PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship (often referred to as the U.S. PGA Championship or U.S. PGA outside the United States) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers' Association of America. It is one of the four major championships in professional golf. It was formerly played in mid-August on the third weekend before Labor Day weekend, serving as the fourth and final major of the golf season. Beginning 2019, the tournament will be played in May on the weekend before Memorial Day, as the season's second major. It is an official money event on the PGA Tour, European
Sheshan Golf Club to the HSBC Champions since 2005, which has grown in status to become a World Golf Championship event in 2009. PGA Tour players such as Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, and Lee Westwood have all participated in this tournament, making this not only the biggest golf event in Asia, but also one of the biggest golf events in the world. 2013 marked the first time that the WGC-HSBC Champions was both an official European Tour and PGA Tour event with an elevated prize purse of US $8.5 million, the highest in East Asia. Established in 2004, Sheshan International Golf