The PGA Championship is a golf tournament , which is the last out of the men 's golf Major Championships . The PGA Championship ( sometimes referred to as the U.S. PGA Championship outside of the United States ) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour . It is one of the four major championships in professional golf , and it is the golf season 's final major , usually played in mid-August ( customarily four weeks after The Open Championship , but it was advanced a week in 2007 and 2008 because of local scheduling conflicts ) .