{"id":42037,"date":"2026-07-24T22:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/42037\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T22:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:18:07","slug":"2025-pga-championship-generated-192-million-for-charlotte-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/42037\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 PGA Championship Generated $192 Million for Charlotte Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club pumped $192 million into Charlotte&#8217;s economy last year. That makes it one of the biggest tourism wins the city has seen.<\/p>\n<p>Tourism Economics, a Philadelphia firm, ran the numbers. They worked with the PGA of America and the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, who paid for the work.<\/p>\n<p>Fans and organizers spent $116 million straight up during tournament week. Where&#8217;d the money go? Hotels. Restaurants. Getting around town. The usual expenses when people visit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it&#8217;s great \u2014 $192 million of economic impact to this community and this state is fantastic,\u201d said Johno Harris, general chairman of the 2025 PGA Championship to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/charlotte\/news\/2026\/07\/20\/pga-championship-quail-hollow-golf-club-golf.html?utm_source=sy&amp;utm_medium=ptr&amp;utm_campaign=wsoc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Charlotte Business Journal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The PGA of America runs the PGA Championship \u2014 it&#8217;s one of four major championships in men&#8217;s golf. Quail Hollow Club got to host, which meant thousands of people showed up.<\/p>\n<p>CBJ got hold of the report. The study tracked how the championship hit the local economy from every angle.<\/p>\n<p>Tourism Economics looked at spending habits and visitor information from tournament week. They know their stuff when it comes to big sporting events and conventions.<\/p>\n<p>That $192 million counts both what visitors spent and the ripple effects. When someone buys lunch, that money keeps moving through the economy, touching other businesses along the way.<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte&#8217;s had big golf tournaments before. This one delivered more cash than most. People flew in from all over \u2014 some from different countries \u2014 and stuck around for the week.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors authority wanted hard data on what the tournament was worth. Local leaders check these reports to see if bringing in major sports events pays off.<\/p>\n<p>The Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority tries to land big events. Championships like this one fill hotel rooms, pack restaurants, and keep local businesses humming.<\/p>\n<p>Quail Hollow Club has hosted top-tier golf before. The course has seen elite players and major tournaments come through over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club pumped $192 million into Charlotte&#8217;s economy last year. That makes it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2014,44,531,5768],"class_list":["post-42037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pga-championship","tag-charlotte","tag-golf","tag-pga-championship","tag-quail-hollow-club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}