Quail Hollow Club Named As Site Of The 99th PGA Championship In
August 2017
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The PGA of America has selected
Quail Hollow Club of Charlotte, N.C., as the site of the 99th PGA
Championship in August 2017, making it the third venue in the
golf-popular state of North Carolina to host the Season's Final Major.
Quail Hollow Club, founded in 1959 and designed
by George Cobb in 1961, received renovations by Tom Fazio in 1997 and
2003, which enabled it to continue a heritage of hosting premier
events. Beginning in 1969, Quail Hollow has hosted Tour events in four
of the past five decades, which includes the Kemper Open (1969-79); the
World Seniors Invitational (1980-89); and the Quail Hollow Championship
(formerly the Wachovia Championship), which began in 2003.
In August 2017, Quail Hollow Club will join
Pinehurst Resort & Country Club (1936) and Tanglewood Golf Club of
Winston-Salem (1974) as the only North Carolina venues to host a PGA
Championship.
"It is with great pleasure that we bring the PGA
Championship back to North Carolina, and to make our first visit to
Quail Hollow Club, a venue and a community that has demonstrated its
skill in hosting premier golf," said PGA of America President Jim Remy.
"In 2017, the PGA Championship will once again attract golf's finest
players worldwide to compete at a course well respected among the best
players in the game and challenge for the Wanamaker Trophy."
"We have 50 years of rich history here at Quail
Hollow Club that has helped prepare us for an opportunity such as
this," said John W. Harris, president of the Board of Governors of
Quail Hollow Club. "To those who came before us and helped make this
possible, we owe our thanks as we look back on a half century of great
moments and look toward many more. We're especially proud to host an
event that has the history and tradition of the PGA Championship. It is
one of America's truly great championships."
Quail Hollow Club's 7,469-yard, par-72 layout has
maintained praise from Tour professionals for its unique blend of a
demanding and risk-reward layout. The final three holes "the Green
Mile," have consistently been ranked the toughest finish on the PGA
Tour the past seven years. No other event, including the three U.S.
major championships, has had holes 16, 17 and 18 ranked among the top
three finishing holes on the Tour during that same period.
The PGA Championship, which enjoys a rich
heritage dating back to 1916, will visit the following venues:
2011 - Atlanta Athletic Club (Highlands Course),
Johns Creek, Ga.
2012 - Kiawah Island Golf Resort (The Ocean
Course), Kiawah Island, S.C.
2013 - Oak Hill Country Club (East), Rochester,
N.Y.
2014 - Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Ky.
2015 - Whistling Straits (Straits), Kohler, Wis.
2016 - Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower), Springfield,
N.J.
2017 - Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, N.C.
Since its origin in 1916, the PGA Championship
has become one of the game's most anticipated major championships, and
perennially features the strongest field in golf. The PGA Champions
roster featured many of the greatest players from all generations of
golf - from Hagen, Sarazen, Snead, Nelson and Hogan, to Nicklaus,
Trevino, Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh.
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