Practice Round Reservations Open Monday, April, 7 at 10:00 AM ET - A link will be sent to players one day prior.

Official Practice Round Dates:

• Thursday April 24: 7:00AM - 5:00PM - 1st Tees ONLY 

• Friday April 25: 7:00AM - 5:00PM - 10th Tees ONLY

• Saturday April 26: 7:00AM - 3:00PM - 1st Tee ONLY Ryder Course

• Saturday April 26: 1:00PM - 3:00PM- 1st Tee ONLY Wanamaker Course  

Tees Close: The first tees on both courses will close at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 26.
Range: Open for all players beginning Thursday, April 24, at 6:00 a.m.
Fees: No fees will be charged for practice rounds Thursday - Saturday.

Unofficial Practice Round Information:

• PGA Members can request tee-sheet access up to six (6) days in advance. To book a time please call 800.800.4653. PGA Members will be responsible for all fees associated with these tee times. 

• PGA Golf Club will be closed for unofficial practice rounds Tuesday, April 22 and Wednesday, April 23. 

On Saturday, April 26, 2025, there will be a Pro-Sponsor tournament held on the Wanamaker Course, beginning at 8:00 a.m. (shotgun).  The professionals required to play in this event will include former PGA Professional Champions (and other invited players).  If at all possible, affected players will be notified with additional details directly by April 10, 2025.

Shorts are allowed during Practice Rounds and Pro-Sponsor events. Shorts must be hemmed not more than two inches above the knee and professional looking in appearance. All attire must be hemmed appropriately for a major professional golf championship and players must present a neat appearance, appropriate for a major professional golf championship. No shoes with metal spikes are permitted during the Championship.

Males: Slacks must be worn during Championship Rounds when on club property.

Females: Slacks, walking shorts, skorts or golf skirts/dresses may be worn when on club property.

Rounds 1 & 2:   Will be posted online at www.PGATournaments.com the morning of Thursday, April 24.  Round 1 times will be texted to players on Saturday, April 26.

Rounds 3 & 4:   Will be available approximately 90 minutes after play on the night prior to each respective round. They will be texted to all participating players who provide their mobile phone number and will also be posted on at www.PGATournaments.com. 

Results:   Complete results will be posted on-line at www.PGATournaments.com each day after all play is completed.

Planned starting time structure coming soon.

Website:  go.PGA.com/Scoring 

Rounds:   Live scoring will be available for all four rounds of the Championship. 

Total Purse: Will be announced closer to the Championship. Players must return a 54-hole scorecard to share in the purse.

1st Place: $66,700.

Players making the 36-hole cut, but not making the 54-hole cut, will earn $1000 each*. Any player making the final cut but failing to turn in a 72-hole scorecard will make $1000.

*The PGA of America reserves the right to reduce the field to the low 70 players, plus ties, after the first two days of the Championship, if 36 holes have not been completed. If the cut is made to low 70 players and ties after 36 holes, players that are 90 and ties or better who are cut will earn 1st cut money ($1000)

Prize Money Distribution:
All players (and any player Corporation) must have an active Workday account to receive prize money payments from the PGA of America.  Please CLICK HERE to access Workday FAQs and details in creating/accessing/updating your account. For payout expediency, direct deposit payments are strongly encouraged.

If you have issues accessing your Workday account, please email the PGA Support Team at:
suppliersupport@pgahq.com

There is a hole in one Club Car Golf Car on hole #17 of the Wanamaker Course. This will be awarded  to the first hole in one each round, only.

CHAMPIONSHIP (1st place): In the event of a tie for the Championship, there will be a sudden death play-off on hole #18 of the Wanamaker Course. If still tied, the play-off will continue on #18, #10, and #17 repeated until a champion is determined.

TOP 20 (Corebridge Financial Team) and ALTERNATE (2025 PGA Championship): A play-off will take place to identify the top 20 players on the Corebridge Financial Team and one alternate. The play-off will begin on hole #10 of the Wanamaker Course, and if necessary, will continue to holes #11 through #18. This rotation will be repeated until the spots/alternate are determined. The exact time will be posted on the Player Website after the PGA Rules Committee has certified all scores and will also be announced in the #18 scoring tent. The Official Play-off Time is now treated as a starting time. The play-off will continue until the top 20 players are determined as well as 1 alternate. If there is not a tie for 20th, a playoff would take place for players tied for 21st (if necessary) to identify an alternate for the Corebridge Financial Team.

The alternate identified will be an alternate from the end of the PGA Professional Championship until the PGA Championship Conditional Players Deadline (May 5th, 2025). After the Conditional Player Deadline, any opening caused by a withdrawal of a Corebridge Financial Team Member will be filled by the main PGA Championship Alternate list as determined by the PGA of America. The alternate is not considered part of the Corebridge Financial Team unless they make it into the PGA Championship field and will not be allowed to play or practice on the Championship course as they cannot get into the starting field after the Conditional 

Players are given an official Yardage Book during Player Registration. Additionally, players are permitted to use other yardage books that are "USGA Compliant" under the Rules of Golf per Rule 4.3.  USGA Compliant books are often indicated on the cover or on the first couple of pages. If any players have questions, please consult with a referee. 

Local Rules & Terms of the Competition (Hard Card) 

Play is governed by the Rules of Golf effective January 2023, and where applicable, by the following Local Rules and Terms of the Competition. Committee Procedures refers to the Committee Procedures section in the current Official Guide to the Rules of Golf. The Committee refers to the PGA of America Rules Committee. Unless otherwise noted, the penalty for breach of a Local Rule in stroke play is the general penalty (two penalty strokes). The full text of Model Local Rules (MLR) can be found in Committee Procedures. 

1. COURSE BOUNDARIES AND OUT OF BOUNDS 

a. Out of bounds is defined by the line between the course-side points at ground level of white stakes and fence posts.

        b. A ball coming to rest on or beyond a road defined as out of bounds, is out of bounds, even if it comes to rest on another              

            part of the course. (MLR A-5)  

2. SPECIAL RELIEF PROCEDURES

1. An animal, other than those defined as a loose impediment, may be removed. If the ball moves there is no penalty, and the ball must be replaced. (MLR E-13) 

2. Drones: If it is known or virtually certain that a player’s ball hit a drone in flight and in bounds, the player must replay the stroke by playing the original ball or another ball from the spot where that stroke was made (See Rule 14.6).

If the player replays the stroke but does so from a wrong place, they get the general penalty under Rule 14.7.

If the player does not replay the stroke, they get the general penalty and the stroke counts, but the player has not played from a wrong place.

3. ABNORMAL COURSE CONDITIONS AND INTEGRAL OBJECTS 

        a. Ground Under Repair: 

                i) Any area encircled by a white line, including gallery crosswalks (except dropping zones or out of bounds).

                ii) Newly trenched areas, including grass-covered cables. 

                iii) French drains, which are trenches filled with rocks or stones. 

iv) lf a player’s ball lies in or touches a seam of cut turf or a seam interferes with the player’s area of intended swing in 

the general area, the player may take relief under Rule 16.1b. But interference does not exist if the seam only interferes with the player’s stance. All seams within the area of cut turf are treated as the same seam in taking relief. This means that if a player has interference from any seam after dropping the ball, the player must proceed as required under Rule 14.3c(2) even when the ball is within one club-length of the reference point. (MLR F-7) 

v) A hole made by a movable obstruction (microphone, stakes, signs, tripods, tables, chairs, etc.) may be treated as ground  under repair by the Committee. But interference does not exist if the hole interferes with the player’s stance. 

vi) Painted lines or dots in a part of the general area cut to fairway height or less. But interference does not exist if the painted lines or dots interfere only with the player’s stance. (MLR F-21.1) 

       b. Immovable Obstructions: 

i) Asphalt and artificially surfaced roads or paths. White lined areas of ground under repair tying into such roads or paths are treated as a single abnormal course condition when taking relief under Rule 16.1. (MLR F-3.1)

ii) Railroad ties, curbing or other similar artificial edges adjoining roads or paths are part of the same obstruction.

iii) Roads or paths surfaced with wood chips or mulch; the individual pieces of wood chips or mulch are loose  impediments. 

iv) Secured mats and plastic cable ramps covering cables. 

       c. Immovable Obstructions Close to Putting Greens: 

For a ball in the general area, relief may be taken under Rule 16.1b when both the ball and the immovable obstruction lie in an area cut to fairway height or less. The obstruction must be located: 

i) On or within two club-lengths of the putting green

ii) On the player’s line of play, and

iii) The ball must be within two club-lengths of the obstruction 

Exception – There is no relief under this Local Rule if the player chooses a line of play that is clearly unreasonable. (MLR F-5.2) 

       d. Integral Objects (Free relief not allowed): 

i) Artificial retaining walls and/or pilings when located in penalty areas. 

ii) The portion of wires, cables, wrappings, poles, signs and lightning rods closely attached to trees or closely attached to objects defining out of bounds. Any portion of a temporary object not closely attached may be treated as a temporary immovable obstruction by the Committee.

iii) Bunker liners in their intended position. Note: An exposed liner may be treated by the Committee as ground under repair. But interference does not exist if a liner only interferes with the player’s stance. 

       e. Temporary Immovable Obstructions: 

Model Local Rule F-23 is in effect, and includes any temporary immovable obstruction installed for the competition. Specific provisions for “Either Side” relief (F-23e.(2)) that apply to this Championship can be found in the Notice to Players. Where multiple TIOs are connected by blue lines, they are treated as one TIO. 

4. RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT 

       a. List of Conforming Driver Heads: Any driver the player uses to make a stroke must have a clubhead, identified by

           model and loft, which is on the current “List of Conforming Driver Heads” issued by the USGA.

           Penalty for making a Stroke with Club in Breach of this Local Rule: Disqualification. There is no penalty under this 

           Local Rule for carrying, but not making a stroke with a driver that is not on the “List of Conforming Driver Heads”. 

           (MLR G-1) 

         b. Groove and Punch Mark Specifications: In making a stroke, the player must use clubs that conform to the groove and

           punch mark specifications in the Equipment Rules that took effect on 1 January 2010. Ping Eye 2 irons manufactured    

           before 31 March 1990 with a groove spacing to groove width ratio of 2.3 to 1 are allowed for play under the Rules of Golf,  

           even when this Local Rule is in effect.     

           Penalty for making a Stroke with Club in Breach of this Local Rule: Disqualification. There is no penalty under this 

           Local Rule for carrying, but not making a stroke with a club which does not conform to these groove and punch mark  

           specifications. (MLR G-2) 

     c. List of Conforming Golf Balls: Any ball used in making a stroke must be on the current “List of Conforming Golf Balls”     

           issued by the USGA. This list is posted on the Official Notice Board and starting tees, is regularly updated, and can be found

           at www.usga.org. 

           Penalty for Making a Stroke at a Ball Not on Current List in Breach of this Local Rule: Disqualification. (MLR G-3)

       d. Transportation: During a round, a player or caddie must not ride on any form of motorized transportation except as  

            authorized or later approved by the Committee (A player making a stroke from where the previous stroke was made is   

            always authorized).

Penalty for Breach of Local Rule: General Penalty for each hole where the breach occurred. If the breach occurs between the play of two holes, it applies to the next hole. (MLR G-6) 

5. DEFINING WHEN AND WHERE PLAYERS MAY PRACTICE 

       a. Before or Between Rounds: Rule 5.2b is modified in this way: 

A player must not practice on the competition course before or between rounds.

Penalty for Breach of this Local Rule: 

Penalty for first breach: General Penalty (applied to the player’s first hole). 

Penalty for second breach: Disqualification. (MLR I-1.2) 

      b. Between the Play of Two Holes: 

          A player must not make any practice stroke on or near the putting green of the hole just  

          completed, or test the surface of that putting green by rubbing the putting green or rolling a ball. (MLR I-2)

6. PROCEDURES FOR BAD WEATHER AND SUSPENSIONS OF PLAY 

       a. Methods for Stopping and Resuming Play: A suspension for a dangerous situation will be signaled by one prolonged 

           note of a horn. All other suspensions will be signaled by three consecutive notes of a horn. In either case,   

           resumption of play will be signaled by two short notes of a horn. See Rule 5.7 (MLR J-1)     

           Note: All practice areas are closed during an immediate suspension for a dangerous situation until the Committee has    

           declared them open.

b. Removal of Temporary Water on the Putting Green:                                                                                                                                                                                                             If a player’s ball lies on the putting green and there is interference by temporary water on the putting green the player may

            - Take free relief under Rule 16-1d or 

            - Have their line of play squeegeed 

Such squeegeeing should be done across the line of play and extend a reasonable distance beyond the hole (that is at least one roller length) and only be carried out by individuals designated by the Committee. (MLR J-2) 

Note: The Committee may squeegee the putting green at any time.

7. COMMITTEE PACE OF PLAY POLICY 

          See Rule 5.6b(3). The Local Rule setting a Pace of Play Policy, including penalties for not following this Policy, is published   

          and posted on the Official Notice Board and starting tees. 

8. STARTING POINT DEFINED 

          For the purpose of applying Rule 5.3a, the starting point for hole #1 and hole #10 is defined by the rope, gallery stakes,  

          green bike fencing and/or blue stakes, blue dots or blue lines. 

9. RETURNING SCORECARD 

       a. Scoring Area: For the purpose of applying Rule 3.3b(2), a player’s scorecard is treated as returned 15 minutes after the                      

           scorecard is accepted into the electronic scoring system.

Exception: A player’s scorecard is returned if any of the following four events occur, even if it occurs before the 15-minute time limit has expired or the player is still in the scoring area:

            - Starting times have been released after a cut has been made.

             - The player begins their next round.

            - Any player has made a stroke to begin a playoff.

            - The competition has closed.

       b. Modification of Penalty Under Rule 3.3b(2) for Missing Player or Marker Certification: If a player returns a scorecard 

           without the hole scores being certified either by the player, the marker or both, the player gets the general penalty (two 

           penalty strokes). The penalty applies to the last hole of the player’s round. (MLR L-1) 

10. WHEN THE RESULT OF THE COMPETITION IS FINAL 

 The competition is final when all scores have been validated in the scoring system by the scoring official and approved by    the Committee. In the event of a play-off, the competition is final when the play-off scores have been approved by the   Committee.

PGA OF AMERICA RULES COMMITTEE

The Championship Committee shall be authorized to impose Minor Penalties consisting of a fine of $150 for the first offense, a fine of $250 for the second offense, and a disqualification for a third offense. If a player utilizes a caddie, the player is responsible for Code of Conduct breaches by the caddie under Rule 10.3. Additionally, if behavior is deemed excessively unacceptable the Championship Committee may disqualify a player at any time.  Offenses include:

Club throwing, slamming, or breaking

Damage to course equipment or property*

Abuse, oral (profanity) or otherwise directed at rules officials, other players, spectators, sponsors, championship staff, volunteers, or others

Consumption of alcoholic beverages and/or marijuana use (unless pre-approved as a treatment for a medical condition) during practice rounds and/or championship rounds

Listening to music during competition rounds (no headphones)

Failure to adhere to the dress code of both the host facility and the PGA of America

More specifically, at PGA of America Championships:

Hats/visors should be worn with the brim forward

Tank tops, T-shirts, denim shorts, jeans, gym shorts, sweatpants are prohibited

Any other conduct unbecoming of a PGA of America Member

Additionally, the Championship Committee shall have the authority to make decisions and/or establish rules in the best interests of The PGA of America and the Championship for any issues not addressed by these Rules and Regulations.

All Code of Conduct offenses carry through the Championship (e.g. First offense during Round 1 could lead to a second offense during Round 2).

In the event the Championship Committee determines that the act(s) warrant a Major Penalty, the Player may be subject to an additional fine amount, suspension, and/or permanent disbarment from tournament play.

*Along with potential fines, Players may be responsible for covering the costs of any damage they cause to course equipment or property.

The following additional benefits are subject to change at any time. Players will forfeit the following benefits earned through their 2025 PGA Professional Championship performance if they fail to meet eligibility criteria/ dates for any specific event listed below.  Players participating from the forward tees shall not be eligible to earn playing privileges in the PGA Championship and tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the DP World Tour, PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions, Korn Ferry TOUR, or the USGA.  Prior to playing at the Section level, women must declare if they will be playing from the forward tees.

1st Place:  In addition to the opportunities listed below, the Champion will receive the following benefits: Exemption into PGA Professional Championships, until the Champion reaches 60 years of age or for a minimum of 10 years after victory, whichever is the later, provided eligibility requirements are maintained.

If playing from the back tees, exemption into a maximum of six (6) PGA TOUR open tournaments. Subject to confirmation and approval of the PGA TOUR, and to the availability of places in particular tournament fields as determined by the PGA TOUR, the current PGA Professional Champion is exempt for a maximum of six (6) open tournaments, beginning in January the following year and concluding at the end of the calendar year, in addition to any sponsor exemptions. Three of these events must be PGA TOUR Alternate events (i.e. open tournaments played opposite Designated events, Invitational events, or Major Championships). Additional questions and information can be directed to PGA TOUR Competitions at 800.742.2244.  

If playing from the back tees, exemption into the 2025 South African PGA Championship, to be played at (date & venue TBD).

Exemption into the 2025 Senior PGA Professional Championship, to be played at PGA Golf Club, provided all eligibility requirements are met.

Top 5 Finishers playing from the back tees:  The Top 5 eligible finishers, including ties to a floor of 10th position, will be exempted into Second Qualifying Stage of the Korn Ferry TOUR, provided an entry is filed by their deadline. 

Top 10 Finishers playing from the back tees:  The Top 10 finishers, excluding ties, will be exempted into Final Qualifying Stage of the 2025 Open Championship, to be played at Royal Portrush, Northern Ireland, provided an entry is filed by their deadline.  Tie-Breaker: Ties will be broken by comparing Final Round scores. If still tied, the following tie-breakers will be used until the tie is broken: Third Round Score, Second Round Score, First Round Score, and then the USGA Tie-Breaker method for the final round (e.g. holes 10-18, holes 13-18 etc.)

Corebridge Financial Team (top 20 Finishers playing from the back tees):  The Corebridge Financial Team (top 20 finishers) will earn an exemption into the 2025 PGA Championship played at Qual Hallow, during the week of May 15-18, 2025.  All players and their caddies must walk during this Championship.  This Team will also earn points towards becoming a member of the 2026 PGA Cup Team.

The Corebridge Financial Team, will be exempted into Final Qualifying (only) for the 2025 U.S. Open played at Oakmont Country Club, NC , June 12-15, 2025, provided an entry is filed by their deadline. 

Top 20 Finishers, plus ties:  The Top 20 finishers, including ties, will be exempted into the 2026 PGA Professional Championship, during April 2026 at Bandon Dunes.

All Female Participants making the cut:  All female participants making the first cut will earn points towards the 2026 Women's PGA Cup Team.

All participants playing from the back tees:  All playing participants are exempted into First Qualifying Stage of the Korn Ferry TOUR, providing an entry is filed by their deadline.  

Top 40 Finishers: The Top 40 finishers, will be awarded points toward the 2026 PGA Cup Team. More information can be found here.