2008 PGA Championship
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| Dates | August 7–10, 2008 |
| Location | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan |
| Course(s) | Oakland Hills Country Club |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour PGA European Tour |
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| Par | 70 |
| Yardage | 7,395 |
| Purse | $7,000,000 |
| Winner's share | $1,260,000 |
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The 2008 PGA Championship is the 90th PGA Championship and will be played August 7 through August 10, 2008 at the South Course of Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Tiger Woods is the two-time defending champion, winning the PGA Championship in 2006 and 2007.
Television coverage will be provided by CBS and TNT.
[edit] Field
The complete field has not yet been determined. The following is the qualification criteria that will be used to select the field:
- All former PGA Champions
- Winners of the last five U.S. Opens
- Winners of the last five Masters
- Winners of the last five Open Championships
- The last Senior PGA Champion
- The low 15 scorers and ties in the previous PGA Championship
- The 20 low scorers in the last PGA Professional National Championship
- The 70 leaders in official money standings (starting one week prior to the previous year's PGA Championship and ending two weeks prior to the current year's PGA Championship)
- Members of the most recent United States Ryder Cup Team
- Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour
The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above. The total field is a maximum of 156 players. Vacancies are filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings).
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| Preceded by 2008 Open Championship |
Major Championships | Succeeded by 2009 Masters Tournament |
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