Here's How a PGA Championship Playoff Will Be Decided at Oak Hill

The PGA Championship uses a three-hole aggregate score playoff instead of sudden death.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – If there is no winner after 72 holes at the PGA Championship, a three-hole aggregate score playoff will be used to determine a champion.

At Oak Hill, the three playoff holes are the reachable 320-yard par-4 14th, 151-yard par-3 15th and 497-yard par-4 18th. Competitors will play all three holes and the low total score wins. Should players still be tied after that, sudden death will begin on the 18th hole.

The three playoff holes are convenient to players and fans, as they form a small loop from the 14th tee to the 18th green.

The PGA Championship had a playoff last year, with Justin Thomas defeating Will Zalatoris at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Okla. That was the tournament’s first playoff since 2011, when Keegan Bradley defeated Jason Dufner in the three-hole aggregate playoff at Atlanta Athletic Club.

Other PGA playoffs this century were in 2010 (Martin Kaymer winning at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin), 2004 (Vijay Singh at Whistling Straits) and 2000 (Tiger Woods at Valhalla in Louisville, Ky.).