PGA Grand Slam of Golf

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The PGA Grand Slam of Golf is the world's most exclusive tournament. It is an annual off season golf tournament contested by the year's winners of the four major championships of regular men's golf, which are The Masters, the U.S. Open, The Open Championship (British Open), and the PGA Championship. It is one of several invitational events for leading male golfers which are held each year in November and December after the PGA Tour and the European Tour seasons have concluded. The competition is organized by the PGA of America and the prize money does not count towards the PGA Tour money list.

The tournament has been staged since 1979 with a couple of short breaks. It is a 2 day, 36-hole stroke-play competition. If a player wins more than one major in a calendar year, the PGA of America will fill the four-man field by inviting the former major winner(s) with the best overall finishes in that year's majors. Initially the PGA Grand Slam of Golf was played at a different golf course each year, but since 1994, the Poipu Bay Golf Course in Koloa, Hawaii on the island of Kauai has been the tournament's permanent home. The prize fund is $1.25 million, of which $500,000 goes to the winner. This is likely to be the lowest first prize some of the competitors have played for all year, but on the other hand there is a guaranteed $200,000 for coming in last. The tournament in Hawaii allowed the event to be televised in prime-time American television with live coverage because of the time difference.

In 2007 the tournament will move to Bermuda and it will be played in mid October, reflecting the earlier end to the main part of the PGA Tour season after the introduction of the FedEx Cup. [1]