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PGA Championship:One of golfs 4 majors is called the PGA Championship and this year the tournament will be held (August 10-16) at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. The 2009 PGA Championship will be the 91st and it will be the last major tournament of 2009 for golf. Tiger Woods has won the PGA a few times, but the courses are always tough and they require the utmost concentration for the entire 4 days of the event. The PGA of America was founded in 1916 and they hand out awards each year like PGA Player of the Year and the Vardon Trophy for the player with the lowest adjusted scoring average. They have already picked out next years site for the 2010 PGA Championships at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin from August 9-15. Other top venues in recent years have included Hazeltine (2002), Valhalla (2000), Medinah (1999), Winged Foot (1997), and Cherry Hills.
PGA Championship Tickets:How about finding tickets to the PGA Championship? Tickets for the 2009 PGA Championship are on sale now and you can get them online HERE. There is a printable order form (get it HERE) or you can order tickets online. They are roughly $30 for the practice daily grounds ticket. Saturday and Sunday tickets are over $100 for each day, but well worth the price. There are some ticket brokers like Stubhub.com that offer golf tickets at a premium over their face value. Tickets for the 2010 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits will be available starting in the summer of 2009 HERE. You can always try to get a package deal with hotels, tickets, airfare through some travel or hotel sights. Ebay is another alternative to finding PGA tickets as there are dozens of listings for all the major tournaments each year. Tickets are not the biggest expenses at all (unless you live near the tournament site), so don't get caught up in paying $120 for a one day pass considering you will probably be paying $200/night for lodging and $400+ for airfare.
Location & Hotels:Eventhough the PGA Championship is held at a different location each year, the PGA.com website does an excellent job of helping you find things to do in the area of the event. They provide links to hotels in the area, airports, airlines, and other entertainment possibilities while you are in town. This year the event is in Tulsa, Oklahoma so they have conveniently setup a link that takes you to Visittulsa.com for a great "welcome to Tulsa" website with links to all sorts of resources. We recommend booking early with any hotel in the tournament vicinity as they do sell out quite often when golf majors come through town. People tend to plan these types of golf vacations or packages years in advance, so keep that in mind if you think you can procrastinate and still buy tickets, etc..
TV Coverage - Online Stats:If you can't fly to the tournament or get tickets to the event, you can always watch the golf action unfold on television. Usually cable stations like TNT or ESPN will carry these events at least on Thursday and Friday. The final 2 rounds will be aired on a major network (NBC, CBS, or ABC) on Saturday and Sunday so that everyone can see them. Like the US Open and The Masters, you can also follow all the live scoring online.
PGA Championship Winners:The PGA Championship in the last decade has been one of the most exciting golf tournaments of the year with players like David Toms, Tiger Woods, and Vijay Singh all winning. Even less heralded players like Shaun Micheel, Rich Beem, Mark Brooks, and Jeff Sluman have pulled out victories in the PGA golf championship. One of the favorites amongst golf fans was the 1999 duel between Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia on the famed course of Medinah. woods eventually prevailed, but the world was introduced to the young star from Spain (Sergio Garcia).
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