PGA CHAMPIONSHIP AT A GLANCE
Event: 100th PGA Championship.
Site: Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis.
Length: 7,316 yards.
Par: 35-35—70.
Field: 156 players (136 tour pros, 20 club pros).
Prize money: TBA ($10.5 million in 2017).
Winner’s share: TBA ($1.89 million in 2017). Defending champion: Justin Thomas.
Grand Slam: Jordan Spieth gets his second attempt at becoming the sixth player to capture the career Grand Slam.
Tiger Tales: Tiger Woods has gone 37 starts on the PGA Tour since his last victory, and 27 majors since his last Grand Slam title. He is playing the PGA Championship for the first time since 2015.
Last shot at Glory’s Last Shot: The PGA Championship will become the second major beginning next year, when it moves to May.
Bellerive champions: Gary Player (1965 U.S. Open), Nick Price (1992 PGA Championship), Camilo Villegas (2008 BMW Championship).
Key statistic: Woods is the only player to win the PGA Championship back-toback in stroke play. He did it twice.
Quoteworthy: “I’ve had a really good year so far. I think it would make it into a great year.” — Dustin Johnson, on winning the PGA.
TV: Thursday and Friday, 1 to 7 p.m. (TNT); Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (TNT),
1 to 6 p.m. (Ch. 2). First-round tee times: