The change will affect the 2023 PGA Championship set for Oak Hill CC.
From pga.com
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – In a joint announcement, the PGA of America and the PGA TOUR announced Tuesday that beginning in 2019, the PGA Championship will be played in the month of May — while THE PLAYERS Championship will be contested in March at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
That means that the PGA Championship set for Oak Hill Country Club will take place in May 2023 instead of August.
A PGA official was quoted as saying, “We’re hoping for good weather in Rochester that week.”
A total of four PGA Championships have been held in May. Ben Hogan claimed the second of his two PGA Championship victories in May of 1948. Denny Shute also hoisted the Wanamaker Trophy in May 1937, as did Snead for the first time in May 1942.
Since its inception in 1916, the PGA Championship has been played in nine different months. It has been the final major championship of the year from 1959-70, and from 1972 through 2017.