For the PGA Championship Tournament to have an identity, the should play at muni’s.

How many muni's could accommodate a tournament like this?

I'm all for it if it can logistically be done.

City Park South - here we come!

Chambers Bay

All you need is a good rotation of 8-9 or so kind of like the US Open has.

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PGA Championship to be identified as the people’s tournament.

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sorry PGA that is already taken:

I like it, and personally, I do not like when ANY major is played on an existing Tour course. IMO, it's dumb to play the AT&T and in February and then as US Open event later in the year. Pebble is awesome, but I don't need to see it twice. I think it takes some of the luster away. PGA and US Open should be played on non-"regular" tour sites. Municipal course would be a huge bonus. Just not sure how many Tour-quality muni's are out there.

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PGA would show they want the game to be accessible for everyone

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WTF? What more does the PGA or any other organization need to do to project "accessibility"? The game is available to any person, from blue blood aristocrat on the NE coast to jorts wearing rednecks in Kansas.

What does playing it on exclusive and/or private courses- which i assume are more difficult- have to do with accessibility?

Sounds like you are asking for greater accessibility to the host courses of PGA majors. Bring your kwan, wish granted.

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And be reasonable, $300/750 to play Pebble, Whistling, Erin, Pinehurst is not really accessible).

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but can still do it. No chance of playing Shinicock or Merion.

Memorial park here we go

-30 champions

Pebble Beach
The Ocean Course at Kiawah
Pinehurst No. 2
Harding Park
Torrey Pines
Erin Hills
Harbour Town
Kapalua Plantation Course
Chambers Bay
Fallen Oak
Old Waverly
Whistling Straits
Cog Hill
Bethpage
Greenbrier
Spyglass


Those are just the public ones I saw skimming the Top 100 that have hosted or host PGA tournaments of some form or fashion. These aren't really "munis" in the sense of being ownes by the municipalaity.


I'd much rather the PGA be the architecture snob tournament. Send them to places with small crowds and small infrastructure, but great architecture. Pine Valley, Seminole, Bandon, Streamsong, etc.

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Let’s be honest, the few Championship courses that are accessible to the majority of golfers is Bethpage, Torrey, and now Harding Park. (And be reasonable, $300/750 to play Pebble, Whistling, Erin, Pinehurst is not really accessible).

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so you want the championship courses to be accessible? Again, wouldn't that be the responsibility of the individual course, not the PGA?

and the rate to play these championship courses is apparently feasible, cause people are playing them or have memberships.

Your issue is with the courses not the PGA. Its not a matter of accessibility. Its a matter of you not being able to afford it to play a specific course that was host to the pros. Thats not on the PGA (IMO).