Chicago Sun-Times

PGA CHAMPIONSH­IP AT A GLANCE

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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:

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