2016 PGA Championship
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| Dates | July 28–31, 2016 |
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| Location | Springfield, New Jersey |
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Baltusrol Golf Club Lower Course |
| Organized by | PGA of America |
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| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,428 yards (6,792 m) |
| Field | 156 players, 86 after cut |
| Cut | 142 (+2) |
| Prize fund |
$10,000,000 €9,040,528 |
| Winner's share | $1,800,000 €1,627,295 |
 Jimmy Walker
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| 266 (−14) | |
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The 2016 PGA Championship was the 98th PGA Championship which took place from July 28–31 at Baltusrol Golf Club on the Lower Course in Springfield Township, New Jersey, west of New York City. This was the ninth major and second PGA Championship at Baltusrol, which last hosted in 2005. Jimmy Walker won his first major championship title with a score of 14 under par, one shot ahead of 2015 champion Jason Day.
This edition of the PGA Championship was moved up two weeks from its early-August spot to accommodate the 2016 Olympic tournament in Rio de Janeiro. The John Deere Classic was moved back two weeks from its mid-July spot before the Open Championship and is taking its place on the schedule for those not qualified for the Olympics.
Lower Course
Lengths of the course for previous major championships:
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.
Rich Beem, Keegan Bradley (9), John Daly, Jason Day (6,8,10), Jason Dufner (8,10), Pádraig Harrington, Martin Kaymer (2,6,9), Rory McIlroy (4,8,9), Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson (4,8,9), Vijay Singh, David Toms, Yang Yong-eun
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