Which Courses Have Hosted The Most PGA Championships?

One golf club in Oklahoma has hosted the PGA Championship on five occasions

PGA Championship venue Southern Hills Country Club
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This year is the second time that Quail Hollow in North Carolina has hosted the PGA Championship.

This is a Major Championship that has a history of touring the United States, and it has been to some of the most famous venues in the game, including Medinah, Riviera, Pebble Beach, Congressional, and Oakmont.

Here are the venues that have hosted the PGA Championship the most times, one of which is set to welcome the tournament back for a record-extending sixth time in 2032.

Southern Hills Country Club, Oklahoma (5)

Justin Thomas en route to winning at Southern Hills in 2022

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No golf club has hosted the PGA Championship more than Southern Hills, a private, member-owned country club in Tulsa.

The Championship Course, which was originally designed by Perry Maxwell and opened for play in 1936, first hosted the the tournament in 1970, the year Dave Stockton won the first of two PGA Championship titles

The other players to have tasted glory here are Raymond Floyd (1982), Nick Price (1994), Tiger Woods (2007), and Justin Thomas (2022).

It was announced prior to the 2025 contest, that the PGA Championship will return to Southern Hills in 2032.

Valhalla, Kentucky (4)

Rory McIlroy en route to winning the 2014 PGA Championship at Valhalla

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Valhalla has hosted the PGA Championship on four occasions, most recently in 2024, when Xander Schauffele won his first Major Championship.

The Louisville club hosted the tournament for the first time in 1996, which was when Kentucky's own Kenny Perry lost out in a sudden-death playoff against Mark Brooks.

Tiger Woods won here in 2000, which was his third consecutive Major victory, and Rory McIlroy claimed his fourth Major title at the Ryder Cup venue in 2014.

Oak Hill Country Club, New York (4)

Jack Nicklaus wins PGA Championship at Oak Hill

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Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York is another four-time PGA Championship host venue.

The East Course has also hosted the Ryder Cup, three US Opens, two US Amateurs, the US Senior Open, and two Senior PGA Championships.

It was here, in 2023, that Brooks Koepka joined Jack Nicklaus and Woods as the only players to win three PGA titles in the strokeplay era.

Previous winners at Oak Hill Country Club also include Jason Dufner (2013), Shaun Micheel (2003), and Nicklaus (1980).

Michael Weston
Contributing editor

Michael has been with Golf Monthly since 2008. A multimedia journalist, he has also worked for The Football Association, where he created content to support the England football team, The FA Cup, London 2012, and FA Women's Super League. As content editor at Foremost Golf, Michael worked closely with golf's biggest equipment manufacturers and has developed an in-depth knowledge of this side of the industry. He's a regular contributor, covering instruction, equipment, travel and feature content. Michael has interviewed many of the game's biggest stars, including seven World No.1s, and has attended and reported on numerous Major Championships and Ryder Cups around the world. He's a member of Formby Golf Club in Merseyside, UK.

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