PGA Championship Preview 2026: Our Comprehensive Guide

The PGA Championship heads to Aronimink Golf Club in Pennsylvania for the 108^th rendition of the event in 2026.

This is the first time that Aronimink is hosting the PGA Championship since 1962, when Gary Player notched the first of his two titles.

The club has hosted other major events since then, including the 2003 Senior PGA and, most recently, the 2020 Women’s PGA Championship. By hosting that event, Aronimink became the first golf course to host all three of the PGA of America’s majors.

1916 saw the first edition of the PGA Championship, with the tournament operating as a match play competition for its first four decades. Since 1958, the event has run as a four-day, 72-hole stroke play tournament.

Unlike the Masters, the PGA moves around the country each year, with only three venues having hosted the tournament on four or more occasions.

Scottie Scheffler will be looking to defend the title he won at Quail Hollow in 2025, where he dominated the field to win by six strokes.

Will Scheffler provide us with another masterclass, or will a new winner emerge from the pack to claim the second major of 2026?

Below, we will break down every detail you need for the tournament and answer some frequently asked questions about the PGA Championship.

PGA Championship Preview 2026

Dates: May 14-17, 2025
Course: Aronimink Golf Club, Newton Square, Pennsylvania
Par: 70
Length: 7,237 yards
Prize purse: TBD
Defending champion: Scottie Scheffler (-11)

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When and where will the PGA Championship take place?

The 2026 edition of the PGA Championship will take place from May 14-17, and will be played at Aronimink.

Who won last year’s PGA Championship?

Scottie Scheffler was victorious last May, securing his first PGA title and third major overall. He would go on to win the Open in July 2025, taking his total to four, all of which have been won in the last four years.

The winning score was 11-under, compared to 21-under the previous year at Valhalla. Quail Hollow proved to be a tougher challenge to all but Scheffler, who battled back from a shaky front nine on Sunday to ease to victory.

What is the history of the PGA Championship?

For the first four decades, the PGA Championship was a match play event. That changed in 1958, bringing the tournament in line with the standard four-round, 72-hole stroke play format.

Aronimink is hosting this championship for only the second time, with the first being over 60 years ago in 1962. South African Gary Player triumphed that time out with a winning score of just 2-under. The winning prize money was $13,000 that year, in contrast to the $3,420,000 that Scottie Scheffler received last year.

The PGA Championship moved from August to May in 2019, in an attempt to create a more metronomic golfing calendar. This move meant that there would be one major a month between April and July. This restructure coincided with the Players Championship moving from May to March.

Check out the detailed history of the tournament here.

Which golfers have been the most successful at the PGA Championship?

Over the course of the tournament’s long and storied history, there have been plenty of players who have won on multiple occasions.

During the match play era of the tournament, which ran from 1916 through to 1957, Walter Hagen was easily the most successful. He won the PGA Championship on five occasions, including winning four straight editions from 1924 to 1927.

Sam Snead and Gene Sarazen were three-time winners of the PGA Championship while the tournament was in its match-play era.

Since the tournament’s switch to stroke play, the great Jack Nicklaus has been the man to catch. Five of Nicklaus’ 18 major titles have come at the PGA Championship, with those five wins all coming at different venues.

Tiger Woods is a four-time winner of the tournament, while Brooks Koepka – the 2023 champion – is a three-time victor of the PGA Championship.

The likes of Justin Thomas, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Vijay Singh, Nick Price, Larry Nelson, Lee Trevino, Raymond Floyd, Dave Stockton and Gary Player are all multiple-time winners of the tournament since 1958.

Interestingly, other than the United States, Australia is the only country to have produced more than one winner with five different champions. England, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Fiji and Northern Ireland have all had one person win it twice

How do golfers qualify for the PGA Championship?

There are a number of ways that players can get into the field for the 2026 PGA Championship.

These are as follows:

Previous winners of the PGA Championship
Winners of the Masters, US Open and Open Championship in the last five years
Winners of the Players Championship in the last three years
Winner of last year’s KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship
Top 15 and ties at last year’s PGA Championship
Top 20 finishers at the PGA Professional Championship
Winners of a PGA Tour event through the week before the PGA Championship
The top 70 players who have earned the most PGA Championship points from the 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge through the PGA Tour event ending May 11.
Top 70 points-scoring players from a special money list will be taken, if the 156 places aren’t full
Players at the 2023 Ryder Cup (providing they remain in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings by May 5)
Top three finishers on the DP World Tour Asian Swing
Top three players on the International Federation Official World Golf Ranking (April 28)
Receive an invite from the PGA of America

For a more in-depth look at how players can qualify for the tournament, take a look at our piece here.

You can see the full field for the 2026 PGA Championship here.

What are the odds for the 2026 PGA Championship?

Betting for the 2025 PGA Championship is live. Here are the top 10 players in the betting:

Scottie Scheffler – 4/1

Rory McIlroy – 11/2

Bryson DeChambeau – 8/1

Jon Rahm – 14/1

Xander Schauffele – 16/1

Justin Thomas – 18/1

Collin Morikawa – 22/1

Ludvig Aberg – 22/1

Tommy Fleetwood – 28/1

Patrick Cantlay – 33/1

What are the tee times for the 2026 PGA Championship?

The tee times for the 2026 edition of the tournament will be announced in the run-up to the event. They will be updated when the tournament comes around.

Is there a cut at the PGA Championship?

As with all of the major championships, there will be a cut at the end of Friday’s play.

The tournament has the biggest field of the four men’s majors – 156 players take to the course come Thursday.

However, only 70 and ties will play the weekend, meaning more than half the field will go home after just two rounds. To see the full explainer on the cut rules at the PGA Championship, take a look at our piece here.

Could there be a playoff to decide the winner?

If there are two or more players tied at the top after four rounds, then the tournament will be decided on a playoff.

Players will compete in a three-hole aggregate playoff, which will take place after the final round on Sunday afternoon.

The player with the lowest score after the three holes is the winner. If the players still can’t be separated, then they will enter a sudden-death playoff until a winner can be determined.

The last playoff at the PGA Championship saw Justin Thomas get the better of Will Zalatoris in 2022 to win the tournament for a second time.

For more on the exact rules to decide the winner of the competition, check out our piece on the playoff rules here.

Can LIV Golf players play?

Yes, they can, as long as they qualify in one of the categories named above.

Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka, Martin Kaymer, Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, Cameron Smith, Joaquin Niemann, Tyrrell Hatton will all be teeing it up at Aronimink, with the first three of those names being past champions.

In 2021, Phil became the oldest PGA Championship winner, when he shocked the golfing world with his incredible victory at Kiawah Island, outlasting Brooks Koepka to take the crown by two strokes.

How much money will the winner take home?

The prize purse for the 2025 edition of the PGA Championship was $19 million, and Scheffler won $3,420,000.

The purse and winner’s prize for 2026 is yet to be announced.

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