2016 PGA Championship
The 2016 PGA Championship was the 98th PGA Championship which took place from July 28–31 at Baltusrol Golf Club on the Lower Course in Springfield Township, New Jersey, west of New York City. This was the ninth major and second PGA Championship at Baltusrol, which last hosted in 2005. Jimmy Walker won his first major championship title with a score of 14 under par, one shot ahead of 2015 champion Jason Day.
This edition of the PGA Championship was moved up two weeks from its early-August spot to accommodate the 2016 Olympic tournament in Rio de Janeiro. The John Deere Classic was moved back two weeks from its mid-July spot before the Open Championship and is taking its place on the schedule for those not qualified for the Olympics.
Course layout
Lower Course| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
| Yards | 478 | 377 | 503 | 196 | 425 | 482 | 501 | 380 | 210 | 3,552 | 460 | 431 | 218 | 451 | 430 | 453 | 230 | 649 | 554 | 3,876 | 7,428 |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 70 |
Lengths of the course for previous major championships:
- , par 70 - 2005 PGA Championship
- , par 70 - 1993 U.S. Open
- , par 70 - 1980 U.S. Open
- , par 70 - 1967 U.S. Open
- , par 70 - 1954 U.S. Open
- , par 72 - 1936 U.S. Open
- , par 74 - 1915 U.S. Open
- , par - 1903 U.S. Open The Old Course no longer exists, plowed under in 1918
Field
1. All former PGA Champions
- Rich Beem
- Keegan Bradley
- John Daly
- Jason Day
- Jason Dufner
- Pádraig Harrington
- Martin Kaymer
- Rory McIlroy
- Shaun Micheel
- Phil Mickelson
- Vijay Singh
- David Toms
- Yang Yong-eun
- Davis Love III and Tiger Woods did not play due to injury.
- The following former champions did not enter: Paul Azinger, Mark Brooks, Jack Burke Jr., Steve Elkington, Dow Finsterwald, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Al Geiberger, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Hubert Green, Don January, John Mahaffey, Larry Nelson, Bobby Nichols, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Nick Price, Jeff Sluman, Dave Stockton, Hal Sutton, Lee Trevino, Bob Tway, Lanny Wadkins
- Dustin Johnson
- Justin Rose
- Webb Simpson
- Jordan Spieth
- Adam Scott
- Bubba Watson
- Danny Willett
- Ernie Els
- Zach Johnson
- Henrik Stenson
- Rocco Mediate
- George Coetzee
- Tony Finau
- Branden Grace
- Russell Henley
- Brooks Koepka
- Matt Kuchar
- Anirban Lahiri
- David Lingmerth
- Brandt Snedeker
- Brendan Steele
- Robert Streb
- Rich Berberian, Jr.
- Michael Block
- Mark Brown
- Matt Dobyns
- Brian Gaffney
- Ryan Helminen
- Johan Kok
- Rob Labritz
- Brad Lardon
- Mitch Lowe
- David Muttitt
- Brad Ott
- Rod Perry
- Ben Polland
- Rick Schuller
- Tommy Sharp
- Josh Speight
- Joe Summerhays
- Omar Uresti
- Wyatt Worthington II
- Although Karen Paolozzi placed in the top 20, she was not eligible for entry to the PGA Championship under the Whaley Rule.
- Aaron Baddeley
- Daniel Berger
- Jason Bohn
- Paul Casey
- Roberto Castro
- Kevin Chappell
- Jon Curran
- Harris English
- Rickie Fowler
- Jim Furyk
- Sergio García
- Fabián Gómez
- Emiliano Grillo
- Bill Haas
- James Hahn
- Jim Herman
- Charley Hoffman
- J. B. Holmes
- Billy Hurley III
- Smylie Kaufman
- Kim Si-woo
- Chris Kirk
- Kevin Kisner
- Patton Kizzire
- Colt Knost
- Russell Knox
- Danny Lee
- Jamie Lovemark
- Shane Lowry
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Graeme McDowell
- William McGirt
- Bryce Molder
- Ryan Moore
- Kevin Na
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Ryan Palmer
- Scott Piercy
- Patrick Reed
- Kyle Reifers
- Charl Schwartzel
- Kevin Streelman
- Brian Stuard
- Daniel Summerhays
- Vaughn Taylor
- Justin Thomas
- Jimmy Walker
- Gary Woodland
- Charles Howell III did not play due to injury.
- Jamie Donaldson
- Victor Dubuisson
- Lee Westwood
- Hunter Mahan, Thomas Bjørn, and Stephen Gallacher did not qualify.
- Ian Poulter did not play due to a foot injury.
- Greg Chalmers
- Peter Malnati
- Jhonattan Vegas
- Zac Blair
- Billy Horschel
- Freddie Jacobson
- Jason Kokrak
- Steve Stricker
- Cameron Tringale
- Harold Varner III
- An Byeong-hun
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat
- Grégory Bourdy
- Kristoffer Broberg
- Rafa Cabrera-Bello
- K. J. Choi
- Darren Clarke
- Nicolas Colsaerts
- Luke Donald
- Bradley Dredge
- Ross Fisher
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Marcus Fraser
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Scott Hend
- Yuta Ikeda
- Thongchai Jaidee
- Andrew Johnston
- Matt Jones
- Rikard Karlberg
- Kim Kyung-tae
- Søren Kjeldsen
- Lee Soo-min
- Marc Leishman
- Joost Luiten
- Troy Merritt
- Francesco Molinari
- James Morrison
- Alex Norén
- Thorbjørn Olesen
- Thomas Pieters
- John Senden
- Song Young-han
- Brandon Stone
- Andy Sullivan
- Hideto Tanihara
- Wang Jeung-hun
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Chris Wood
- Jonas Blixt – replaced Charles Howell III
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, July 28, 2016Jimmy Walker led after the first round with a five-under-par 65, one clear of Ross Fisher, Martin Kaymer and Emiliano Grillo. Two-time PGA winner Rory McIlroy was nine shots off the lead after a four-over-par 74 and 2016 U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson was further behind at seven-over-par 77.
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| 1 |  Second roundFriday, July 29, 2016Robert Streb shot a major record-tying 63 to move into a tie for first place with first round leader Jimmy Walker at 131. Jason Day, the defending champion, was tied for third place, two strokes behind at 133 while the 2016 Open Championship winner, Henrik Stenson, was in fifth place at 134. Danny Willett, the 2016 Masters Tournament champion, was well back at 141, while Dustin Johnson, the 2016 U.S. Open winner, missed the cut with a 149. The cut was at 142 and 86 players made the cut.
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