Among the four major tournaments of professional golf, the PGA Championship features more players in the Top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking than any of the others, making it the strongest field in the game.

The PGA Championship consistently receives accolades from pros about course setup and moderate difficulty level regardless of venue, a combination that rewards great shots and consistently leads to birdies and eagles — not to mention intense competition between the game's most elite players.

At other tournaments, players may settle for par. However, as the most wide-open of the majors, the PGA Championship demands aggressive play. Time and again, over the century-long course of its history, this tournament has yielded some of the most exciting play in all of professional golf.

In 2019, for the first time ever, the PGA Championship is moving from the sweltering heat of August to the milder conditions of May, settling into a new spot as the second major of the season. The 101st edition of the tournament will take place at the Bethpage Black Course, an 80-year-old public course located in Long Island, New York, which hosted the U.S. Open in 2002 and 2009.

The Black Course is the most difficult of the Bethpage State Park's five 18-hole courses and ranks No. 6 in Golf Digest's list of "America's 50 Toughest Golf Courses." This year's total purse is expected to surpass last year's $11 million, of which winner Brooks Koepka took home almost $2 million, coming in two strokes under runner-up Tiger Woods.

Various ticketing options and VIP packages allow ticket holders their place along the ropes to watch three days of the top golfers in the world battle for the massive Wanamaker Trophy — the memory of a lifetime for golf fans and players alike.