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PGA Championship Facts and Figures
Event:   82nd PGA Championship. 
Dates:   Aug. 17-20. 
Site:   Valhalla Golf Club. 
Length:   7,167 yards. 
Par:   36-36-72. 
Format:   72 holes (18 daily) stroke play. 
Playoff, if necessary:   Three holes, stroke play. 
Purse:   To be announced week of the championship ($3.5 million in 1999). 
Winner's share:   TBA ($630,000 in '99). 
Prize:   Wanamaker Trophy. 
Field:   125 touring pros, 25 club professionals. 
Defending champion:   Tiger Woods 
Last year:   Woods had a five-stroke lead with seven holes to play when 19-year-old Sergio Garcia came storming back and closed to within one. The shot of the year came on the 16th, when Garcia gouged out a 6-iron from between tree roots -- his eyes closed, no less -- and reached the green to make his par. Woods saved par on the 17th with an 8-foot putt and two-putted for par on the 18th to close with a 72. He finished at 11-under 277 for a one-stroke victory over Garcia. 
Defending PGA champion at Valhalla:   Mark Brooks (1996). 
Former champions in field:   Paul Azinger (1993), Mark Brooks (1996), John Daly (1991), Steve Elkington (1995), Wayne Grady (1990), Davis Love III (1997), Vijay Singh (1998), Jeff Sluman (1988), Hal Sutton (1983), Bob Tway (1986), Lanny Wadkins (1977), Tiger Woods (1999) 
Television (all times EDT):   Thursday-Friday, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., TNT. Saturday-Sunday, 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., TNT. 1:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., CBS. 
 

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