{"id":445352,"date":"2026-05-16T22:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T22:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/445352\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T22:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T22:06:13","slug":"pga-championship-playoff-format-and-complete-history-of-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/445352\/","title":{"rendered":"PGA Championship Playoff Format and Complete History of Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Playoff Format<br \/>In the event of a tie for first place after 72 holes, a three-hole aggregate score playoff will be contested on holes 10, 17 and 18. If players remain tied after those three holes, there will be a sudden-death playoff on hole 18, repeated as necessary.<\/p>\n<p>A History of PGA Championship Playoffs<br \/>The PGA Championship has used three different playoff formats over its history: an 18-hole stroke play playoff (1958\u20131976), sudden death (1977\u20131999), and the current three-hole aggregate format (2000\u2013present).<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\"  width=\"351\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778969170_619_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>18-Hole Stroke Play Playoff Era<\/p>\n<p>1961: Olympia Fields Country Club \u2014 Jerry Barber defeated Don January in an 18-hole playoff.<\/p>\n<p>1967: Columbine Country Club \u2014 Don January defeated Don Massengale (69 to 71) in an 18-hole playoff.<\/p>\n<p>1977: PGA Championship Adopts Sudden-Death Format<\/p>\n<p>Sudden-Death Playoff Era<\/p>\n<p>1977: Pebble Beach Golf Links \u2014 Lanny Wadkins (Par-Birdie-Par) defeated Gene Littler (Par-Birdie-Bogey) on the third hole of sudden death.<\/p>\n<p>1978: Oakmont Country Club \u2014 John Mahaffey (Par-Birdie) defeated Tom Watson (Par-Par) and Jerry Pate (Par-Par) on the second hole of sudden death.<\/p>\n<p>1979: Oakland Hills \u2014 David Graham (Par-Birdie-Birdie) defeated Ben Crenshaw (Par-Birdie-Bogey) on the third hole of sudden death.<\/p>\n<p>1987: PGA National \u2014 Larry Nelson (Par) defeated Lanny Wadkins (Bogey) on the first hole of sudden death.<\/p>\n<p>1993: Inverness Club \u2014 Paul Azinger (Par-Par) defeated Greg Norman (Par-Bogey) on the second hole of sudden death.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\"  width=\"355\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778969171_626_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>1995: Riviera Country Club \u2014 Steve Elkington (Birdie) defeated Colin Montgomerie (Par) on the first hole of sudden death.<\/p>\n<p>1996: Valhalla Golf Club \u2014 Mark Brooks (Birdie) defeated Kenny Perry (Bogey) on the first hole of sudden death.<\/p>\n<p>2000 &#8211; NOW: PGA Championship Adopts Three-Hole Aggregate Score Format<\/p>\n<p>Three-Hole Aggregate Playoff Era<\/p>\n<p>2000: Valhalla Golf Club \u2014 Tiger Woods (Birdie-3, Par-4, Par-5; 12 total shots) defeated Bob May (Par-4, Par-4, Par-5; 13 total shots).<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\"  width=\"787\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778969172_39_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>2004: Whistling Straits \u2014 Vijay Singh (Birdie-3, Par-3, Par-4; 10 total shots) defeated Justin Leonard (Par-4, Par-3, Par-4; 11 total shots) and Chris DiMarco (Par-4, Par-3, Par-4; 11 total shots).<\/p>\n<p>2010: Whistling Straits \u2014 Martin Kaymer (Par-4, Birdie-2, Bogey-5; 11 total shots) defeated Bubba Watson (Birdie-3, Par-3, Double Bogey-6; 12 total shots).<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\"  width=\"351\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778969172_987_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>2011: Atlanta Athletic Club \u2014 Keegan Bradley (Birdie-3, Par-3, Par-4; 10 total shots) defeated Jason Dufner (Par-4, Bogey-4, Birdie-3; 11 total shots).<\/p>\n<p>2022: Southern Hills Country Club \u2014 Justin Thomas (Birdie-4, Birdie-3, Par-4; 11 total shots) defeated Will Zalatoris (Birdie-4, Par-4, Par-4; 12 total shots).<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\"  width=\"792\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778969173_827_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Playoff FormatIn the event of a tie for first place after 72 holes, a three-hole aggregate score playoff&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-445352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}