PGA Championship season's last major tournament

The 2009 PGA Championship – the last major tournament of the year – gets started Thursday at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota (2 pm ET, TNT).

The par-72 course will play over 7,674 yards and is expected to draw at least 97 of the top 100-ranked pro golfers in the world.

PGA Golf Betting Odds will be available at LegendZ, with Tiger Woods expected to be a big favorite.

The world’s No. 1 golfer has rattled off two straight wins, taking the title at the Buick Open two weeks ago and the World Golf Championship at the Bridgestone Invitational on Sunday.

Often called “Glory’s Last Shot,” the PGA Championship is the last of pro golf’s four majors, which include The Masters and the U.S. and British opens.

Woods will be looking for his first major championship this year. The last time Woods didn’t win a single major in one season was 2004. He’s won six since.

In 2002, the year the PGA Championship was last played at Hazeltine, Woods fired a final-round 67 to nearly overcome a five-stroke deficit. But in the end, it was Woods’ first runner-up in a major.

Padraig Harrington is the defending champion of the PGA Championship.

This year’s PGA Championship has a total purse of $7.5 million.