2015 PGA Championship

2015 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 13–16, 2015
LocationKohler/Haven, Wisconsin
43°51′04″N 87°44′06″W / 43.851°N 87.735°W / 43.851; -87.735
Course(s)Whistling Straits
Straits Course
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)
Statistics
Par72 [1]
Length7,501 yards (6,859 m)
Field156 players, 77 after cut
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fund$10,000,000[2]
9,213,193
Winner's share$1,800,000[2]
€1,658,375
Champion
Australia Jason Day
268 (−20)
Location map
Whistling Straits is located in the United States
Whistling Straits
Whistling Straits
Location in the United States
Whistling Straits is located in Wisconsin
Whistling Straits
Whistling Straits
Location in Wisconsin
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The 2015 PGA Championship was the 97th PGA Championship, held August 13–16 on the Straits Course of Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin (the course is physically in Haven but holds a Kohler mailing address due to its Kohler Company ownership).[3] It was the third PGA Championship at Whistling Straits, which previously hosted in 2004 and 2010, as well as the United States Senior Open in 2007, all held on the Straits Course.

Jason Day won his first major championship title with a total score of 268 (−20), at the time the lowest score in relation to par ever recorded in a major (a mark since equaled by Henrik Stenson during his win at the 2016 Open Championship, Dustin Johnson at the 2020 Masters Tournament, and Cameron Smith at the 2022 Open Championship).[4] Jordan Spieth, attempting to win his third major of the year, finished in second place three strokes behind. The second-place finish allowed Spieth to surpass Rory McIlroy as number one in the Official World Golf Ranking.[5] Day was the fifth Australian to win the PGA Championship, the first in twenty years.

  1. ^ "PGA Championship: course tour". PGA of America. 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "PGA Championship Facts and Format". PGA of America. June 18, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  3. ^ "2015 PGA Championship". PGA of America. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  4. ^ Crouse, Karen (August 17, 2015). "Jason Day Wins P.G.A. Championship for First Major Title". The New York Times. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  5. ^ Harig, Bob (August 16, 2015). "Jordan Spieth surpasses Rory McIlroy to become No. 1 in world ranking". ESPN. Retrieved August 16, 2015.