May 2024: the Must-See Competitions on the PGA Tour (🏆*post updated with the Winners)
- clairebambino
- Apr 24, 2024
- 4 min read
Updated: Nov 11, 2024
🗓🏌🏽♂️ MAY 2024
The CJ CUP Byron Nelson – May 2-5, 2024 – TPC Craig Ranch McKinney, Texas, USA
Byron Nelson’s golf achievements are well documented — 52 professional victories, five major championships, and an impressive year of 18 victories in 1945, highlighted by an unprecedented 11 wins in a row, that still holds strong over 75 years later. Since 1968, THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson has raised $186 million for Momentous Institute, powered by Salesmanship Club of Dallas, and continues to support strengthening the mental health of children and families.
Purse: $9,500,000
FedExCup: 500 pts
Previous winner: 🇦🇺 Jason Day ($1,710,000)
🏆 Winner 2024: 🇨🇦 Taylor Pendrith won on the PGA Tour for the 1st time in his carreer; ($1,710,000) - Age : 32 - Turned Pro in 2014.
Wells Fargo Championship – May 9-12, 2024 – Quail Hollow Club Charlotte, NC, USA
Purse: $20,000,000
FedExCup: 700 pts
Previous winner: 🇺🇸 Wyndham Clark ($3,600,000)
🏆 Winner 2024: 🏴 Rory McIlroy ($3,600,000) - Age : 35 - Turned Pro in 2007.
The Wells Fargo Championship honored fallen police officers with a helicopter delivering the trophy to champion Rory McIlroy.
Myrtle Beach Classic – May 9-12, 2024 – Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA
The Myrtle Beach Classic, a new PGA TOUR event sponsored by Visit Myrtle Beach, will debut May 2024 and be the first PGA TOUR event in Myrtle Beach history, and the first major professional golf tournament to the Grand Strand in the past 24 years. Myrtle Beach has long been known as the “Golf Capital of the World”.
Purse: $4,000,000
FedExCup: 300 pts
🏆 Winner 2024:🇺🇸 Chris Gotterup ($720,000) - Age : 24 - Turned Pro in 2022.
A former winner of the Jack Nicklaus Award for best collegiate golfer, Gotterup started the day with a bogey-bogey, but made up for it with a series of birdies throughout the 4th round.
PGA Championship – May 16-19, 2024 – Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Next up on the calendar is the PGA Championship, which is the second major of the year. It is held annually at a different course in the United States.
The 2024 host venue has played host to some of the golf’s greatest events, including the 1996, 2000 and 2014 PGA Championships, the 2008 Ryder Cup, and the 2004 and 2011 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championships.
FedExCup: 750 pts
Previous winner: 🇺🇸 Brooks Koepka ($3,150,000)
🏆 Winner 2024:🇺🇸 Xander Schauffele ($3,330,000) - Age : 30 - Turned Pro in 2015.
Xander Schauffele won his first major at the 28th attempt in Louisville, moving ahead of Rory McIlroy in the world rankings for May 19, 2024. The Californian climbs to second place, while the Northern Ireland player drops to third.
Charles Schwab Challenge – May 23-26, 2024 – Colonial Country Club Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Purse: $9,100,000
FedExCup: 500 pts
Previous winner: 🇦🇷 Emiliano Grillo ($1,566,000)
🏆 Winner 2024:🇺🇸 Davis Riley ($1,638,000) - Age : 27 - Turned Pro in 2019.
Davis Riley, with a final round card of 70, held off Scottie Scheffler to win the Charles Schwab Challenge by five shots over the world number 1 and Keegan Bradley. Riley signs his first individual victory on the PGA Tour. Following the tragic death of fellow American golfer Grayson Murray at 30 on May 25th, Davis Riley paid tribute to him. As a sign of respect, golfers and caddies donned red and black ribbons on Sunday, echoing Murray's tradition of wearing his hometown Carolina Hurricanes' colors for final rounds.
RBC Canadian Open – May 30-June 2, 2024 – Hamilton Golf & Country Club, ON, Canada
Conducted by Golf Canada, the RBC Canadian Open was first contested in 1904. the RBC Canadian Open is the third oldest continuously running tournament on the PGA TOUR, after The Open Championship and the U.S. Open. Only 2 players have been able to capture golf’s Triple Crown (consisting of winning all three National Open titles in the same season); they are Lee Trevino (1971) and Tiger Woods (2000).
Purse: $9,400,000
FedExCup: 500 pts
Previous winner: 🇨🇦 Nick Taylor ($1,620,000)
🏆 Winner 2024: 🏴 Robert MacIntyre ($1,692,000) - Age 27: - Turned Pro in 2017.
The native of Oban placidly concluded his tournament with three pars, to post a score of 68 (-16 overall) and seal his first victory on the American circuit. Robert MacIntyre, overwhelmed by emotion, fell into the arms of his father, who was his caddie during the tournament: “Goose bumps. I can't believe it. I've always dreamed of playing golf for a living. I always dreamed of winning on the PGA Tour when I got my card, and I can't believe I did it with my dad as my caddie. He's the one who taught me how to play golf. I mean, I never make it easy for myself, and he told me when I was 16 or 17 that I should never make it easy for myself. That's the way I play golf, I play it with my heart on my sleeve, and we've fought a hell of a battle together. I can't believe I won on the PGA Tour, to be honest.”