2008 PGA Championship

2008 PGA Championship PGAChampionship2008Logo.svg Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Oakland Hills Country Club,South Course August 7–10, 2008 70 7395 yd PGA of America PGA Tour PGA European Tour Japan Golf Tour 156 players, 73 after cut 148 (+8) $7,500,000 http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2008/news/preview%20notebook.html 2008 PGA Championship - Preview notebook 2008-11-13 2009-06-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20090627062618/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2008/news/preview%20notebook.html live €4,804,330 $1,350,000€867,219 IRL Pádraig Harrington 277 (−3) 2007 2009 USA 1 Oakland Hills Country Club 42.544 -83.277 Location in the United States 5 230 USA Michigan 1 Oakland Hills Country Club 42.544 -83.277 Location in Michigan 5 170 The 2008 PGA Championship was the 90th PGA Championship, played from August 7–10 at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb northwest of Detroit. Pádraig Harrington won his second consecutive major and third overall, two strokes ahead of runners-up Ben Curtis and Sergio García. He earned $1.35 million for the victory, and became the first European-born winner of the PGA Championship in 78 years, last accomplished in the match play era by Tommy Armour of Scotland in 1930 (by then a naturalized U.S. citizen). Harrington was the first winner from Ireland, and the first European to win The Open Championship and the PGA Championship in the same year. It was the ninth major championship contested at the South Course and the first in twelve years, when Steve Jones won the 1996 U.S. Open. The PGA Championship returned to "The Monster" for the first time in 29 years; the 1979 event was won by David Graham. Tiger Woods, the two-time defending champion, did not compete due to rehabilitation for a season-ending knee surgery following his playoff victory in the U.S. Open in June. The South Course previously hosted the PGA Championship in 1972 and 1979, the U.S. Open in 1924, 1937, 1951, 1961, 1985, and 1996, and the Ryder Cup in 2004. Field The following is the qualification criteria that was used to select the field.http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2008/players/eligibility.html 2008 PGA Championship Eligibility August 12, 2008 PGA June 8, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080816084642/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2008/players/eligibility.html August 16, 2008 live Each player is listed according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses: 1. All former PGA Champions Paul Azinger, Rich Beem, Mark Brooks, John Daly, Steve Elkington, Davis Love III, Phil Mickelson (3,8,9,10), Vijay Singh (8,10), David Toms (9), Bob Tway (Eligible but not competing: Jack Burke Jr., Dow Finsterwald, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Al Geiberger, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Hubert Green, Don January, John Mahaffey, Shaun Micheel, Larry Nelson, Bobby Nichols, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Nick Price, Bob Rosburg, Jeff Sluman, Dave Stockton, Hal Sutton, Lee Trevino, Lanny Wadkins, Tiger Woods) 2. Last five U.S. Open Champions Ángel Cabrera, Michael Campbell, Retief Goosen, Geoff Ogilvy (6,8,10) 3. Last five Masters Champions Trevor Immelman (6,8), Zach Johnson (8,9) 4. Last five British Open Champions Todd Hamilton, Pádraig Harrington (8) 5. Current Senior PGA Champion Jay Haas 6. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2007 PGA Championship Stephen Ames (8,10), Stuart Appleby (8), Woody Austin (8), K. J. Choi (8,10), Simon Dyson, Ernie Els (8,10), Anders Hansen, Justin Rose (8), Adam Scott (8,10), John Senden (8), Kevin Sutherland (8), Scott Verplank (8,9), Boo Weekley (8,10) (Eligible but not competing due to hand surgery – Arron Oberholserhttp://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/07/19/oberholser.surgery/index.html?eref=sitesearch Oberholser to be out two months after hand surgery August 2, 2008 July 30, 2008 PGA Tour https://web.archive.org/web/20121002214226/http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/07/19/oberholser.surgery/index.html?eref=sitesearch October 2, 2012 dead mdy-all ) 7. 20 low scorers in the 2008 PGA Professional National Championship Sam Arnold, Ryan Benzel, Bradley Dean, Eric Dugas, Frank Esposito, Jr., Jim Estes, Kyle Flinton, Scott Hebert, Vince Jewell, Rick Leibovich, David Long, Eric Manning, Brad Martin, Jeff Martin, Alan Morin, Curt Sanders, Sonny Skinner, Tim Thelen, Tim Weinhart, Don Yrene 8. 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and Reno-Tahoe Open to the 2008 RBC Canadian Open Robert Allenby, Tommy Armour III, Aaron Baddeley, Briny Baird, Bart Bryant, Mark Calcavecchia, Chad Campbell (9,10), Daniel Chopra (10), Stewart Cink (9,10), Tim Clark, Ken Duke, Steve Flesch (10), Jim Furyk (9), Sergio García (10), Brian Gay (10), Mathew Goggin, Paul Goydos, J. B. Holmes (10), Ryuji Imada (10), Freddie Jacobson, Jerry Kelly, Anthony Kim (10), Justin Leonard (10), Peter Lonard, Steve Lowery (10), Hunter Mahan, John Mallinger, Steve Marino, Billy Mayfair, George McNeill (10), Rocco Mediate, John Merrick, Ryan Moore, Sean O'Hair (10), Rod Pampling, Pat Perez, Kenny Perry (10), Carl Pettersson, Ian Poulter, Jeff Quinney, Andrés Romero (10), Rory Sabbatini, Heath Slocum, Brandt Snedeker (10), Henrik Stenson, Steve Stricker (10), D. J. Trahan (10), Camilo Villegas, Johnson Wagner (10), Mike Weir (10), Dean Wilson (Eligible but not competing due to wrist injury – Luke Donaldhttp://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/07/28/insider.bridgestone.reno/index.html?eref=sitesearch It looks like Luke Donald's Ryder Cup participation is in doubt July 30, 2008 July 28, 2008 PGA Tour https://web.archive.org/web/20081012001545/http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/07/28/insider.bridgestone.reno/index.html?eref=sitesearch October 12, 2008 live mdy-all ) 9. Members of the 2006 United States Ryder Cup team Chris DiMarco, J. J. Henry, Vaughn Taylor (Eligible but not competing due to back injury – Brett WetterichWi's Arrival On PGA Tour Better Late Than NeverOctober 2025 medicmedic) 10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2007 PGA Championship Richard S. Johnson, Greg Kraft, Parker McLachlin, Chez Reavie 11. The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above Mark Brown, Jonathan Byrd, Paul Casey, Darren Clarke, Fred Couples, Ben Crane, Ben Curtis, Nick Dougherty, Niclas Fasth, Ross Fisher, Alastair Forsyth, Hiroyuki Fujita, Richard Green, Søren Hansen, Peter Hanson, Peter Hedblom, Charles Howell III, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Brendan Jones, Robert Karlsson, Martin Kaymer, James Kingston, Søren Kjeldsen, Pablo Larrazábal, Tom Lehman, Graeme McDowell, Colin Montgomerie, Nick O'Hern, Louis Oosthuizen, Hennie Otto, Corey Pavin, Prayad Marksaeng, Jyoti Randhawa, Charl Schwartzel, Jeev Milkha Singh, Scott Strange, Toru Taniguchi, Bubba Watson, Steve Webster, Lee Westwood, Oliver Wilson (Declined invitation: Greg Norman – scheduling,https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pga/2008-07-29-norman-pga-championship_N.htm Greg Norman turns down exemption to PGA Championship August 2, 2008 Associated Press July 29, 2008 USA Today Jason Bohn – back surgery,http://fantasygolf.usatoday.com/content/player.asp?sport=GOL&id=676 Jason Bohn has officially withdrawn from the PGA Championship USA Today August 12, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080928231502/http://fantasygolf.usatoday.com/content/player.asp?sport=GOL&id=676 September 28, 2008 live Shingo Katayama – back injury) 12. Vacancies are filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings) Charlie Wi (73) – replaced Brett Wetterich Nicholas Thompson (77) – replaced Jason BohnTo them, winner's circle foreign land - Ins and Outs Alex Čejka (78) – replaced Luke Donald Cliff Kresge (79) – filled spot for WGC-Bridgestone Invitational winner Vijay Singh (already qualified)http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2008/news/fieldstudy_pga.html Field Study: PGA Championship 2008-08-12 2008-08-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20080812010049/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2008/news/fieldstudy_pga.html live Michael Allen (81) – replaced Shingo Katayama (back injury) Tom Pernice Jr. (83) – replaced Alex Čejka (arm injury) Course layout true The 2008 PGA Championship at Oakland Hills Country Club Yardage n/a 435 529 198 446 490 387 449 491 257 3,682 462 423 593 191 501 401 406 238 498 3,713 7,395 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 35 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 35 70 Lengths of the course for previous majors: 6974 yd, par 70 - 1996 U.S. Open 6996 yd, par 70 - 1985 U.S. Open 7014 yd, par 70 - 1979 PGA Championship 7054 yd, par 70 - 1972 PGA Championship 2em 6907 yd, par 70 - 1961 U.S. Open 6927 yd, par 70 - 1951 U.S. Open 7037 yd, par 72 - 1937 U.S. Open 6880 yd 0, par 72 - 1924 U.S. Open Round summaries First round Thursday, August 7, 2008 A lengthy weather delay forced a few pairings to complete their first round on Friday morning. It was clear though on Thursday that Robert Karlsson and Jeev Milkha Singh would share the 18-hole lead after shooting matching 68s. Sergio García, still looking for his first major championship, headed up a group of five that shot one-under 69s. Phil Mickelson shot an even-par 70 to place him in an eight-way tie for eighth. Retief Goosen appeared to be piecing together a fabulous opening round when he birdied four of his first seven holes to get to -4. His fortunes would change, however, as he shot six-over the rest of the way to drop four strokes off the lead after the first day. Like Goosen, 2008 Open Champion, Pádraig Harrington, got off to a flying start by birdieing his first three holes. Unfortunately for him, he shot four-over the rest of the way to finish his round with a 71. Kenny Perry was forced to withdraw due to the effects of an eye problem that began plaguing him earlier in the week.https://www.espn.com/golf/pgachampionship08/news/story?id=3523616 Karlsson takes inspiration from Tiger for share of lead August 8, 2008 Associated Press August 7, 2008 ESPN https://web.archive.org/web/20080811005418/http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/pgachampionship08/news/story?id=3523616 August 11, 2008 live PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 SWE Robert Karlsson68−2 IND Jeev Milkha SinghT3 USA Ken Duke69−1 ESP Sergio García USA Billy Mayfair USA Sean O'Hair ARG Andrés RomeroT8 USA Michael Allen70E ARG Ángel Cabrera USA Brian Gay USA Anthony Kim USA Phil Mickelson USA Ryan Moore AUS Rod Pampling KOR 1997 Charlie Wi Second round Friday, August 8, 2008 At the midway point of the 90th PGA Championship, the only golfer under par was J. B. Holmes. Holmes, whose best finish at a major was a tie for 25th at the Masters earlier in 2008, shot a two-under 68 to post a -1 after 36 holes. He was as many as three shots under par for the tournament, but bogeyed two of his final four holes. Ben Curtis and Justin Rose shared the best round of the day with three-under 67s to settle into a tie for second at even par with Charlie Wi. After withdrawing from the Open Championship, 2001 PGA Championship winner, David Toms, regained his form by shooting a one-under 69 to put himself in a tie for fifth with Henrik Stenson. Sergio García shot a three-over 73 to place himself in a seven-way tie for seventh. García appeared as if he would be higher on the leaderboard at the close of the day, but he double-bogeyed the 17th hole. Phil Mickelson bogeyed two of his final four holes to finish in a seven-way tie for 14th going into the weekend. Seventy-three golfers would survive the cut which was set at 148 (+8). The winner at Bridgestone the previous week and world #4, Vijay Singh, was the most notable golfer to miss the cut when he five-putted his last hole. World #8, Adam Scott, world #9, Stewart Cink, 2007 PGA Championship runner-up, Woody Austin, and 2008 Masters champion, Trevor Immelman, were also among those who missed the cut.http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/pgachampionship08/news/story?id=3525 https://web.archive.org/web/20090818141215/http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/pgachampionship08/news/story?id=3525 live August 18, 2009 Holmes seizes lead with 68; run of 3 straight birdies key August 9, 2008 Associated Press August 8, 2008 ESPN PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA J. B. Holmes71-68=139−1T2 USA Ben Curtis73-67=140E ENG Justin Rose73-67=140 KOR 1997 Charlie Wi70-70=140T5 SWE Henrik Stenson71-70=141+1 USA David Toms72-69=141T7 AUS Aaron Baddeley71-71=142+2 ARG Ángel Cabrera70-72=142 USA Ken Duke69-73=142 ESP Sergio García69-73=142 USA Sean O'Hair69-73=142 IND Jeev Milkha Singh68-74=142 USA Brandt Snedeker71-71=142 Third round Saturday, August 9, 2008 Sunday, August 10, 2008 At 2:16 pm EDT, scattered thunderstorms halted play before the leaders had a chance to begin their round. It appeared as if some golf was going to be played Saturday afternoon, but around 6:30 pm play was officially suspended for the day due to the persistent threat of thunderstorms. Andrés Romero was among those who had the chance to complete their round, and he posted a tournament low, five-under 65 to finish three strokes off the lead.https://www.espn.com/golf/pgachampionship08/news/story?id=3527177 Undaunted by course, Romero shoots 5-under 65 before play suspended August 9, 2008 Associated Press August 9, 2008 ESPN https://web.archive.org/web/20080812034207/http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/pgachampionship08/news/story?id=3527177 August 12, 2008 live Third round play resumed Sunday at 7:15 am. The 2003 Open Champion, Ben Curtis stormed into the lead with birdies at four of his first six holes, and despite a bogey at the 18th hole, Curtis shot two-under 68 for a one stroke lead after 54 holes. Second round leader J. B. Holmes remained in contention with an even par 70 to place himself in a tie for second with Henrik Stenson. 2007 and 2008 Open Champion, Pádraig Harrington shot a four-under 66 to shoot up the leaderboard into a tie for fourth. Also among those at +1 was Sergio García, who shot a one-under 69. South Korean, Charlie Wi shot a one-over 71 to place himself in the three-way tie for fourth. Andrés Romero, who completed his round Saturday, woke up much higher on the leaderboard as his five-under 65 put him four strokes off the lead and in a tie for seventh. Former PGA Champions David Toms and Phil Mickelson sat five and six strokes off the lead respectively.https://www.espn.com/golf/pgachampionship08/news/story?id=3528116 Curtis takes PGA Championship lead after completed third round August 10, 2008 Associated Press August 10, 2008 ESPN PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Ben Curtis73-67-68=208−2T2 USA J. B. Holmes71-68-70=209−1 SWE Henrik Stenson71-70-68=209T4 ESP Sergio García69-73-69=211+1 IRL Pádraig Harrington71-74-66=211 KOR 1997 Charlie Wi70-70-71=211T7 ARG Andrés Romero69-78-65=212+2 IND Jeev Milkha Singh68-74-70=212T9 AUS Aaron Baddeley71-71-71=213+3 USA Steve Flesch73-70-70=213 USA David Toms72-69-72=213 COL Camilo Villegas74-72-67=213 Final round Sunday, August 10, 2008 With the third round concluding Sunday morning due to the thunderstorms on Saturday afternoon, the final round began at 12:30 pm EDT, in groups of three on split tees: the top half of the remaining field began at the first hole, and the remainder started at the tenth.https://www.espn.com/golf/pgachampionship08/news/story?id=3528657 Harrington catches Garcia, rallies to win second straight major August 9, 2008 Associated Press August 9, 2008 ESPN https://web.archive.org/web/20080813123921/http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/pgachampionship08/news/story?id=3528657 August 13, 2008 live Pádraig Harrington claimed his second consecutive major championship and third in the last six majors, two strokes ahead of runners-up Ben Curtis and Sergio García. Harrington shot his second straight 66 (−4), and like his victory three weeks earlier at Royal Birkdale, he won with tremendous play on the back nine. Harrington birdied three of four holes at one point to erase a three-stroke deficit. He made three critical putts at each of the final three holes to seal the victory, which included an 18 ft on par putt on the 72nd hole to make García's upcoming par putt meaningless. Harrington became the first European since 1930 to win the PGA Championship, and only the fourth golfer to win the Open Championship and PGA Championship in the same year. García flew out of the gate with a birdie and eagle on the first two holes. He went the first 15 holes without registering a bogey allowing him to play with the lead most of the day. However, his fortunes would change when he found the water at the 16th hole. He would lose sole ownership of the lead on this hole, and ultimately the tournament after failing to match the crucial putts made by Harrington. This marked the second time that Garcia has lost a major to Harrington going down the stretch after his playoff defeat to Harrington at the 2007 Open Championship. Curtis held at least a share of the lead until he bogeyed the final two holes on the front nine. He would come back and tie García briefly for the lead when he birdied the 14th hole. Curtis even found a way to earn par on the 16th despite his drive landing on the platform in front of a hospitality tent. However, he bogeyed two of his final four holes to finish two strokes off the lead. Camilo Villegas had his best major finish with a tie for fourth, which was his second top 10 finish at the 2008 majors. He backed up his 67 earlier in the third round with a two-under 68 to finish four strokes behind Harrington. J. B. Holmes, who was one shot back to start the final round, triple bogeyed the first hole en route to an 11-over-par 81. Henrik Stenson had his second straight top 5 at the majors despite shooting a two-over 72 to fall into a tie with Villegas. Steve Flesch found the cup from the fairway on the 18th to become the first on the day to birdie the hole. He finished by himself in sixth place and recorded his second top 10 finish at the majors in 2008. Phil Mickelson birdied three of his first four holes to put himself in contention, but did not birdie another hole and fell into a tie for seventh with Andrés Romero. Romero was unable to back up the 65 he shot in the third round and never mustered up a challenge for the leaders. +Final Leaderboard https://web.archive.org/web/20080810023700/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2008/scoring/ 2008-08-10 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 IRL Pádraig Harrington71-74-66-66=277−31,350,000T2 USA Ben Curtis73-67-68-71=279−1660,000 ESP Sergio García69-73-69-68=279T4 SWE Henrik Stenson71-70-68-72=281+1330,000 COL Camilo Villegas74-72-67-68=2816 USA Steve Flesch73-70-70-69=282+2270,000T7 USA Phil Mickelson70-73-71-70=284+4231,250 ARG Andrés Romero69-78-65-72=284T9 SCO Alastair Forsyth73-72-70-70=285+5176,725 ENG Justin Rose73-67-74-71=285 IND Jeev Milkha Singh68-74-70-73=285 KOR 1997 Charlie Wi70-70-71-74=285 Source:PGA.com 2008 PGA Championship - resultshttp://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=2008&tid=22 databasegolf.com 2008 PGA Championship August 16, 2012 Complete leaderboard https://web.archive.org/web/20080810023700/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2008/scoring/ 2008-08-10 Scorecard Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 Par453444443 445344434IRL Harrington+1EEE+1EEEE−1−1−2−3−2−2−2−3−3USA Curtis−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−3−2−2−1−2−2−3−2−2−1−1ESP GarcíaE−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−2−2−1SWE StensonE−1−1−1−1−2−2−1−1−1−1EEE+1+2+2+1COL Villegas+2+2+2+1+2+1+2+2+3+2+3+3+3+2+1+1+1+1KOR 1997 WiEEE−1E+1+1+1+3+4+4+3+4+4+5+5+5+5USA Holmes +2+3+4+4+5+4+6+7+7+6+6+5+6+7+8+8+9+10 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ Source:https://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/leaderboard/2008/33 Yahoo! Sports 2008 PGA Championship leaderboard August 10, 2008 May 28, 2013https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=439 ESPN 2008 PGA Championship leaderboard August 10, 2008 May 28, 2013 Television Television coverage was provided in the United States by CBS and TNT and on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland. Coverage was in High Definition. References 2 External links Official site of the 90th PGA Championship Oakland Hills Country Club 2008 42.544 -83.277 type:event title Category:PGA Championship Category:Golf tournaments in Michigan Category:Bloomfield Hills, Michigan PGA Championship PGA Championship PGA Championship PGA Championship