88th PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Facts & Figures

Aug. 17-20, 2006
Medinah (Ill.) Country Club - No. 3 Course

PAR AND YARDAGE - Medinah’s No. 3 Course will play to a par-72 and 7,561 yards, the longest layout in major championship history. When the PGA Championship last visited Medinah in 1999, the No. 3 Course was played at 7,401 yards.

MEDINAH COUNTRY CLUB - The No. 3 Course was designed by Scottish architect Tom Bendelow, and opened for play in 1928. The original layout measured 6,215 yards and played to a par 71.

MAJOR & SIGNIFICANT CHAMPIONSHIPS AT MEDINAH- Medinah Country Club has hosted the 1999 PGA Championship, won by Tiger Woods; along with three U.S. Open Championships, one U.S. Senior Open and three Western Opens. The luminaries victorious in those other championships at Medinah include: Byron Nelson in the 1939 Western Open and 1946 Chicago Victory Open; Cary Middlecoff in the 1949 U.S. Open. Lou Graham won the 1975 U.S. Open, Hale Irwin the 1990 U.S. Open; and Gary Player in the 1988 U.S. Senior Open.

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP PHILOSOPHY ON COURSE SET-UP: The PGA of America works to set the major championship venue in a way that tests the best players in the world. It is intended to be difficult, yet fair.

HOLE-BY-HOLE

Par Yards
1 4 434
2 3 191
3 4 414
4 4 463
5 5 537
6 4 474
7 5 587
8 3 204
9 4 435
Out 36 3,739 yards

10 5 579
11 4 438
12 4 471
13 3 244
14 5 605
15 4 392
16 4 453
17 3 197
18 4 443
In 36 3,822 yards

Total - 72 7,561 yards

2005 CHAMPION - Phil Mickelson got up and down from greenside rough on thepar-5 18th hole at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., to hold of Thomas Bjorn and Steve Elkington to win the 87th PGA Championship.

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GROUPINGS AND STARTING TIMES - Groupings and starting times will be available Tuesday, Aug. 15. They will be posted on www.PGA.com. Starting times for Thursday and Friday will begin at 7 a.m., off the first and 10th tees.

IN THE EVENT OF A PLAYOFF - Since 2000, the PGA Championship has conducted a three-hole aggregate score playoff. Players tied for first place in the Championship after 72 holes will begin a three-hole aggregate score playoff on the 16th, 17th and 18th holes. If a tie still exists after the three-hole playoff, the format of the playoff changes to sudden-death, returning to Hole No. 18, and continuing in sequence to the 16th through 18th until the tie is broken.

DEFENDING THE CROWN - Phil Mickelson will attempt to be the first since Tiger Woods in 1999-2000, won back-to-back PGA Championships.

TRADITIONAL PAIRING - The reigning U.S. Open, British Open and defending PGA Champion will be paired together for the first two rounds. Defending PGA Champion Phil Mickelson, U.S. Open Champion Geoff Ogilvy and British Open Champion Tiger Woods are scheduled for the marquee pairing.

THE PURSE - The last time the PGA Championship was conducted at Medinah Country Club, the first-prize money was $630,000 for Tiger Woods. The 2006 PGA Champion will receive a first-place check from a purse that will be announced on Wednesday, Aug. 16. Last year, Phil Mickelson earned $1,170,000 from a purse of $6.37 million.

Additional benefits for the PGA Champion:
1) a U.S. Open exemption for the next five years
2) an invitation to the next five Masters Tournaments
3) an invitation to the next five British Open Championships
4) a berth in the 2006 PGA Grand Slam of Golf, Nov. 20-22, at Poipu Bay Golf Course and Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa in Kauai, Hawaii
5) 675 Ryder Cup points
6) 30 points toward the PGA Player of the Year Award

TELEVISION COVERAGE - The 88th PGA Championship will enjoy a record 28 hours of live network coverage, with 10 of those hours on CBS. Jim Nantz will anchor the CBS team from the 18th hole tower. TNT will air 18 hours over the four days of play.

HISTORY - This marks the 88th PGA Championship. The inaugural Championship was contested 90 years ago, Oct. 9-14, 1916, at Siwanoy Country Club in Bronxville, N.Y., with Jim Barnes defeating Jock Hutchison, 1-up, on the 36th hole. The PGA Championship was not held for two years, 1917-18, during World War I and 1943, during World War II.

The youngest winner of the Open was 19-year-old John McDermott, who won in 1911. Eight players age 21 or younger have won the Open, but none that young since Robert T. Jones Jr. won in 1923. Since then, Jack Nicklaus is the youngest winner at 22 years and 4 months in 1962 (Jerry Pate was 22 years and 9 months in 1976). The oldest winner is Hale Irwin, who was 45 when he won in 1990.

Only five players have ever won the Masters and U.S. Open titles in the same year - Craig Wood (1941), Ben Hogan (1951 and 1953), Arnold Palmer (1960), Jack Nicklaus (1972) and Tiger Woods (2002). Thirteen players have won both events in their professional careers, the most recent being Tiger Woods.

CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD - The starting field of 156 golfers will be cut after 36 holes to the low 70 scorers (and ties).

CONTACT AT MEDINAH - The main Media Registration number at the PGA Championship Media Center is(630) 773-5950.

For more information, please contact a member of The PGA of America’s Communications Department (561) 624-8400, or Bob Denney, Manager-Media Relations, at (630) 773-5953 (as of Aug. 11) or (561) 876-6735 (cell)