mikko Korhonen Anirban Lahiri Alexander Lévy Li Haotong Mike Lorenzo-Vera Jamie Lovemark Shane Lowry Yūsaku Miyazato Joaquín Niemann Thorbjørn Olesen Adrián Otaegui Eddie Pepperell Adam Scott Shubhankar Sharma Brandon Stone Julian Suri Ryuko Tokimatsu Peter Uihlein Matt Wallace Nick Watney
Thomas Bjørn did not play due to a back injury.
13. Players below 70th place in official money standings, to fill the field
Alternates (category 13) Jason Kokrak (71st in standings; replaced Lee Westwood) Chris Kirk (72, took spot reserved for WGC-Bridgestone Invitational winner) Kevin Streelman (79, replaced Thomas Bjørn) Kelly Kraft (80, replaced Louis Oosthuizen)
Round summaries First round Thursday, August 9, 2018
Gary Woodland holed five birdies on the back nine to lead by one over Rickie Fowler. A total of 47 players ended the opening day under par.
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Gary Woodland 64 −62 Rickie Fowler 65 −5T3 Brandon Stone 66 −4 Zach JohnsonT5 Stewart Cink 67 −3 Austin Cook Jason Day Brian Gay Dustin Johnson Kevin Kisner Pat Perez Thomas Pieters Ian Poulter Justin Rose Ollie Schniederjans
Second round Friday, August 10, 2018
Play was suspended Friday afternoon at 3:35 pm due to dangerous weather with half of the field still on the course. Play was set to resume Saturday morning at 7 am local time with the third round to follow at about 11:15 am. Gary Woodland was the clubhouse leader at 130 (−10), which set a PGA Championship record for low 36-hole score. Two players, Brooks Koepka and Charl Schwartzel, shot record-tying rounds of 63.
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Gary Woodland 64-66=130 −102 Kevin Kisner 67-64=131 −93 Brooks Koepka 69-63=132 −8T4 Rickie Fowler 65 (−2 thru 10) −7 Dustin Johnson 67-66=133 Thomas Pieters 67-66=133 Charl Schwartzel 70-63=1338 Brandon Stone 66-68=134 −6T9 Patrick Cantlay 68-67=135 −5 Billy Horschel 68 (−3 thru 10) Jason Kokrak 68-67=135 Francesco Molinari 68-67=135 Pat Perez 67 (−2 thru 9) Jon Rahm 68-67=135 Adam Scott 70-65=135
Saturday, August 11, 2018 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Gary Woodland 64-66=130 −102 Kevin Kisner 67-64=131 −9T3 Rickie Fowler 65-67=132 −8 Brooks Koepka 69-63=132T5 Dustin Johnson 67-66=133 −7 Shane Lowry 69-64=133 Thomas Pieters 67-66=133 Charl Schwartzel 70-63=133T9 Pat Perez 67-67=134 −6 Brandon Stone 66-68=134 Justin Thomas 69-65=134
Third round Saturday, August 11, 2018
Brooks Koepka's 66 gave him a two-shot lead as he attempted to become the first player since Tiger Woods in 2000 to win both the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship in the same season.
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Brooks Koepka 69-63-66=198 −122 Adam Scott 70-65-65=200 −10T3 Rickie Fowler 65-67-69=201 −9 Jon Rahm 68-67-66=201 Gary Woodland 64-66-71=201T6 Stewart Cink 67-69-66=202 −8 Jason Day 67-68-67=202 Shane Lowry 69-64-69=202 Charl Schwartzel 70-63-69=202 Justin Thomas 69-65-68=202 Tiger Woods 70-66-66=202
Final round Sunday, August 12, 2018
Summary Brooks Koepka duplicated his Saturday score of 66 to win by two strokes ahead of runner-up Tiger Woods, who fired a 64 in the best final round of his career in a major. Koepka became the fifth American player to win three majors before the age of 29, joining Jack Nicklaus, Jordan Spieth, Tom Watson and Woods.
His 72-hole score of 264 set the PGA Championship record (previously 265 set by David Toms in 2001) and equaled the lowest total in major championship history (set by Henrik Stenson at the 2016 Open Championship).
Final leaderboard Champion Crystal Bowl winner (leading PGA Club Pro)(c) = past champion Note: Top 15 and ties qualify for the 2019 PGA Championship; top 4 and ties qualify for the 2019 Masters Tournament
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Brooks Koepka 69-63-66-66=264 −16 1,980,0002 Tiger Woods (c) 70-66-66-64=266 −14 1,188,0003 Adam Scott 70-65-65-67=267 −13 748,000T4 Stewart Cink 67-69-66-67=269 −11 489,250 Jon Rahm 68-67-66-68=269T6 Francesco Molinari 68-67-68-67=270 −10 334,713 Thomas Pieters 67-66-71-66=270 Justin Thomas (c) 69-65-68-68=270 Gary Woodland 64-66-71-69=270T10 Rafa Cabrera-Bello 70-68-69-64=271 −9 261,985 Tyrrell Hatton 71-67-69-64=271