What happens if golfers end in a tie? Exploring the playoff format at PGA Championship 2023

The 2023 PGA Championship is in round 4. The tournament is on the verge of ending and fans are wondering what happens if two or more players end up in a tie.

If Oak Hill Country Club witnesses a tie between two or more golfers, then there will be a playoff to decide who comes out on top.

However, the rules of playoffs in the PGA Championship are different from the British Open and U.S. Open, who use a four-hole aggregate playoff and 18-hole play, respectively. The PGA Championship, on the other hand, uses a three-hole aggregate playoff, and if the playoff has a tie, we move into sudden death.

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How will the 2023 PGA Championship playoff be played?

If two or more golfers are tied after the end of round four, then the PGA Championship playoff rule will be implied. At first, all the tied golfers will be scheduled to play in a three-hole aggregate playoff.

This will be played from hole number 14 to hole number 15 and later on at hole number 18. The golfer with the lowest score will be deemed the winner.

But if the three-hole aggregate playoff also ends up in a tie, then the tied golfers will move to a sudden-death hole-by-hole playoff match. This will start from hole number 18, then will move to hole number 14, and then to number 15. The play will keep on repeating hole-by-hole until the officials get a winner.

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Previous instances of playoffs in the PGA Championship

• 2022: Justin Thomas (winner) and Will Zalatoris
• 2011: Keegan Bradley (winner) and Jason Dufner
• 2010: Martin Kaymer (winner) and Bubba Watson
• 2004: Vijay Singh (winner), Chris DiMarco, and Justin Leonard
• 2000: Tiger Woods (winner) and Bob May

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2023 PGA Championship: Leaderboard after round 3

After round three, the leaderboard was topped by LIV golfer Brooks Koepka. He was followed by Viktor Hovland and Corey Conners. Here is the leaderboard after round three of the tournament:

• 1- Brooks Koepka
• T2- Viktor Hovland
• T2- Corey Conners
• 4- Bryson DeChambeau
• T5- Justin Rose
• T5- Scottie Scheffler
• 7- Rory McIlroy
• T8- Michael Block
• T8- Justin Suh
• T10- Tommy Fleetwood
• T10- Stephan Jaeger
• T10- Victor Perez
• T10- Erick Cole
• T10- Shane Lowry
• T10- Min Woo Lee
• T16- Patrick Reed
• T16- Kurt Kitayama
• T16- Ryan Fox
• T16- Cam Davis
• T20- Hideki Matsuyama
• T20- Sahith Theegala
• T20- Patrick Cantlay
• T20- Adam Svenson
• T20- Sepp Stracka
• T20- Keith Mitchell
• T20- Taylor Pendrith
• T27- Tyler Hatton
• T27- Cameron Smith
• T27- Chris Kirk
• T27- Hayden Buckley
• T27- Keegan Bradley
• T27- Matt NeSmith
• T33- Alex Smalley
• T33- Xander Schauffele
• T33- Thomas Pieters
• T33- Chez Reavie
• T33- Collin Morikawa
• T33- Beau Hossler
• T33- Harold Varner III
• T33- Mito Pereira
• T33- Dustin Johnson
• T42 Jordan Spieth
• T42- Dean Burmester
• T42- Jon Rahm
• T42- Tom Hoge
• T42- Lucas Herbert
• T42- Sam Stevens
• T42- Nicolai Hojgaard
• T42- Adam Scott
• T42- Adam Hadwin
• T42- K.H. Lee
• T52- Denny McCarthy
• T52- Patrick Rodgers
• T52- Thriston Lawrence
• T52- Max Homa
• T52- JT Poston
• T52- Callum Tarren
• T58- Yannik Paul
• T58- Thomas Detry
• T58- Tony Finau
• T58- Adrian Meronk
• T58- Pablo Larrazabal
• T58- Padraig Harrington
• T58- Matt Wallace
• T58- Sihwan Kim
• 66- Zach Johnson
• T67- Rikuya Hoshino
• T67- Lee Hodges
• T67- Justin Thomas
• T67- Phil Mickelson
• T71- Taylor Montgomery
• T71- Taylor Moore
• T71- Joel Dahmen
• T74- Kazuki Higa
• T74- Ben Taylor
• 76- Mark Hubbard

Round 4 has already begun. To see the live leaderboard, CLICK HERE.