Guide to golf's 2019 US PGA Championship
WHAT: PGA Championship
WHERE: Farmingdale, New York (Long Island)
WHEN: Thursday, May 16-Sunday, May 19
THE COURSE: Bethpage Black is among the most difficult courses on the US PGA Tour. The course has a famous warning sign on the first tee which urges "only highly-skilled golfers" to play. It was designed by legendary course architect AW Tillinghast and measures 7,459 yards
PURSE: $US11 million, with the winner receiving $US1.98 million
TV Times - Live Coverage on FoxSports 3, Kayo Sports and GolfTV (AEST)
Friday: 3am-9am
Saturday: 3am-9.30am
Sunday: 4am-9am
Monday: 4am-9am
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Brooks Koepka: The defending champion. Koepka has won three of the past seven majors, including last year's PGA and back-to-back US Opens. Is one of the longest hitters on the PGA Tour.
Rory McIlroy: A four-time major winner who has two PGA Championship titles. McIlroy boasts prodigious length and is in form, having won the recent Players Championship.
Dustin Johnson: The world No.1 boasts the firepower and accuracy required from the tee to tackle the 7,459-yard Bethpage Black.
Jason Day: Day won the 2015 PGA in stunning fashion, while he also has a runner-up among five top 10s from nine appearances.
Tiger Woods: Woods is gunning for his 16th major having just won the Masters in April. His stellar record at Bethpage includes winning the 2002 US Open in wire-to-wire fashion and a sixth at the 2009 US Open.
AUSTRALIANS IN THE FIELD
Jason Day, Marc Leishman, Adam Scott, Cameron Smith, Lucas Herbert, Brendan Jones, Stuart Deane and Craig Hocknull
WHAT THE PGA WINNER RECEIVES
* $US1.98 million
* Lifetime exemption into the PGA Championship
* Five-year exemption to the Masters, US Open, British Open
* A five-year exemption on the PGA Tour
TEE TIMES (AEST)
AUSTRALIANS
9.40pm: Sergio Garcia (ESP), Kelly Kraft (USA), Adam Scott (AUS)
9.51pm: Graeme McDowell (NIR), Chez Reavie (USA), Brendan Jones (AUS)
10.57pm: Lucas Herbert (AUS), Cory Schneider (USA), Im Sung-jai (KOR)
3.38am: Rory McIlroy (NIR), Phil Mickelson (USA), Jason Day (AUS)
3.49am: Satoshi Kodaira (JPN), Matt Kuchar (USA), Cameron Smith (AUS)
4am: Corey Conners (CAN), Jim Furyk (USA), Marc Leishman (AUS)
4.11: Jorge Campillo (ESP), Stuart Deane (AUS), Chesson Hadley (USA)
4.22am Mikko Korhonen (FIN), Craig Hocknull (AUS), Jhonattan Vegas
NOTABLES
10.02pm: Rickie Fowler (USA), Bubba Watson (USA), Justin Rose (ENG)
10.24pm: Brooks Koepka (USA), Francesco Molinari (ITA), Tiger Woods (USA)
3.16am: Jon Rahm (ESP), Dustin Johnson (USA), Jordan Spieth (USA)
PAST WINNERS
2018: Brooks Koepka (USA) (Bellerive)
2017: Justin Thomas (USA) (Quail Hollow)
2016: Jimmy Walker (USA) (Baltusrol)
2015: Jason Day (Whistling Straits)
2014: Rory McIlroy (NIR) (Valhalla)
2013: Jason Dufner (USA) (Oak Hill)
2012: Rory McIlroy (NIR) (Kiawah Island)
2011: Keegan Bradley (USA) (Atlanta Athletic Club)
2010: Martin Kaymer (GER) (Whistling Straits)
2009: YE Yang (KOR) (Hazeltine)
