• Bethpage State Park to host the PGA Championship for the first time (two U.S. Opens, two THE NORTHERN TRUSTs)
• Tiger Woods (2002 U.S. Open), Lucas Glover (2009 U.S. Open) and Patrick Reed (2016 THE NORTHERN TRUST) have won events at Bethpage and are in the field
• The PGA Championship is Tiger Woods’ first opportunity to tie Sam Snead’s record for 82 PGA Tour wins
• Brooks Koepka aims to become first to successfully defend title since Tiger Woods in 2007
• Jordan Spieth can become the sixth player to complete the career Grand Slam and first to do so at the PGA Championship
• Event will be played prior to the month of August for just the second time since 1971 (2016 moved to July due to Olympics)
• At 264, Brooks Koepka set PGA Championship record for best 72-hole score (previously 265 by David Toms/2001)
• Last year’s win at Bellerive Country Club marked Koepka’s fourth career win on the PGA Tour
• Tiger Woods claimed 31^st runner-up finish on the PGA TOUR and seventh in a major championship
• Playing as a PGA of America special invite, Adam Scott (3^rd) claimed best finish on PGA Tour in two years

• In 100^th start on the PGA TOUR, became just the fifth player to win the U.S. Open and PGA Championship in the same year (Gene Sarazen/1922, Ben Hogan/1948, Jack Nicklaus/1980, Tiger Woods/2001)
• Became the first player to win two major championships in the same season since Jordan Spieth (2015 Masters, U.S. Open)
• Making his seventh start in the PGA Championship, with other top-five finishes coming in 2015/T5 (Whistling Straits) and 2016/T4 (Baltusrol GC)
• In first start of the 2018-19 PGA Tour Season, claimed his fifth TOUR title at THE CJ CUP @ NINE Bridges
• Making his 12^th start of the 2018-19 season. In addition to the victory in Korea, finished T2 at The Honda Classic and Masters Tournament. Comes off a solo-fourth at last week’s AT&T Byron Nelson

• The PGA Championship is the 30th event in the 43-tournament PGA TOUR Regular Season schedule. Three FedExCup Playoffs events will follow in August, the final event being the TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta where the FedExCup will be awarded.
• Matt Kuchar leads the FedExCup standings by 468 points over Xander Schauffele on the strength of two wins and a total of six top-10 finishes this season. Only Schauffele (468 behind) and Rory McIlroy (498 points behind) can mathematically move to No. 1 in the FedExCup standings with a win this week
• Ten of the 11 different FedExCup champions are in the field: Tiger Woods (2007, 2009), Vijay Singh (2008), Jim Furyk (2010), Brandt Snedeker (2012), Henrik Stenson (2013), Billy Horschel (2014), Jordan Spieth (2015), Rory McIlroy (2016), Justin Thomas (2017) and Justin Rose (2018). Bill Haas (2011) is not in the field
• The last eight winners of the PGA Championship have advanced to the TOUR Championship.  Last year’s winner Brooks Koepka went on to finish ninth in the final standings after East Lake
• The current top five players in the FedExCup have accounted for seven wins and 27 top-10 finishes

Player Notes

• Four-time PGA Championship winner (1999, 2000, 2006, 2007) one shy of the record held by Walter Hagen and Jack Nicklaus
• Making his 20^th PGA Championship start, with five top-10 finishes in addition to his victories
• Won the 2002 U.S. Open at Bethpage State Park (Black) and was T6 at the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage State Park
• Finished T38 at THE NORTHERN TRUST at Bethpage State Park in 2012 (Did not compete in 2016)
• Making his seventh start of the 2018-19 season with top-10 finishes at the Masters (1^st), WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play (T5), WGC-Mexico Championship (T10)
• In search of his 82^nd PGA Tour win to tie Sam Snead for all-time record
• In search of his 16^th major championship victory
• With a win, would have won two majors in a season for the first time since 2006 (Open Championship, PGA Championship)

• Reigning FedExCup champion poised to make his 17^th start in the PGA Championship
• Best of three top-10 finishes at the PGA Championship is T3 in 2012
• Missed the cut at the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black (Did not compete in 2002)
• Finished T46 (2012) and T31 (2016) at THE NORTHERN TRUST at Bethpage State Park
• Winner of 10 PGA TOUR titles, including the 2019 Farmers Insurance Open
• Looking for second major championship title (2013 U.S. Open)

• Current FedExCup points leader to make 11^th PGA Championship start
• Three top-10 finishes in the PGA Championship: T7/2015, T9/2017, T10/2010
• Remains in search of first major championship title in 54^th start
• In search of his 12^th top-10 finish in a major championship; best showing is solo-second at the 2017 Open Championship
• Captured eighth and ninth PGA Tour victories this season at the Mayakoba Golf Classic and Sony Open in Hawaii
• Most recent of 12 runner-up finishes on Tour came in his last start (RBC Heritage)

• Making his 10^th start in the PGA Championship with top-10 finishes in 2009 (T10), 2010 (T5), 2013 (T8) and 2015 (T7)
• In search of his second major championship title (2016 U.S. Open) in his 40^th start
• Winner of 20 PGA Tour events, including 2019 WGC-Mexico Championship
• Finished T40 at the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage State Park
• Finished T3 (2012) and T18 (2016) at THE NORTHERN TRUST OPEN at Bethpage State Park

• 2012, 2014 PGA Championship winner to make his 11^th start in the event
• Additional top-10 finishes came in 2009 (T3), 2010 (T3) and 2013 (T8)
• Additional major championship titles came at the 2011 U.S. Open and 2014 Open Championship
• Making his 42^nd major championship start
• Finished T10 at the 2009 U.S. Open and T24 (2012) and T31 (2016) at THE NORTHERN TRUST at Bethpage State Park
• Among eight top-10 finishes in 10 starts this season was his 15^th Tour victory (THE PLAYERS Championship)

• 2005 PGA Championship winner making his 27^th consecutive start in the event, dating to 1993
• In addition to the 2005 win at Baltusrol Golf Club, has eight top-10 finishes
• Finished runner-up at the 2002 and 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage State Park
• Making his 106^th major championship start with five wins: Masters Tournament/2004, 2006, 2010, PGA Championship/2005, The Open Championship/2013
• Has a total of 38 top-10 finishes in major championships
• Most recent of 44 PGA Tour titles came at the 2019 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

• Making his third start in the PGA Championship (MC/2017, T35/2018)
• Has finished no worse than T6 in four of eight major championship starts; best are T2s (2018 Open Championship, 2019 Masters)
• In 26 career starts at top tournaments (majors, THE PLAYERS, World Golf Championships, FedExCup Playoffs), has two wins, three second-place finishes, nine top-10s and 17 top-25s
• Is one of three players to win a WGC and a FedExCup Playoffs event in the last three seasons (Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas are the others)
• In search of his fifth career Tour title and third of the season (WGC-HSBC Champions, Sentry Tournament of Champions)
• Lone missed cut this season in 12 starts came at THE PLAYERS Championship

• Three-time major champion would be the sixth player to complete the career Grand Slam with a victory (joining Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods) and the first to do so at the PGA Championship
• Will be 25 years, 9 months, 22 days old on Sunday, May 19^th; only Woods completed his fourth leg before turning 26 (24 years, 6 months, 23 days at 2000 Open Championship)
• Major titles: 2015 Masters Tournament, 2015 U.S. Open, 2017 Open Championship
• Finished runner-up in 2015
• Has one top-10 in his last 26 PGA TOUR starts (T9/2018 Open Championship) and currently stands 150^th in the FedExCup standings

• Since the PGA Championship a stroke-play event in 1958, the third-round leader/co-leader has gone on to win 35 times in 61 events, including four of the past five champions
• Largest winning margin: eight strokes by Rory McIlroy/2012
• Lowest final-round score by winner: 64 (7-under-par) by Steve Elkington/1995
• Most appearances: