2021 PGA Championship

StatisticsPar72Length7,876 yards (7,202 m)Field156 players, 81 after cutCut149 (+5)Prize fund$12,000,000
€9,808,513Winner's share$2,160,000
€1,765,532Champion Phil Mickelson282 (−6)Location map

The 2021 PGA Championship was the 103rd PGA Championship, held May 20–23 in South Carolina at Kiawah Island Golf Resort's Ocean Course on Kiawah Island. It was the second major championship at the Ocean Course; the PGA Championship in August 2012 was won by Rory McIlroy.

Without spectators at the previous edition in August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the PGA of America announced in February 2021 that 10,000 fans would be admitted daily.^[1]

Phil Mickelson won his second PGA Championship and sixth major, two strokes ahead of runners-up Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen. Aged fifty years and eleven months, he became the oldest to win a major, a distinction previously held by Julius Boros, the winner of the PGA Championship in 1968 at age 48.

Venue

Course layout

The Ocean Course – 2021 PGA Championship

Tee	Rating/Slope	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Par		4	5	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	36	4	5	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	36	72
Yards		396	557	390	484	207	490	579	198	514	3,815	447	593	484	497	238	466	608	223	505	4,061	7,876
Round 1		401	559	381	453	220	469	551	198	497	3,729	441	571	467	494	206	458	606	214	474	3,931	7,660
Round 2		381	543	387	451	223	500	571	178	492	3,726	453	582	474	471	198	467	600	198	486	3,929	7,655
Round 3		396	561	376	485	195	487	553	207	497	3,757	429	590	462	481	215	468	598	207	493	3,943	7,700
Round 4		402	562	293	479	214	445	563	191	469	3,618	440	569	450	464	230	469	583	231	503	3,939	7,557

Source:^[2][3][4][5]

Lengths of the course for previous majors:

• 7,676 yards (7,019 m), par 72 - 2012 PGA Championship

Field

The field for the PGA Championship is sometimes regarded as the strongest in professional golf, routinely having the highest "strength of field rating" of the year according to the Official World Golf Ranking. A number of qualification criteria are used to determine the field, which includes past PGA champions, recent major winners, top finishers in the 2020 PGA Championship, Ryder Cup players, tournament and leading money winners on the PGA Tour, and twenty PGA club or teaching professionals. The PGA of America also issue invitations to players outside of these criteria,^[6] which is generally seen to include the top one hundred in the world rankings.^[7]

Criteria

This list details the qualification criteria for the 2021 PGA Championship and the players who qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players qualified is indicated in parentheses.^[6][7]

1. All past winners of the PGA Championship.^[a]

• Tiger Woods (2) did not play.
• Vijay Singh withdrew due to a back injury.^[9]

2. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2017–2021)

3. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2016–2020)

4. Recent winners of The Open Championship (2015–2019)

• Francesco Molinari withdrew due to a back injury.^[10]

5. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2019–2021)

6. The leading 15 players, and those tying for 15th place, in the 2020 PGA Championship

• Matthew Wolff (8) did not play.^[11]

7. The leading 20 players in the 2021 PGA Professional Championship

8. The 70 leading PGA Championship Points^[b] earners from the 2020 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational (and Barracuda Championship) through the 2021 Wells Fargo Championship (May 9, 2021)

9. Playing members of the 2018 Ryder Cup teams, who are ranked within the top 100 on the Official World Golf Ranking as of May 9, 2021

10. Winners of official tournaments on the PGA Tour from the 2020 Wyndham Championship until the start of the championship

11. PGA of America invitees^[c]

12. If necessary, the field is completed by players in order of PGA Championship points earned (per 8.)^[12][7]

Alternates (per category 12):

1. Tom Hoge (78th in standings) – replaced Wolff^[11]
2. Wyndham Clark (82nd) – replaced Singh^[9]
3. Brandon Hagy (83rd) – replaced Molinari^[10]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Corey Conners made six birdies and only one bogey in a round of 67 (−5) to take a two-shot lead after the first round. Two-time champion Brooks Koepka, despite making a double-bogey on his opening hole of the tournament, was part of a six-way tie for second at three-under that also included 2011 champion Keegan Bradley.^[13][14]

Defending champion Collin Morikawa opened with a two-under round of 70 and was tied for eighth with seven other players, including 2005 champion Phil Mickelson.^[15] Mickelson made four bogeys over his first six holes before rebounding with four birdies on the back nine.^[16] Rory McIlroy, who won by eight shots the last time the tournament was held at Kiawah Island in 2012, shot a three-over 75 and was tied for 77th after the first 18 holes.^[17][18]

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Corey Conners	67	−5
T2	Keegan Bradley	69	−3
	Cameron Davis
	Sam Horsfield
	Viktor Hovland
	Brooks Koepka
	Aaron Wise
T8	Branden Grace	70	−2
	Im Sung-jae
	Martin Laird
	Phil Mickelson
	Collin Morikawa
	Kevin Streelman
	Cameron Tringale
	Gary Woodland

Source:^[19]

Second round

Friday, May 21, 2021

Phil Mickelson made five birdies over his last nine holes, including a 23-foot putt on the ninth (his 18th), to share the 36-hole lead with Louis Oosthuizen at five-under. At the age of 50, Mickelson became the oldest player to lead the PGA Championship after the second round since Sam Snead in 1966. He also became the sixth player to hold the lead in a major championship in four different decades.^[20][21]

Oosthuizen was five-under on his round before making his only bogey at the 18th to fall into a tie with Mickelson. Two-time champion Brooks Koepka made two eagles and got into a share of the lead at six-under before bogeys at the 15th and 17th; he shot 71 (−1) to finish a shot off the lead.^[22]

Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama was also five-under for the round and one back before making bogey on 18. His four-under 68 tied Oosthuizen for lowest round of the day.^[23] First-round leader Corey Conners bogeyed five of his first six holes and shot 75 (+3) to fall into a tie for seventh place, three shots back.^[24]

The 36-hole cut came at 149 (+5). Notables to miss the cut included Dustin Johnson and Justin Thomas, the two top players on the World Golf Rankings, as well as Cameron Tringale, who began the round inside the top 10 but shot 10-over 82 after suffering through a 12-over-par 48 on the back nine Friday (his front nine). Tringale rebounded with a 2-under 34 on the front, but the cut was 5-over and he missed by three.^[25]

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Phil Mickelson	70-69=139	−5
	Louis Oosthuizen	71-68=139
3	Brooks Koepka	69-71=140	−4
T4	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	71-70=141	−3
	Branden Grace	70-71=141
	Hideki Matsuyama	73-68=141
T7	Paul Casey	71-71=142	−2
	Corey Conners	67-75=142
	Im Sung-jae	70-72=142
	Kevin Streelman	70-72=142
	Gary Woodland	70-72=142

Third round

Saturday, May 22, 2021

Phil Mickelson, tied for the lead at the start of the round, went four-under on the front nine and added another birdie on the 10th to open up a five-shot lead at 10-under. At the 12th, he hit his tee shot into a sandy area and had to chip out into the fairway, making his first bogey in 20 holes. His drive on the 13th went into the water hazard to the right of the fairway, leading to a double-bogey that dropped his lead to just one shot. He made par on his last five holes to finish with a two-under round of 70 and seven-under for the tournament.^[26][27]

Brooks Koepka, meanwhile, holed birdie putts from 11 feet on the 10th and 20 feet on the 12th and was three-under on the back nine to tie Mickelson at seven-under. At the 18th, however, he failed to get up-and-down from behind the green and made bogey to fall to six-under, one behind Mickelson.^[28]

Louis Oosthuizen, playing in the final group with Mickelson, also drove into the water on 13 and made bogey, then three-putted from 25 feet on the 17th for another bogey. He shot even-par 72 and finished two back of the lead at five-under.^[29]

At 50, Mickelson became the oldest 54-hole leader in PGA Championship history, and the oldest in any major since Tom Watson at the 2009 Open Championship.^[30]

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Phil Mickelson	70-69-70=209	−7
2	Brooks Koepka	69-71-70=210	−6
3	Louis Oosthuizen	71-68-72=211	−5
4	Kevin Streelman	70-72-70=212	−4
T5	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	71-70-72=213	−3
	Branden Grace	70-71-72=213
T7	Bryson DeChambeau	72-71-71=214	−2
	Joaquín Niemann	71-72-71=214
	Gary Woodland	70-72-72=214
T10	Paul Casey	71-71-73=215	−1
	Corey Conners	67-75-73=215
	Im Sung-jae	70-72-73=215

Source:^[19]

Final round

Sunday, May 23, 2021

Summary

Phil Mickelson, at the age of 50, became the oldest golfer to win a major championship, shooting a one-over 73 to finish two shots ahead of Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen.^[31]

Mickelson began the round with a one-shot lead over Koepka, but fell from atop the leaderboard after making bogey on the first while Koepka made birdie to grab the lead.^[32] Mickelson regained the lead with a birdie on the par-five second hole as Koepka suffered a double-bogey. At the par-three fifth, Mickelson found a sandy area off the tee but holed his shot for a birdie. Even-par making the turn, he led Koepka and Oosthuizen by two.^[33]

Mickelson extended his lead on the 10th, holing a 12-foot putt for birdie. When Koepka made bogey on both 10 and 11, Mickelson opened up a four-shot lead. Oosthuizen, meanwhile, fell from contention after hitting his third shot on the 13th into the water and making double-bogey. He came back with a birdie at the par-five 16th and shot 73, finishing at four-under for the tournament.

Koepka was four-over between holes 7-13 before making birdies on the 15th and 16th, joining Oosthuizen at four-under after a two-over 74. Mickelson saw his lead cut in half after also finding the water with his approach on 13, settling for a bogey before dropping another shot on the 14th. At the 16th, he hit a 366-yard drive, the longest of any player on that hole all tournament, and got up-and-down from over the green for a birdie to get to seven-under.^[34] Despite making a bogey on the par-three 17th after having to chop out of thick rough, he tapped in for par on the 18th to win his second PGA Championship and sixth major championship.^[35][36]

Final leaderboard

Champion

Crystal Bowl winner (leading PGA Club Pro)

(c) = past champion

Top 10

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)[37]
1	Phil Mickelson (c)	70-69-70-73=282	−6	2,160,000
T2	Brooks Koepka (c)	69-71-70-74=284	−4	1,056,000
	Louis Oosthuizen	71-68-72-73=284
T4	Paul Casey	71-71-73-71=286	−2	462,250
	Pádraig Harrington (c)	71-73-73-69=286
	Harry Higgs	72-71-73-70=286
	Shane Lowry	73-71-73-69=286
T8	Abraham Ancer	74-72-76-65=287	−1	263,000
	Tony Finau	74-72-70-71=287
	Rickie Fowler	71-76-69-71=287
	Collin Morikawa (c)	70-75-74-68=287
	Jon Rahm	72-75-72-68=287
	Justin Rose	72-75-73-67=287
	Scottie Scheffler	72-74-71-70=287
	Kevin Streelman	70-72-70-75=287
	Will Zalatoris	71-74-72-70=287

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T17	Keegan Bradley (c)	69-75-72-72=288	E	168,000
	Corey Conners	67-75-73-73=288
	Charley Hoffman	73-70-73-72=288
	Im Sung-jae	70-72-73-73=288
	Patrick Reed	74-75-69-70=288
	Aaron Wise	69-79-72-68=288
T23	Patrick Cantlay	73-73-70-73=289	+1	103,814
	Matt Fitzpatrick	73-71-72-73=289
	Billy Horschel	77-72-68-72=289
	Chan Kim	75-74-73-67=289
	Martin Laird	70-73-74-72=289
	Hideki Matsuyama	73-68-76-72=289
	Jason Scrivener	73-75-72-69=289
T30	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	71-70-72-77=290	+2	59,750
	Stewart Cink	71-76-74-69=290
	Viktor Hovland	69-75-75-71=290
	Matt Jones	73-75-74-68=290
	Joaquín Niemann	71-72-71-76=290
	Ian Poulter	74-70-73-73=290
	Webb Simpson	75-74-69-72=290
	Jordan Spieth	73-75-68-74=290
T38	Bryson DeChambeau	72-71-71-77=291	+3	42,000
	Branden Grace	70-71-72-78=291
	Emiliano Grillo	77-72-72-70=291
	Tyrrell Hatton	71-75-73-72=291
	Richy Werenski	71-72-73-75=291
	Gary Woodland	70-72-72-77=291
T44	Ben Cook	72-77-69-74=292	+4	31,300
	Jason Day (c)	74-75-72-71=292
	Talor Gooch	71-78-70-73=292
	Steve Stricker	76-71-70-75=292
	Daniel van Tonder	75-70-74-73=292
T49	An Byeong-hun	73-75-77-68=293	+5	24,950
	Sam Horsfield	69-80-73-71=293
	Jason Kokrak	71-72-73-77=293
	Robert MacIntyre	75-73-72-73=293
	Rory McIlroy (c)	75-72-74-72=293
	Harold Varner III	73-76-71-73=293
T55	Joel Dahmen	74-73-70-77=294	+6	22,475
	Alex Norén	77-72-70-75=294
	Carlos Ortiz	73-74-71-76=294
	Matt Wallace	73-73-77-71=294
T59	Dean Burmester	74-74-74-73=295	+7	21,400
	Cameron Davis	69-78-76-72=295
	Denny McCarthy	73-76-72-74=295
	Cameron Smith	72-73-73-77=295
	Robert Streb	77-72-74-72=295
T64	Harris English	75-74-75-72=296	+8	20,200
	Adam Hadwin	77-71-76-72=296
	Garrick Higgo	73-76-78-69=296
	Tom Hoge	74-75-74-73=296
	Henrik Stenson	73-76-76-71=296
	Jimmy Walker (c)	73-74-75-74=296
	Danny Willett	77-71-74-74=296
T71	Russell Henley	78-70-74-75=297	+9	19,350
	Lucas Herbert	76-72-77-72=297
	Tom Lewis	71-74-76-76=297
	Lee Westwood	73-72-75-77=297
T75	Daniel Berger	79-69-74-76=298	+10	19,050
	Wyndham Clark	75-74-72-77=298
77	Brendan Steele	75-74-77-73=299	+11	18,900
78	Brad Marek	73-73-78-76=300	+12	18,800
79	Rasmus Højgaard	71-76-79-75=301	+13	18,700
80	Bubba Watson	72-73-77-80=302	+14	18,600
81	Brian Gay	77-71-80-78=306	+18	18,500
CUT	Sergio García	77-73=150	+6	3,200
	Brian Harman	75-75=150
	Mackenzie Hughes	75-75=150
	Dustin Johnson	76-74=150
	Marc Leishman	74-76=150
	Peter Malnati	78-72=150
	Victor Perez	78-72=150
	Chez Reavie	77-73=150
	Antoine Rozner	79-71=150
	Xander Schauffele	73-77=150
	Adam Scott	78-72=150
	Andy Sullivan	73-77=150
	Justin Thomas (c)	75-75=150
	Rich Beem (c)	74-77=151	+7
	Thomas Detry	76-75=151
	Tommy Fleetwood	76-75=151
	Kim Si-woo	75-76=151
	Maverick McNealy	78-73=151
	Sebastián Muñoz	77-74=151
	Brendon Todd	74-77=151
	Danny Balin	79-73=152	+8
	Jason Dufner (c)	71-81=152
	Dylan Frittelli	73-79=152
	Lanto Griffin	74-78=152
	Zach Johnson	74-78=152
	Martin Kaymer (c)	75-77=152
	Chris Kirk	76-76=152
	Ryan Palmer	74-78=152
	Cameron Tringale	70-82=152
	Jim Herman	78-75=153	+9
	Greg Koch	76-77=153
	J. T. Poston	75-78=153
	Hudson Swafford	77-76=153
	Erik van Rooyen	72-81=153
	Bernd Wiesberger	78-75=153
	John Catlin	75-79=154	+10
	George Coetzee	75-79=154
	Max Homa	78-76=154
	Kevin Kisner	77-77=154
	Kurt Kitayama	77-77=154
	Matt Kuchar	77-77=154
	Adam Long	72-82=154
	Kalle Samooja	74-80=154
	Sami Välimäki	78-76=154
	Brett Walker	77-77=154
	Peter Ballo	80-75=155	+11
	Lee Kyoung-hoon	78-77=155
	Charl Schwartzel	76-79=155
	Mark Geddes	75-81=156	+12
	Tim Pearce	79-77=156
	Ben Polland	76-80=156
	Aaron Rai	81-75=156
	Brandon Hagy	77-80=157	+13
	Jazz Janewattananond	77-80=157
	Rob Labritz	76-81=157
	Kevin Na	79-78=157
	Cameron Champ	82-77=159	+15
	Rikuya Hoshino	76-83=159
	Stuart Smith	82-77=159
	Thomas Pieters	76-84=160	+16
	Alex Beach	75-86=161	+17
	Takumi Kanaya	75-86=161
	Shaun Micheel (c)	81-80=161
	Brandon Stone	78-83=161
Patrick Rada	76-86=162	+18
Sonny Skinner	85-78=163	+19
Larkin Gross	80-84=164	+20
Frank Bensel Jr.	86-79=165	+21
Derek Holmes	79-86=165
Joe Summerhays	81-84=165
Omar Uresti	82-83=165
Tyler Collet	88-82=170	+26
John Daly (c)	85-86=171	+27
DQ	Yang Yong-eun (c)	75-83=158	+14
WD	Sam Burns

Source:^[19]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	5	3	4
Mickelson	−6	−7	−6	−6	−7	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−7	−6	−6	−7	−6	−6
Koepka	−7	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−5	−5	−5	−4	−3	−3	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4
Oosthuizen	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4
Casey	−1	−2	−3	−3	−2	−2	−3	−3	−2	−2	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2
Harrington	+1	−1	−2	−1	E	E	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2
Higgs	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2
Lowry	+2	+1	E	+1	E	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double Bogey

Source:^[19]

Media

ESPN and CBS have the media rights to the 2021 PGA Championship. This marks the second year of the media rights deal signed in October 2018, replacing the old deal with TNT and CBS. In the UK and Ireland, Sky Sports broadcast the event. This is the 31st consecutive PGA Championship on CBS Sports.

Notes

References

External links

• Official website
• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site