THE FACTS

*--* * What: 84th PGA Championship * When: Today through Sunday * Site: Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minn * Length: 7,360 yards * Par: 36-36--72 * Format: 72 holes, stroke play * Playoff, if necessary: Three holes, stroke play * TV: Today--11 a.m.-5 p.m., TNT; Friday--11 a.m.-5 p.m., TNT; Saturday--8 a.m.-10:30 a.m., TNT; 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Ch. 2; Sunday--8 a.m.-10:30 a.m., TNT; 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Ch. 2 * Purse: TBA ($5.2 million last year). Winner’s share: TBA ($936,000 last year) * Prize: Wanamaker Trophy * Field: 131 touring professionals, 25 club professionals * Defending champion: David Toms * Last year: Toms set the PGA Championship scoring record with a 265, although his first major championship victory is best remembered for two shots -- a five-wood from 243 yards for an ace on No. 15 in the third round, and a wedge from 88 yards on the 18th hole in the final round that set up a gutsy par. Leading by one stroke over Phil Mickelson, Toms decided to lay up on the final hole instead of hitting a five-wood from 210 yards over the water. He hit his wedge in to 12 feet and made the par putt for a one-stroke victory * The course: Hazeltine was the idea of former U.S. Golf Assn. President Totton P. Heffelfinger. It was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. and opened for play in 1962. It held its first major eight years later (the 1970 U.S. Open) and was roundly criticized, particularly by runner-up Dave Hill. It was modified by Rees Jones * Past majors at Hazeltine: 1970 U.S. Open (Tony Jacklin), 1991 U.S. Open (Payne Stewart) * Off the continent: A European-born player has not won the PGA Championship since Tommy Armour beat Gene Sarazen in 1930 in the finals of match play * Notable: Twelve of the last 16 winners of the PGA Championship had never won a major * Quotable: “You always want to end the year on a good note--every one of us. It’s the last major, and you don’t get another shot until next year.”--Tiger Woods * Next week: World Golf Championships NEC Invitational at Sahalee in Redmond, Wash., and the Reno-Tahoe Open

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