A professional golf tournament played in the United States is the PGA Championship.  Outside North America it is sometimes referred to as the US PGA Championship.  It is one of the 4 major championships on the PGA Tour.  It is played in the middle part of August and is the 4th of the 4 major tournaments to take place each year with The US Open, The British Open and the Masters Tournament coming before.  The golf betting PGA Championship has been nicknamed “Glory’s last shot” as it is the last of the 4 tournaments.

At Siwanoy Country club in Eastchester, NY the first PGA Championship was played in 1916.  $500 and a diamond studded gold medal was received by the winner.  The PGA Championship was started as a match play event and was changed to stroke play in 1958.  Today the winner takes home $1.35 million and is awarded the Wanamaker Trophy.

To participate in all of the subsequent major tournaments for the next five years, the golf betting winner of the PGA Championship is invited.  Qualifying for the PGA Championship is also exempted to the winners for life. In PGA Championship most of the golf bettors look forward to win small prop bets.

The PGA Championship is now played at any of a small number of celebrated courses, but has been held at many different locations.