The PGA Championship has been held in every month but January since 1916, including 55 times in the month of August.
Below is a complete month-by-month breakdown of when the PGA Championship has been played, including a few notes on the historic event.
MONTH-BY-MONTH BREAKDOWN
February (1) — 1971
May (5) — 1937, 1942, 1948, 1949, 2019
June (3) — 1947, 1950, 1952
July (21) — 1934, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1951, 1953-58, 1960-64, 1966-68, 2016
August (55) — 1920, 1922, 1933, 1944, 1946, 1959, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972-2015, 2017-18
September (9) — 1919, 1923-26, 1930-32, 1940
October (4) — 1916, 1921, 1928, 1935
November (2) — 1927, 1936
December (1) — 1929
NOTES ON THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
MATCH-PLAY FORMAT
— 1916-1957
STROKE-PLAY FORMAT
— 1958-Present
Earliest Conducted Major in Golf
PGA Championship – February 1971, PGA National Golf Club (now BallenIsles Country Club), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
PGA Championship Conducted during World War II
May 1942 – Seaview Country Club, Galloway Township, New Jersey
August 1944 – Manito Golf and Country Club, Spokane, Washington
July 1945 – Moraine Valley Golf and Country Club, Kettering, Ohio