When was the first PGA Championship played?

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PGA Championship Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy competing in the final round of the 2012 PGA Championship.

The first PGA Championship was played in 1916. Held at the Siwanoy Country Club in Bronxville, New York, the inaugural tournament was a 36-hole elimination match-play event rather than the 72-hole stroke-play competition used today. James Barnes won the first title, earning $500 and the Wanamaker Trophy.1