Guide to golf's 2019 US PGA Championship May 16, 2019 by AAP / Evin Priest

NEW YORK CITY, AAP - WHAT: PGA Championship

WHERE: Farmingdale, New York (Long Island)

WHEN: Thursday, May 16-Sunday, May 19

THE COURSE: Bethpage Black is among the most difficult courses on the US PGA Tour. The course has a famous warning sign on the first tee which urges "only highly-skilled golfers" to play. It was designed by legendary course architect AW Tillinghast and measures 7,459 yards

PURSE: $US11 million, with the winner receiving $US1.98 million

TV Times - Live Coverage on FoxSports 3, Kayo Sports and GolfTV (AEST)

Friday: 3am-9am

Saturday: 3am-9.30am

Sunday: 4am-9am

Monday: 4am-9am

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Brooks Koepka: The defending champion. Koepka has won three of the past seven majors, including last year's PGA and back-to-back US Opens. Is one of the longest hitters on the PGA Tour.

Rory McIlroy: A four-time major winner who has two PGA Championship titles. McIlroy boasts prodigious length and is in form, having won the recent Players Championship.

Dustin Johnson: The world No.1 boasts the firepower and accuracy required from the tee to tackle the 7,459-yard Bethpage Black.

Jason Day: Day won the 2015 PGA in stunning fashion, while he also has a runner-up among five top 10s from nine appearances.

Tiger Woods: Woods is gunning for his 16th major having just won the Masters in April. His stellar record at Bethpage includes winning the 2002 US Open in wire-to-wire fashion and a sixth at the 2009 US Open.

AUSTRALIANS IN THE FIELD

Jason Day, Marc Leishman, Adam Scott, Cameron Smith, Lucas Herbert, Brendan Jones, Stuart Deane and Craig Hocknull

WHAT THE PGA WINNER RECEIVES

$US1.98 million

Lifetime exemption into the PGA Championship

Five-year exemption to the Masters, US Open, British Open

A five-year exemption on the PGA Tour

TEE TIMES (AEST)