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2014 PGA Championship

2014 PGA Championship
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Dates August 7–10, 2014
Location Louisville, Kentucky
Course(s) Valhalla Golf Club
Organized by PGA of America
Tour(s)
Par 71
Length 7,458 yards (6,820 m)
Field 156 players, 74 after cut
Cut 143 (+1)
Prize fund $10,000,000
7,478,872
Winner's share $1,800,000
€1,346,197
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
268 (−16)
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The 2014 PGA Championship was the 96th PGA Championship, played August 7–10 at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. This was the third PGA Championship at Valhalla, which previously hosted in 1996 and 2000, both won in playoffs, as well as the Ryder Cup in 2008, the most recent U.S. victory.

Rory McIlroy won his second PGA Championship and fourth career major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up Phil Mickelson.

Previous course lengths for major championships

The second hole was previously played as a par 5.

The following qualification criteria were used to select the field. Each player is listed according to the first category by which he qualified with additional categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses.

1. All former PGA Champions
Rich Beem, Keegan Bradley (8,9), Mark Brooks, John Daly, Jason Dufner (6,8,9,10), Pádraig Harrington, Martin Kaymer (2,8,9,10), Davis Love III, Rory McIlroy (2,4,6,8,9,10), Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson (3,4,8,9), Vijay Singh, Tiger Woods (8,9), Yang Yong-eun


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