{{use mdy dates|date=August 2016}} {{infobox individual golf tournament | name = 2016 PGA Championship | image = PGAChampionship2016Logo.svg | dates = July 28–31, 2016 | location = [[Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey|Springfield]], [[New Jersey]] | course = [[Baltusrol Golf Club]]<br />Lower Course | org = [[Professional Golfers' Association of America|PGA of America]] | tour = {{Plainlist| * [[PGA Tour]] * [[European Tour]] * [[Japan Golf Tour]] }} | par = 70 | yardage = {{convert|7428|yd}}<ref name=cstryds>{{cite web|url=http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/course/2016/tour/1 |publisher=PGA of America |title=PGA Championship: Course |date=2016 |access-date=July 17, 2016}}</ref> | field = 156 players, 86 after cut | cut = 142 (+2) | purse = [[United States dollar|$]]10,000,000<ref name=pga15purse>{{cite web |url =http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/news/2015-pga-championship-facts-and-format-0|publisher= PGA of America|title=PGA Championship Facts and Format |date=June 18, 2015 |access-date=June 29, 2015}}</ref><br>[[Euro|€]]9,040,528 | winners_share = $1,800,000<ref name=pga15purse/><br>€1,627,295 | champion = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Walker (golfer)|Jimmy Walker]] | score = 266 (−14) | previous = [[2015 PGA Championship|2015]] | next = [[2017 PGA Championship|2017]] | map = USA#USA New Jersey | map_relief = yes | map_label = Baltusrol | map_caption = Location in the [[United States]]##Location in [[New Jersey]] | coordinates = {{coord|40.705|-74.328|type:event|display=inline,title}} }} 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, Union County, New Jersey|Springfield Township, New Jersey]], west of [[New York City]]. This was the ninth [[Men's major golf championships|major]] and second PGA Championship at Baltusrol, which last hosted in [[2005 PGA Championship|2005]]. [[Jimmy Walker (golfer)|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 [[Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympic tournament]] in Rio de Janeiro. The [[John Deere Classic]] was moved back two weeks from its mid-July spot before the [[2016 Open Championship|Open Championship]] and is taking its place on the schedule for those not qualified for the Olympics.
==Course layout== {{main|Baltusrol Golf Club}} Lower Course {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !align="left"|Hole!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!Out!!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18!!In!!Total |- | align="center"|Yards||478||377||503||196||425||482||501||380||210||'''3,552'''||460||431||218||451||430||453||230||649||554||'''3,876'''||'''7,428''' |- | align="center"|Par||4||4||4||3||4||4||4||4||3||'''34'''||4||4||3||4||4||4||3||5||5||'''36'''||'''70''' |} Lengths of the course for previous major championships: *{{convert|7392|yd}}, par 70 - [[2005 PGA Championship]] *{{convert|7116|yd}}, par 70 - [[1993 U.S. Open (golf)|1993 U.S. Open]] *{{convert|7013|yd}}, par 70 - [[1980 U.S. Open (golf)|1980 U.S. Open]] *{{convert|7015|yd}}, par 70 - [[1967 U.S. Open (golf)|1967 U.S. Open]] *{{convert|7027|yd}}, par 70 - [[1954 U.S. Open (golf)|1954 U.S. Open]] *{{convert|6866|yd}}, par 72 - [[1936 U.S. Open (golf)|1936 U.S. Open]] (Upper Course) *{{convert|6212|yd}}, par 74 - [[1915 U.S. Open (golf)|1915 U.S. Open]] (Old Course) *{{convert|6003|yd}}, par - [[1903 U.S. Open (golf)|1903 U.S. Open]] (Old Course){{indent|5}}<small>The Old Course no longer exists, plowed under in 1918</small>
==Field== The following qualification criteria were used to select the field.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://playersupport.pgatourhq.com/Tour/PLP/playersupportinforegistration.nsf/xsp/.ibmmodres/domino/OpenAttachment/Tour/PLP/playersupportinforegistration.nsf/C727DB7A7733806285257CC50066F582/pgAttachments/2015-16%20PGA%20TOUR%20Handbook%20&%20Regulations%20-%20Final.pdf |title=2015–16 PGA Tour Player Handbook & Tournament Regulations |date=October 5, 2015 |access-date=September 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412192428/https://playersupport.pgatourhq.com/Tour/PLP/playersupportinforegistration.nsf/xsp/.ibmmodres/domino/OpenAttachment/Tour/PLP/playersupportinforegistration.nsf/C727DB7A7733806285257CC50066F582/pgAttachments/2015-16%20PGA%20TOUR%20Handbook%20%26%20Regulations%20-%20Final.pdf |archive-date=April 12, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/news/2016-pga-championship-field |title=2016 PGA Championship Field |publisher=PGA of America |date=July 19, 2016}}</ref> Each player is listed according to the first category by which he qualified with additional categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses.
1. All former [[PGA Championship|PGA]] Champions {{div col|colwidth=15em}} *[[Rich Beem]] *[[Keegan Bradley]] (9) *[[John Daly (golfer)|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]] {{div col end}} *''[[Davis Love III]] (10)<ref name="NoLove">{{cite magazine |last=Schupak |first=Adam |title=Davis Love withdraws from Bridgestone and will undergo season-ending hip surgery |url=http://golfweek.com/2016/06/30/pga-tour-davis-love-withdraws-wgc-bridgestone-hip-surgery/ |magazine=Golfweek |date=June 30, 2016}}</ref> and [[Tiger Woods]] did not play due to injury.'' *''The following former champions did not enter: [[Paul Azinger]], [[Mark Brooks (golfer)|Mark Brooks]], [[Jack Burke Jr.]], [[Steve Elkington]], [[Dow Finsterwald]], [[Raymond Floyd]], [[Doug Ford (golfer)|Doug Ford]], [[Al Geiberger]], [[Wayne Grady]], [[David Graham (golfer)|David Graham]], [[Hubert Green]], [[Don January]], [[John Mahaffey]], [[Larry Nelson]], [[Bobby Nichols]], [[Jack Nicklaus]], [[Gary Player]], [[Nick Price]], [[Jeff Sluman]], [[Dave Stockton]], [[Hal Sutton]], [[Lee Trevino]], [[Bob Tway]], [[Lanny Wadkins]]''
2. Winners of last five [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]s {{div col|colwidth=15em}} *[[Dustin Johnson]] (6,8,10) *[[Justin Rose]] (6,8,9) *[[Webb Simpson]] (8,9) *[[Jordan Spieth]] (3,6,8,9,10) {{div col end}}
3. Winners of last five [[Masters Tournament]]s {{div col|colwidth=15em}} *[[Adam Scott (golfer)|Adam Scott]] (8,10) *[[Bubba Watson]] (8,9,10) *[[Danny Willett]] (8) {{div col end}}
4. Winners of last five [[The Open Championship|British Open]]s {{div col|colwidth=15em}} *[[Ernie Els]] *[[Zach Johnson]] (8,9) *[[Henrik Stenson]] (8,9) {{div col end}}
5. Current [[Senior PGA Championship|Senior PGA]] Champion *[[Rocco Mediate]]
6. 15 low scorers and ties in the [[2015 PGA Championship]] {{div col|colwidth=15em}} *[[George Coetzee]] *[[Tony Finau]] (8,10) *[[Branden Grace]] (8,10) *[[Russell Henley]] *[[Brooks Koepka]] (8) *[[Matt Kuchar]] (8,9) *[[Anirban Lahiri]] *[[David Lingmerth]] (8) *[[Brandt Snedeker]] (8,10) *[[Brendan Steele]] (8) *[[Robert Streb]] (8) {{div col end}}
7. 20 low scorers in the 2016 [[PGA Professional Championship]] {{div col|colwidth=15em}} *[[Rich Berberian, Jr.]] *[[Michael Block]] *[[Mark Brown (American golfer)|Mark Brown]] *[[Matt Dobyns]] *[[Brian Gaffney]] *[[Ryan Helminen]] *[[Johan Kok]] *[[Rob Labritz]] *[[Brad Lardon]] *[[Mitch Lowe (golfer)|Mitch Lowe]] *[[David Muttitt]] *[[Brad Ott]] *[[Rod Perry (golfer)|Rod Perry]] *[[Ben Polland]] *[[Rick Schuller]] *[[Tommy Sharp]] *[[Josh Speight]] *[[Joe Summerhays]] *[[Omar Uresti]] *[[Wyatt Worthington II]] {{div col end}} *''Although Karen Paolozzi placed in the top 20, she was not eligible for entry to the PGA Championship under the [[Suzy Whaley|Whaley Rule]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://newsok.com/brief-muttitt-wins-playoff-to-qualify-for-major-tourney/article/feed/1034390?articleBar=1 |title=Brief: Muttitt wins playoff to qualify for major tourney |work=The Oklahoman |date=June 30, 2016}}</ref>''
8. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2015 [[WGC-Bridgestone Invitational]] to the 2016 [[2016 Open Championship|Open Championship]] and [[Barbasol Championship]] {{div col|colwidth=15em}} *[[Aaron Baddeley]] (10) *[[Daniel Berger (golfer)|Daniel Berger]] (10) *[[Jason Bohn]] *[[Paul Casey]] *[[Roberto Castro]] *[[Kevin Chappell]] *[[Jon Curran]] *[[Harris English]] *[[Rickie Fowler]] (9,10) *[[Jim Furyk]] (9) *[[Sergio García]] (9,10) *[[Fabián Gómez]] (10) *[[Emiliano Grillo]] (10) *[[Bill Haas]] *[[James Hahn (golfer)|James Hahn]] (10) *[[Jim Herman]] (10) *[[Charley Hoffman]] (10) *[[J. B. Holmes]] *[[Billy Hurley III]] (10) *[[Smylie Kaufman]] (10) *[[Kim Si-woo]] *[[Chris Kirk]] *[[Kevin Kisner]] (10) *[[Patton Kizzire]] *[[Colt Knost]] *[[Russell Knox]] (10) *[[Danny Lee (golfer)|Danny Lee]] *[[Jamie Lovemark]] *[[Shane Lowry]] *[[Hideki Matsuyama]] (10) *[[Graeme McDowell]] (9,10) *[[William McGirt]] (10) *[[Bryce Molder]] *[[Ryan Moore (golfer)|Ryan Moore]] *[[Kevin Na]] *[[Louis Oosthuizen]] *[[Ryan Palmer]] *[[Scott Piercy]] *[[Patrick Reed]] (9) *[[Kyle Reifers]] *[[Charl Schwartzel]] (10) *[[Kevin Streelman]] *[[Brian Stuard]] (10) *[[Daniel Summerhays]] *[[Vaughn Taylor (golfer)|Vaughn Taylor]] (10) *[[Justin Thomas]] (10) *[[Jimmy Walker (golfer)|Jimmy Walker]] (9) *[[Gary Woodland]] {{div col end}} *''[[Charles Howell III]] did not play due to injury.''
9. Members of the United States and European [[2014 Ryder Cup]] teams (provided they are ranked in the top 100 in the [[Official World Golf Ranking]] on July 1, 2016) {{div col|colwidth=15em}} *[[Jamie Donaldson]] *[[Victor Dubuisson]] *[[Lee Westwood]] {{div col end}} *''[[Hunter Mahan]] (162), [[Thomas Bjørn]] (294), and [[Stephen Gallacher]] (290) did not qualify.'' *''[[Ian Poulter]] did not play due to a foot injury.''
10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the [[PGA Tour]] since the [[2015 PGA Championship]] {{div col|colwidth=15em}} *[[Greg Chalmers]] *[[Peter Malnati]] *[[Jhonattan Vegas]] {{div col end}}
11. Vacancies are filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings). {{div col|colwidth=15em}} *[[Zac Blair]] *[[Billy Horschel]] *[[Freddie Jacobson]] *[[Jason Kokrak]] *[[Steve Stricker]] *[[Cameron Tringale]] *[[Harold Varner III]] {{div col end}}
12. The [[PGA of America]] reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above {{div col|colwidth=15em}} *[[An Byeong-hun]] *[[Kiradech Aphibarnrat]] *[[Grégory Bourdy]] *[[Kristoffer Broberg]] *[[Rafa Cabrera-Bello]] *[[K. J. Choi]] *[[Darren Clarke]] *[[Nicolas Colsaerts]] *[[Luke Donald]] *[[Bradley Dredge]] *[[Ross Fisher]] *[[Matt Fitzpatrick]] *[[Marcus Fraser (golfer)|Marcus Fraser]] *[[Tyrrell Hatton]] *[[Scott Hend]] *[[Yuta Ikeda]] *[[Thongchai Jaidee]] *[[Andrew Johnston (golfer)|Andrew Johnston]] *[[Matt Jones (golfer)|Matt Jones]] *[[Rikard Karlberg]] *[[Kim Kyung-tae]] *[[Søren Kjeldsen]] *[[Lee Soo-min (golfer)|Lee Soo-min]] *[[Marc Leishman]] *[[Joost Luiten]] *[[Troy Merritt]] *[[Francesco Molinari]] *[[James Morrison (golfer)|James Morrison]] *[[Alex Norén]] *[[Thorbjørn Olesen]] *[[Thomas Pieters]] *[[John Senden]] *[[Song Young-han]] *[[Brandon Stone]] *[[Andy Sullivan (golfer)|Andy Sullivan]] *[[Hideto Tanihara]] *[[Wang Jeung-hun]] *[[Bernd Wiesberger]] *[[Chris Wood (golfer)|Chris Wood]] {{div col end}}
Alternates (from category 11) # [[Jonas Blixt]] (82) – replaced [[Charles Howell III]]
==Round summaries== ===First round=== ''Thursday, July 28, 2016''
[[Jimmy Walker (golfer)|Jimmy Walker]] led after the first round with a five-under-par 65, one clear of [[Ross Fisher]], [[Martin Kaymer]] and [[Emiliano Grillo]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2016/jul/28/2016-pga-championship-first-round-live |title=2016 PGA Championship: first round – as it happened |date=July 28, 2016 |newspaper=The Guardian |first1=Scott |last1=Murray |first2=Ben |last2=Fisher |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref> Two-time PGA winner [[Rory McIlroy]] was nine shots off the lead after a four-over-par 74 and 2016 U.S. Open champion [[Dustin Johnson]] was further behind at seven-over-par 77.<ref name=bbcr1>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/36919370 |title=US PGA Championship 2016: Rory McIlroy nine off lead at Baltusrol |date=July 29, 2016 |work=BBC Sport |first=Peter |last=Scrivener |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- |align=center|1 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Walker (golfer)|Jimmy Walker]] || align=center|65 || align=center|−5 |- |rowspan=3 align=center|T2 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ross Fisher]] || rowspan=3 align=center|66 || rowspan=3 align=center|−4 |- | {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Emiliano Grillo]] |- | {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Martin Kaymer]] |- |rowspan=4 align=center|T5 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Harris English]] || rowspan=4 align=center|67 || rowspan=4 align=center|−3 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[James Hahn (golfer)|James Hahn]] |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Henrik Stenson]] |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Sullivan (golfer)|Andy Sullivan]] |- |rowspan=12 align=center|T9 || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[K. J. Choi]] || rowspan=12 align=center|68 || rowspan=12 align=center|−2 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jason Day]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rickie Fowler]] |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Scott Hend]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Russell Henley]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brooks Koepka]] |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[David Lingmerth]] |- | {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Louis Oosthuizen]] |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Senden]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Robert Streb]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Vaughn Taylor (golfer)|Vaughn Taylor]] |- | {{flagicon|VEN}} [[Jhonattan Vegas]] |}
===Second round=== ''Friday, July 29, 2016''
[[Robert Streb]] shot a [[Men's major golf championships#Single round records|major record-tying 63]] to move into a tie for first place with first round leader [[Jimmy Walker (golfer)|Jimmy Walker]] at 131 (−9). [[Jason Day]], the defending champion, was tied for third place, two strokes behind at 133 (−7) while the [[2016 Open Championship]] winner, [[Henrik Stenson]], was in fifth place at 134 (−6).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2016/jul/29/us-pga-championship-2016-second-round-live |title=US PGA Championship 2016: second round – as it happened |date=July 30, 2016 |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Scott |last=Murray |access-date=August 3, 2016}}</ref> [[Danny Willett]], the [[2016 Masters Tournament]] champion, was well back at 141, while [[Dustin Johnson]], the [[2016 U.S. Open (golf)|2016 U.S. Open]] winner, missed the cut with a 149 (+9). The cut was at 142 (+2) and 86 players made the cut.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/17175572/robert-streb-shoots-63-shares-pga-championship-lead-jimmy-walker |title=Robert Streb tied atop PGA with Jimmy Walker after shooting 63 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=July 29, 2016}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- |rowspan=2 align=center|T1 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Robert Streb]] || 68-63=131 || rowspan=2 align=center|−9 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Walker (golfer)|Jimmy Walker]] || 65-66=131 |- |rowspan=2 align=center|T3 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jason Day]] || 68-65=133 || rowspan=2 align=center|−7 |- | {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Emiliano Grillo]] || 66-67=133 |- |align=center|5 || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Henrik Stenson]] || 67-67=134 || align=center|−6 |- |rowspan=3 align=center|T6 || {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Martin Kaymer]] || 66-69=135 || rowspan=3 align=center|−5 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brooks Koepka]] || 68-67=135 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Patrick Reed]] || 70-65=135 |- |rowspan=4 align=center|T9 || {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Jamie Donaldson]] || 69-67=136 || rowspan=4 align=center|−4 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Harris English]] || 67-69=136 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rickie Fowler]] || 68-68=136 |- | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hideki Matsuyama]] || 69-67=136 |}
===Third round=== ''Saturday, July 30, 2016''
Play was suspended at 2:14 pm [[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]] due to dangerous weather conditions. Only 37 players finished their third rounds, with the leaders yet to tee off. [[Kevin Kisner]] was the overnight leader at the clubhouse at 5 under par.<ref>{{cite news |title=US PGA Championship 2016: Lightning threat delays round three |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/36934432 |work=BBC Sport |date=July 31, 2016 |access-date=August 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2016/jul/30/us-pga-championship-2016-third-round-live |title=US PGA Championship 2016: day three, as it happened |date=July 30, 2016 |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Scott |last=Murray |access-date=August 3, 2016}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- |rowspan=2 align=center|T1 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Robert Streb]] || 68-63=131* || rowspan=2 align=center|−9 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Walker (golfer)|Jimmy Walker]] || 65-66=131* |- |rowspan=2 align=center|T3 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jason Day]] || 68-65=133* || rowspan=2 align=center|−7 |- | {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Emiliano Grillo]] || 66-67=133* |- |align=center|5 || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Henrik Stenson]] || 67-67=134* || align=center|−6 |- |rowspan=4 align=center|T6 || {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Martin Kaymer]] || 66-69=135* || rowspan=4 align=center|−5 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brooks Koepka]] || 68-67=135* |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Patrick Reed]] || 70-65=135* |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kevin Kisner]] || 71-69-65=205 |}
<nowiki>*</nowiki><small>''Had not yet started their third round.''</small>
''Sunday, July 31, 2016''
Play was resumed at 7am EDT on Sunday. [[Jimmy Walker (golfer)|Jimmy Walker]] went into the final round with a single shot lead over [[Jason Day]], and two shots ahead of [[Brooks Koepka]] and [[Henrik Stenson]].<ref>{{cite news |title=PGA Championship R3: Jimmy Walker pips Jason Day for 54-hole lead |url=http://www.skysports.com/golf/pga-championship/news/14922/10518574/pga-championship-r3-jimmy-walker-pips-jason-day-for-54-hole-lead |work=Sky Sports |first=Keith |last=Jackson |date=August 1, 2016 |access-date=August 2, 2016}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- |align=center|1 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Walker (golfer)|Jimmy Walker]] || 65-66-68=199 || align=center|−11 |- |align=center|2 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jason Day]] || 68-65-67=200 || align=center|−10 |- |rowspan=2 align=center|T3 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brooks Koepka]] || 68-67-66=201 || rowspan=2 align=center|−9 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Henrik Stenson]] || 67-67-67=201 |- |rowspan=3 align=center|T5 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[William McGirt]] || 70-67-66=203 || rowspan=3 align=center|−7 |- | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hideki Matsuyama]] || 69-67-67=201 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Robert Streb]] || 68-63-72=201 |- |rowspan=3 align=center|T8 || {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Branden Grace]] || 70-66-66=204 || rowspan=3 align=center|−6 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Webb Simpson]] || 69-69-66=204 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Daniel Summerhays]] || 70-67-67=204 |}
===Final round=== ''Sunday, July 31, 2016''
The third round pairings were kept for the final round, and the final pair of [[Jimmy Walker (golfer)|Jimmy Walker]] and [[Robert Streb]] teed off shortly after their scheduled time of 3:16 pm EDT. Walker made no bogeys (or worse) during the final round, with all pars on the front nine, then made two consecutive birdies, the first by holing out from the greenside bunker on the 10th hole. His third and final birdie came at 17 for a three-shot lead over defending champion [[Jason Day]], who quickly responded with an eagle on the 72nd hole, narrowing the margin to one shot.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jul/31/jimmy-walker-jason-day-us-pga |title=Jimmy Walker holds off Jason Day to claim stunning US PGA win |date=August 1, 2016 |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Ewan |last=Murray |access-date=August 3, 2016}}</ref> Walker won wire-to-wire by making a {{convert|3|ft|m|adj=on}} par putt on the final hole to win by a stroke.<ref name=usat>{{cite news |first=Steve |last=DiMeglio |title=Jimmy Walker captures PGA Championship for first major title |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=July 31, 2016 |access-date=August 1, 2016 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2016/07/31/jimmy-walker-pga-championship-first-major-title/87895102/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Peter |last=Scrivener |title=US PGA Championship 2016: Jimmy Walker wins maiden major |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=August 1, 2016 |access-date=August 1, 2016 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/36937898}}</ref> With Walker's win, it was the first time since 2011 that all four major golf championships were won by first-time winners.<ref name=bbcr1/>
Due to course conditions, the fourth round was played with [[Glossary of golf#P|preferred lies]], allowing players to "lift, clean and place" their balls on the fairways.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/17184965/pga-championship-playing-lift-clean-place-due-wet-conditions |title=PGA Championship allows preferred lies on wet course |work=ESPN |first=Bob |last=Harig |date=July 31, 2016}}</ref> This is believed to be the first time the rule was invoked in a major championship.<ref name=usat/>
====Final leaderboard==== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:gold" | Champion |- |(c) = past champion |} ''Note: Top 15 and ties qualify for the [[2017 PGA Championship]]; top 4 and ties qualify for the [[2017 Masters Tournament]]'' {| class="wikitable" style="width:50em; margin-bottom:0" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ([[United States dollar|$]]) |-style="background:gold" |align=center|1 || {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Jimmy Walker (golfer)|Jimmy Walker]]''' || 65-66-68-67=266 || align=center|−14 || align=center|1,800,000 |- |align=center|2 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jason Day]] (c) || 68-65-67-67=267 || align=center|−13 || align=center|1,080,000 |- |align=center|3 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Daniel Summerhays]] || 70-67-67-66=270 || align=center|−10 || align=center|680,000 |- |rowspan=3 align=center|T4 || {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Branden Grace]] || 70-68-66-67=271 || rowspan=3 align=center|−9 ||rowspan=3 align=center|303,750 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brooks Koepka]] || 68-67-66-70=271 |- | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hideki Matsuyama]] || 69-67-67-68=271 |- |rowspan=3 align=center|T7 || {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Martin Kaymer]] (c) || 66-69-71-66=272 || rowspan=3 align=center|−8 ||rowspan=3 align=center|293,000 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Henrik Stenson]] || 67-67-67-71=272 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Robert Streb]] || 68-63-72-69=272 |- |rowspan=3 align=center|T10 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Casey]] || 69-69-68-67=273 || rowspan=3 align=center|−7 ||rowspan=3 align=center|233,000 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tyrrell Hatton]] || 71-68-66-68=273 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[William McGirt]] || 70-67-66-70=273 |} {| class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="width:50em; margin-top:-1px" |- ! scope="col" colspan="6" | Leaderboard below the top 10 |- !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ([[United States dollar|$]]) |- |rowspan=5 align=center|T13 || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Emiliano Grillo]] || 66-67-73-68=274 || rowspan=5 align=center|−6 || rowspan=5 align=center|172,400 |- | {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Pádraig Harrington]] (c) || 71-70-65-68=274 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Patrick Reed]] || 70-65-70-69=274 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Webb Simpson]] || 69-69-66-70=274 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jordan Spieth]] || 70-67-69-68=274 |- |rowspan=4 align=center|T18 || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Grégory Bourdy]] || 69-68-69-69=275 || rowspan=4 align=center|−5 || rowspan=4 align=center|121,000 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kevin Kisner]] || 71-69-65-70=275 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Adam Scott (golfer)|Adam Scott]] || 70-67-69-69=275 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Senden]] || 68-70-69-68=275 |- |rowspan=11 align=center|T22 || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[K. J. Choi]] || 68-70-71-67=276 || rowspan=11 align=center|−4 || rowspan=11 align=center|75,636 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Russell Henley]] || 68-72-68-68=276 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Billy Hurley III]] || 72-65-69-70-276 |- | {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Russell Knox]] || 70-70-67-69=276 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[David Lingmerth]] || 68-70-69-69=276 |- | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesco Molinari]] || 71-70-68-67=276 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kevin Na]] || 71-68-71-66=276 |- | {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Louis Oosthuizen]] || 68-70-70-68=276 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kyle Reifers]] || 70-70-70-66=276 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Justin Rose]] || 70-72-66-68=276 |- | {{flagicon|VEN}} [[Jhonattan Vegas]] || 68-71-70-67=276 |- |rowspan=9 align=center|T33 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jon Curran]] || 69-69-69-70=277 || rowspan=9 align=center|−3 || rowspan=9 align=center|45,289 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rickie Fowler]] || 68-68-71-70=277 |- | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuta Ikeda]] || 70-67-73-67=277 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Zach Johnson]] || 71-66-71-69=277 |- | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Søren Kjeldsen]] || 70-69-73-65=277 |- | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Joost Luiten]] || 72-70-70-65=277 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Mickelson]] (c) || 71-70-68-68=277 |- | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hideto Tanihara]] || 71-66-73-67=277 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Vaughn Taylor (golfer)|Vaughn Taylor]] || 68-71-70-68=277 |- |rowspan=7 align=center|T42 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Keegan Bradley]] (c) || 73-68-71-66=278 || rowspan=7 align=center|−2 || rowspan=7 align=center|30,143 |- | {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Jamie Donaldson]] || 69-67-72-70=278 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ross Fisher]] || 66-73-70-69=278 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Scott Hend]] || 68-70-68-72=278 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ryan Palmer]] || 71-71-69-67=278 |- | {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Charl Schwartzel]] || 73-69-66-70=278 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Stricker]] || 69-70-67-72=278 |- |rowspan=7 align=center|T49 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Aaron Baddeley]] || 70-70-71-68=279 || rowspan=7 align=center|−1 || rowspan=7 align=center|25,000 |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rafa Cabrera-Bello]] || 72-70-70-67=279 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Matt Fitzpatrick]] || 72-70-70-67=279 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Patton Kizzire]] || 71-71-68-69=279 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jason Kokrak]] || 70-72-69-68=279 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Alex Norén]] || 70-68-71-70=279 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Sullivan (golfer)|Andy Sullivan]] || 67-71-72-69=279 |- |rowspan=4 align=center|T56 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bill Haas]] || 70-70-68-72=280 || rowspan=4 align=center|E || rowspan=4 align=center|22,250 |- | {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Danny Lee (golfer)|Danny Lee]] || 69-70-70-71=280 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brandt Snedeker]] || 73-66-70-71=280 |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Song Young-han]] || 71-68-73-68=280 |- |rowspan=6 align=center|T60 || {{flagicon|RSA}} [[George Coetzee]] || 72-67-74-68=281 || rowspan=6 align=center|+1 || rowspan=6 align=center|20,000 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jason Dufner]] (c) || 71-71-70-69=281 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Harris English]] || 67-69-74-71=281 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andrew Johnston (golfer)|Andrew Johnston]] || 70-69-71-71=281 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Marc Leishman]] || 71-69-67-74=281 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bubba Watson]] || 71-69-70-71=281 |- |rowspan=4 align=center|T66 || {{flagicon|THA}} [[Kiradech Aphibarnrat]] || 70-72-69-71=282 || rowspan=4 align=center|+2 || rowspan=4 align=center|18,500 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Roberto Castro]] || 72-70-69-71=282 |- | {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Ernie Els]] || 73-69-69-71=282 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Justin Thomas]] || 69-72-72-69=282 |- |rowspan=3 align=center|T70 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[James Hahn (golfer)|James Hahn]] || 67-73-70-73=283 || rowspan=3 align=center|+3 || rowspan=3 align=center|17,900 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Colt Knost]] || 69-73-68-73=283 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ryan Moore (golfer)|Ryan Moore]] || 71-67-74-71=283 |- |rowspan=6 align=center|T73 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rich Beem]] (c) || 69-72-72-71=284 || rowspan=6 align=center|+4 || rowspan=6 align=center|17,450 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Daniel Berger (golfer)|Daniel Berger]] || 71-69-71-73=284 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Marcus Fraser (golfer)|Marcus Fraser]] || 71-68-72-73=284 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jim Furyk]] || 74-67-69-74=284 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Freddie Jacobson]] || 71-71-70-72=284 |- | {{flagicon|THA}} [[Thongchai Jaidee]] || 72-70-73-69=284 |- |rowspan=5 align=center|T79 || {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Bradley Dredge]] || 69-71-75-70=285 || rowspan=5 align=center|+5 || rowspan=5 align=center|16,900 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Billy Horschel]] || 72-70-71-72=285 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Matt Jones (golfer)|Matt Jones]] || 74-68-70-73=285 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Stuard]] || 70-70-75-70=285 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Danny Willett]] || 71-70-74-70=285 |- |align=center|84 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Cameron Tringale]] || 72-68-77-69=286 || align=center|+6 || align=center|16,600 |- |align=center|85 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Westwood]] || 69-70-73-75=287 || align=center|+7 || align=center|16,500 |- |align=center|86 || {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Thomas Pieters]] || 71-70-75-74=290 || align=center|+10 || align=center|16,400 |- |align=center rowspan=70|CUT || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Luke Donald]] || 72-71=143 || rowspan=9 align=center|+3 || align=center rowspan=70| |- | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Victor Dubuisson]] || 69-74=143 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ryan Helminen]] || 72-71=143 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Smylie Kaufman]] || 73-70=143 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Kirk]] || 74-69=143 |- | {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Rory McIlroy]] (c) || 74-69=143 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Piercy]] || 72-71=143 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Wood (golfer)|Chris Wood]] || 69-74=143 |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Yang Yong-eun]] (c) || 72-71=143 |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[An Byeong-hun]] || 72-72=144 || rowspan=10 align=center|+4 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Zac Blair]] || 73-71=144 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[J. B. Holmes]] || 75-69=144 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Rikard Karlberg]] || 72-72=144 |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Si-woo]] || 71-73=144 |- | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Thorbjørn Olesen]] || 70-74=144 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rod Perry (golfer)|Rod Perry]] || 73-71=144 |- | {{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Vijay Singh]] (c) || 74-70=144 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brendan Steele]] || 71-73=144 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Harold Varner III]] || 72-72=144 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jason Bohn]] || 71-74=145 || rowspan=11 align=center|+5 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kevin Chappell]] || 72-73=145 |- | {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Darren Clarke]] || 74-71=145 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Matt Dobyns]] || 73-72=145 |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio García]] || 71-74=145 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Charley Hoffman]] || 75-70=145 |- | {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Shane Lowry]] || 72-73=145 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bryce Molder]] || 74-71=145 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ben Polland]] || 72-73=145 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kevin Streelman]] || 75-70=145 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gary Woodland]] || 73-72=145 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rich Berberian, Jr.]] || 72-74=146 || rowspan=8 align=center|+6 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jonas Blixt]] || 75-71=146 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Kristoffer Broberg]] || 72-74=146 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mark Brown (American golfer)|Mark Brown]] || 75-71=146 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Matt Kuchar]] || 74-72=146 |- | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Anirban Lahiri]] || 73-73=146 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Malnati]] || 73-73=146 |- | {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Bernd Wiesberger]] || 75-71=146 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Daly (golfer)|John Daly]] (c) || 74-73=147 || rowspan=8 align=center|+7 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tony Finau]] || 77-70=147 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Gaffney]] || 74-73=147 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rob Labritz]] || 71-76=147 |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Lee Soo-min (golfer)|Lee Soo-min]] || 77-70=147 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jamie Lovemark]] || 71-76=147 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[David Muttitt]] || 73-74=147 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[David Toms]] (c) || 74-73=147 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Block]] || 72-76=148 || rowspan=9 align=center|+8 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Greg Chalmers]] || 72-76=148 |- | {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Nicolas Colsaerts]] || 72-76=148 |- | {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Fabián Gómez]] || 75-73=148 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jim Herman]] || 77-71=148 |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Kyung-tae]] || 77-71=148 |- | {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Johan Kok]] || 72-76=148 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Josh Speight]] || 77-71=148 |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Wang Jeung-hun]] || 73-75=148 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dustin Johnson]] || 77-72=149 || rowspan=5 align=center|+9 |- | {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Graeme McDowell]] || 74-75=149 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rocco Mediate]] || 76-73=149 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Troy Merritt]] || 77-72=149 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Joe Summerhays]] || 76-73=149 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mitch Lowe (golfer)|Mitch Lowe]] || 74-76=150 || rowspan=4 align=center|+10 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tommy Sharp]] || 77-73=150 |- | {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Brandon Stone]] || 79-71=150 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Omar Uresti]] || 72-78=150 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Shaun Micheel]] (c) || 77-74=151 || rowspan=2 align=center|+11 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brad Ott]] || 79-72=151 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Wyatt Worthington II]] || 76-76=152 || align=center|+12 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[James Morrison (golfer)|James Morrison]] || 78-76=154 || rowspan=2 align=center|+14 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rick Schuller]] || 78-76=154 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brad Lardon]] || 83-74=157 || align=center|+17 |}
====Scorecard==== ''Final round'' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Hole!! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18 |- |Par||4 ||4 ||4 ||3 ||4 ||4 ||4 ||4 ||3 ||4 ||4 ||3 ||4 ||4 ||4 ||3 ||5 ||5 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Walker || −11 || −11 || −11 || −11 || −11 || −11 || −11 || −11 || −11 || style="background: Pink;"|−12 || style="background: Pink;"|−13 || −13 || −13 || −13 || −13 || −13 || style="background: Pink;"|−14 || −14 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Day || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−9 || −9 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8 || −8 || style="background: Pink;"|−9 || −9 || −9 || −9 || style="background: Pink;"|−10 || −10 || style="background: Pink;"|−11 || −11 || −11 || −11 || −11 || −11 || −11 || style="background: Red;"|−13 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Summerhays || −6 || −6 || −6 || −6 || −6 || −6 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5 || −5 || style="background: Pink;"|−6 || −6 || −6 || style="background: Pink;"|−7 || style="background: Pink;"|−8 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7 || style="background: Pink;"|−8 || style="background: Pink;"|−9 || −9 || style="background: Pink;"|−10 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Grace || −6 || style="background: Pink;"|−7 || −7 || style="background: Pink;"|−8 || −8 || −8 || style="background: Pink;"|−9 || −9 || −9 || −9 || −9 || −9 || style="background: Pink;"|−10 || −10 || −10 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−9 || −9 || −9 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Koepka || −9 || −9 || −9 || −9 || −9 || −9 || −9 || −9 || −9 || −9 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8 || −8 || −8 || −8 || style="background: Pink;"|−9 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8 || −8 || style="background: Pink;"|−9 |- |align=left| {{flagicon|JPN}} Matsuyama || −7 || −7 || −7 || −7 || −7 || −7 || −7 || −7 || −7 || −7 || style="background: Pink;"|−8 || −8 || −8 || −8 || −8 || −8 || −8 || style="background: Pink;"|−9 |- |align=left| {{flagicon|DEU}} Kaymer || −4 || style="background: Pink;"|−5 || −5 || −5 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−4 || −4 || style="background: Pink;"|−5 || −5 || −5 || −5 || −5 || style="background: Pink;"|−6 || −6 || style="background: Pink;"|−7 || −7 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6 || −6 || style="background: Red;"|−8 |- |align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} Stenson || −9 || −9 || −9 || −9 || −9 || style="background: Pink;"|−10 || −10 || −10 || −10 || −10 || −10 || −10 || −10 || −10 || style="background: Green;"|−8 || −8 || −8 || −8 |- |align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Streb || −7 || −7 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6 || −6 || style="background: Pink;"|−7 || −7 || −7 || −7 || style="background: Pink;"|−8 || −8 || style="background: Pink;"|−9 || −9 || −9 || −9 || −9 || −9 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8 || −8 |} ''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par'' {| class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%" |-<!-- |style="background: Orange;" width=10| |Double Eagle --> |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey<!-- |style="background: Olive;" width=10| |Triple bogey+ --> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{official website|http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2016}} *[http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2016/tournamentid=2016058/index.html Coverage on the European Tour's official site]
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