The 2024 PGA Championship will cause millions of eyeballs to focus on its host for the week – Valhalla Golf Club. More specifically, significant numbers of amateur golfers will gaze at the stage for this week’s drama, the golf course, and dream of teeing it up there one day.
However, the likelihood is that most people will never realise that ambition as the Kentucky club is members only and can exclusively be visited by those who have been integrated into that community or know someone who has.
Do not fear, though, as there are several alternative options available to you if ‘playing a PGA Championship venue’ is on your golfing bucket list…
TPC HARDING PARK
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Based in south-western San Francisco, TPC Harding Park has an 18-hole par-72 that hosted the 2020 PGA Championship – won by Collin Morikawa. It also contains a 2,100-yard par-3 layout, if you prefer.
Both are located on the west side of San Francisco State University and are surrounded by Lake Merced. Tee times for the 18-hole course appear to start at around $30 but can rise as high as $240 in some cases. Even still, it is one of the cheapest courses belonging to the TPC network.
BETHPAGE BLACK
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Set to host the 2025 Ryder Cup, New York’s Bethpage Black course is said to be the most difficult of Bethpage’s five layouts. Brooks Koepka triumphed there in 2019 for his second PGA Championship, beating Dustin Johnson by a couple of strokes.
18 holes at Bethpage Black – which hosts the famous sign that reads “WARNING The Black Course Is An Extremely Difficult Course Which We Recommend Only For Highly Skilled Golfers” – will cost either $70 (weekdays) or $80 (weekends) for NY state residents, while those prices rise to $140 and $160 for out-of-state players.
WHISTLING STRAITS
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If you have a knack of finding the sand out on the golf course, Whistling Straits’ Straits Course might not be the place for you. Spoiler – there are thought to be over 1,000 bunkers here.
Not that the increased number of traps threw Jason Day off in 2015, mind, with the Australian surging to victory by three shots over Jordan Spieth thanks to a record-breaking -20 score.
Another Ryder Cup host venue (in 2021) and holding two previous PGA Championships after the turn of the…
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