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PGA Championship playoff format: Rules, holes played

Xander Schauffele smiles with his caddie Austin Kaiser on the eighth hole green during the first round of the 106th PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club on May 16, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky.

The PGA Championship uses a unique playoff format. Here's how it goes down if there needs to be one at Valhalla Golf Club.

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The PGA Championship uses a unique playoff format that’s different from the other three majors.

If more than two players are tied after 72 holes, they’ll use a three-hole aggregate to decide the winner. Right, that means no sudden death playoff.

For a playoff in the 2024 PGA Championship, if necessary, the players will play holes 13, 17 and 18 at Valhalla Golf Club. The lowest three-hole total wins. If there’s a tie after three holes they’ll move to sudden death and play Nos. 18, 13, 17 and 18, repeated.

Only five PGA Championships have needed the three-hole aggregate playoff, the first of which came at Valhalla in 2000, when Tiger Woods beat Bob May.

The last time the PGA Championship needed a playoff, Justin Thomas beat Will Zalatoris at the 2022 PGA Championship.

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