2004 PGA Championship

2004 PGA Championship 2004PGALogo.jpg 150 August 12–15, 2004 Kohler, Wisconsin Whistling Straits,Straits Course PGA of America PGA Tour PGA European Tour Japan Golf Tour 72 7514 yd 156 players, 73 after cut 145 (+1) $6,250,000€5,071,152 $1,125,000€916,724 FJI Vijay Singh 280 (−8), playoff 2003 2005 USA 1 Whistling Straits  43.851 -87.735 Location in the United States left 5 235 USA Wisconsin 1 Whistling Straits  43.851 -87.735 Location in Wisconsin 5 140 The 2004 PGA Championship was the 86th PGA Championship, played August 12–15 at the Straits Course of the Whistling Straits complex in Haven, Wisconsin (postal address Kohler).2004 PGA Championship Official Site The purse was $6.25 million and the winner's share was $1.125 million. Vijay Singh, the 1998 champion, earned his third and final major title in a three-hole aggregate playoff, defeating Justin Leonard and Chris DiMarco.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4lRWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6396%2C3719042 Eugene Register-Guard Associated Press Ferguson Doug A little birdie salvages Singh's rough final round August 16, 2004 E1 At the time Singh, age 41, was third in the world rankings;http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/archive/2004/owgr32f2004.pdf Official World Golf Rankings Official World Golf Rankings August 8, 2004 May 8, 2014 the win moved him to #2 and he ascended to the top spot three weeks later, displacing Tiger Woods.http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/archive/2004/owgr36f2004.pdf Official World Golf Rankings Official World Golf Rankings September 5, 2004 May 8, 2014 September 25, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190925070029/http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/archive/2004/owgr36f2004.pdf dead It was the first major championship at the expansive Straits Course, designed by Pete Dye and opened in 1998,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TqgaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ri8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6672%2C2546899 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel D'Amato Gary Pros get opportunity to play like pros June 23, 1999 5C which allowed high attendance and was highly profitable for the PGA of America. It set records with over 94,400 tickets sold and an overall attendance of 320,000 for the week.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=20050525&id=Fb4aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZUUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6654,3553378 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel D'Amato Gary Wisconsin has become major force on national scene May 25, 2005 6C The overall economic impact was $76.9 million, shattering the previous record of $50.4 million in 2002, and nearly doubling that of 2003.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OXgkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OkUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6005%2C1031508 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel D'Amato Gary Whistling Straits on course to host PGA Championship January 22, 2005 1A The PGA Championship returned just six years later, in 2010, displacing the more confined Sahalee Country Club near Seattle,https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20050121/sahalee21/sahalee-loses-pga-in-2010 Seattle Times Sahalee loses PGA in 2010 Smith Craig January 21, 2005 May 8, 2014http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2010/news/whistling_straits.cfm PGA of America Whistling Straits ahead 2010 May 8, 2014http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2009302435_apglfsahaleepreps.html Seattle Times Sahalee getting prepped for 2010 Senior Open Associated Press Booth Tim June 4, 2009 May 8, 2014 http://www.golfdigest.com/blogs/the-loop/2010/08/sahalee-pro-reflects-on-what-might-have-been.html Golf Digest Sahalee pro reflects on what might have been Shedloski Dave August 13, 2010 May 8, 2014 which hosted in 1998, Singh's first major win. The admittance at Sahalee in 1998 was capped at 25,000 per day by the PGA of America.http://www.cybergolf.com/golf_news/what_now_for_sahalee Cybergolf.com Dear Tony What Now for Sahalee? August 2010 May 8, 2014 In early 2005, its chief executive officer, Jim Awtrey, cited the proximity to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver as the main reason for the retraction, and that Sahalee was targeted for 2012 to 2015 for another PGA Championship. Whistling Straits was awarded the 2010 event days later.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PHgkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OkUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3340%2C3528460 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel D'Amato Gary PGA gives Kohler offer he can't refuse January 25, 2005 1C The PGA of America has yet to commit to a return to Sahalee before 2028, but the championship returned to the West in 2020 at San Francisco. Field All former PGA Champions. Winners of the last five U.S. Opens. Winners of the last five Masters. Winners of the last five British Opens. The 2003 Senior PGA Champion. The low 15 scorers and ties in the 2003 PGA Championship. The 25 low scorers in The 2004 PGA Club Professional Championship. The 70 leaders in official money standings. Members of the 2002 United States Ryder Cup Team. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour from the 2003 PGA Championship to the 2004 PGA Championship (does not include pro-am and team competitions). The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above. The total field will be a maximum of 156 players. Vacancies will be filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings). Full eligibility list History of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits This was the first major championship held at Whistling Straits, and the Straits Course hosted the PGA Championship again in 2010, which also ended in a playoff, and 2015. It hosted the Ryder Cup in 2020. The course also hosted the U.S. Senior Open in 2007, won by Brad Bryant. This was the second PGA Championship (and major) in the state of Wisconsin; 71 years earlier, the 1933 edition was played at Blue Mound in Wauwatosa, just west of Milwaukee. The PGA Tour stopped in the state regularly with the Greater Milwaukee Open (1968–2009), preceded by the Milwaukee Open Invitational (1955–1961). Course layout Whistling StraitsStraits Course Hole1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 InTotalYardage408 593 181 493 598 355 221 507 449 3,805361 618 143 404 373 518 569 223 500 3,7097,514Par 4 5 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 364 5 3 4 4 4 5 3 4 3672 Round summaries First round Thursday, August 12, 2004 Led by Darren Clarke, 39 players broke par in Thursday opening round. Clarke birdied the first four holes and finished at 7-under-par 65. It was the lowest score under par in the first round of a major since Chris DiMarco had a 7-under 65 at the 2001 Masters. He was one stroke better than Justin Leonard and Ernie Els. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 NIR Darren Clarke65−7T2 ZAF Ernie Els66−6 USA Justin LeonardT4 USA Briny Baird67−5 ENG Luke Donald FJI Vijay Singh USA Scott VerplankT8 TTO Stephen Ames68−4 AUS Stuart Appleby KOR 1997 K. J. Choi USA Chris DiMarco USA Jay Haas IRL Pádraig Harrington AUS Geoff Ogilvy USA Tim Petrovic USA Loren Roberts Second round Friday, August 13, 2004 Justin Leonard posted a 3-under 69 and Vijay Singh carded a 4-under 68 to share a one stroke lead at 9 under midway through the 86th PGA Championship. Opening round leader Darren Clarke shot a 1-under 71 and is tied for third with Ernie Els and Briny Baird. Tiger Woods made two straight birdies on 16 and 17 to avoid missing his first cut in 128 events. Miguel Ángel Jiménez, who shot the low round of the day of 65, ended in a tie for 13th at 3-under. PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Justin Leonard66-69=135−9 FJI Vijay Singh 67-68=135T3 USA Briny Baird67-69=136−8 NIR Darren Clarke 65-71=136 ZAF Ernie Els 66-70=1366 USA Chris DiMarco 68-70=138 −6T7 TRI Stephen Ames 68-71=139 −5 KOR 1997 K. J. Choi 68-71=139 IRL Pádraig Harrington 68-71=139 USA Chris Riley 69-70=139 Third round Saturday, August 14, 2004 Vijay Singh shot 69 to reach 12 under par as he tried to add a third major title to his 1998 PGA Championship and 2000 Masters. Justin Leonard carded 70 and was at 11 under. Leonard, who had a two-shot lead after making a 6-foot birdie on the 12th, bogeyed Nos. 15 and 18 to keep him one behind. Briny Baird, the leader at one point, pulled his tee shot over the cliff left of the par-3 17th and wound up with a triple bogey to knocked him out of contention. He wound up with a 75 and was seven shots behind. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 FJI Vijay Singh67-68-69=204 −122 USA Justin Leonard 66-69-70=205 −11T3 TRI Stephen Ames 68-71-69=208 −8 NIR Darren Clarke 65-71-72=208 ZAF Ernie Els 66-70-72=208 USA Phil Mickelson 69-72-67=208 USA Chris Riley 69-70-69=2088 USA Chris DiMarco 68-70-71=209 −7T9 ENG Brian Davis 70-71-69=210 −6 USA Loren Roberts 68-72-70=210 Final round Sunday, August 15, 2004 An exciting final round filled with missed opportunities led to a three-man playoff between Vijay Singh, Chris DiMarco and Justin Leonard. Ernie Els missed the playoff by one stroke, thanks to a bogey at No. 18, and completed a disheartening season of near-misses in the majors. He finished fourth, tied with Chris Riley who also bogeyed No. 18. Els finished second in the Masters, second in the British Open and ninth in the U.S. Open. Phil Mickelson also had a chance to get into the playoff, needing a birdie at the 72nd hole. Mickelson however took bogey and added a sixth-place finish to his memorable run at the majors in 2004. Mickelson won the Masters, took second in the U.S. Open and placed third in the British Open. K.J. Choi also had a chance to get into the playoff with a birdie, but also bogeyed the 72nd hole to finish two strokes behind. Tiger Woods bogeyed two of the first four holes and wound up with a 73, his worst finish in the majors this year, and extended his streak to 10 majors without winning, which was the longest drought of his career at that time. He won the next major, his fourth green jacket at the Masters, in 2005. Leonard, playing in the final group at the PGA Championship for the third time, took a two-shot lead with five holes to play with an 18 ft on birdie putt on 13. Leonard missed four putts inside 12 ft down the stretch including a 12-foot par putt on No. 18 which would have given him his second major championship. DiMarco, the only player in the final nine groups to break par, had an 18-foot birdie putt to win on the 72nd hole that he left short. He also lost in a playoff in the next major, to Woods at Augusta, and ended his career without a major victory. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T1 USA Chris DiMarco 68-70-71-71=280 −8 Playoff USA Justin Leonard 66-69-70-75=280 FJI Vijay Singh 67-68-69-76=280T4 ZAF Ernie Els 66-70-72-73=281 −7267,500 USA Chris Riley 69-70-69-73=281T6 KOR 1997 K. J. Choi 68-71-73-70=282 −6196,000 IRL Paul McGinley 69-74-70-69=282 USA Phil Mickelson 69-72-67-74=282T9 AUS Robert Allenby 71-70-72-70=283 −5152,000 TRI Stephen Ames 68-71-69-75=283 USA Ben Crane 70-74-69-70=283 AUS Adam Scott 71-71-69-72=283 Source:http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2004/leaderboard/ PGA of America PGA Championship leaderboard August 15, 2004 May 27, 2015https://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/leaderboard/2004/33 Yahoo! Sports 2011 PGA Championship leaderboard August 15, 2004 May 27, 2015 Scorecard Final round Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 Par453454344453444534FIJ Singh −12−12−12−10−10−10−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−8−8−8−8USA DiMarco −7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−9−10−10−10−9−8−8−8USA Leonard −11−11−12−12−12−12−11−11−11−10−10−10−11−10−10−9−9−8RSA Els −8−8−7−6−7−7−7−7−8−7−7−7−7−6−7−8−8−7USA Riley −8−8−7−7−7−7−7−7−6−6−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−7KOR 1997 Choi −4−4−5−5−6−6−7−7−7−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−6IRL McGinley −4−4−4−4−5−5−4−3−4−4−5−5−5−6−5−6−6−6USA Mickelson −8−8−6−6−7−7−7−7−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−6AUS Scott −5−6−6−5−5−5−4−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5TTO Ames −8−8−9−9−10−9−8−9−9−9−9−8−7−6−5−5−5−5NIR Clarke −8−8−8−8−8−6−6−7−7−6−7−7−7−7−6−5−4−4ENG Davis −6−6−6−6−6−7−7−8−7−7−6−5−6−6−4−4−4−4 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Double EagleEagle -->BirdieBogeyDouble bogey Source: Playoff After 72 holes, Singh, DiMarco and Leonard were tied on 8 under par, requiring a three-hole aggregate playoff, over the 10th, 17th, and 18th holes. Singh, who had yet to make a birdie during the day, got off to fast start with a birdie at the 10th hole, a short par-4 at 361 yd. Singh nearly drove the green and left a simple pitch to 6 ft, while DiMarco and Leonard both made par. Singh then laced a 3-iron to within 6 feet on the 236 yd on par-3 17th, but missed the putt and all three men made par. Leonard and DiMarco needed to gain a stroke on Singh on the par-4 18th and neither came close — DiMarco in a bunker, Leonard so far away that he used a wedge to chip on the green. Neither finished the hole, and Singh's par secured his second PGA Championship and third career major. His 76 on Sunday was the highest final-round score ever by a PGA champion. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 FJI Vijay Singh 3-3-4=10 −1 1,125,000T2 USA Chris DiMarco 4-3-x=x x 800,000 USA Justin Leonard 4-3-x=x x Scorecard Playoff Hole 10  17  18 Par434FIJ Singh −1−1−1USA DiMarco EExUSA Leonard EEx Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par Quotes It looked ugly, but it's the prettiest one, I think. Vijay Singh on his third major championship win. It was sad to see someone win it the way I did. The putter kind of fell asleep. I got new life when (Leonard) missed the putt on the last hole. Vijay Singh on his final round. This makes my year. I think this is the biggest accomplishment I've ever had in my whole career. Vijay Singh on his season that eventually won him PGA Player of the Year. I missed about four putts inside 10 feet on the back nine. It's pretty hard to win a golf tournament, much less a major, when you do that. Justin Leonard on his putting woes on the back nine. I didn't win, and it's very disappointing. It's not like I haven't traveled down this road before. And hopefully, it will be the same result. Tiger Woods after his tenth straight major without a win. It's been a great year for me in the majors. I feel like I'm really onto something good, and I'm looking forward to next year. I'm sorry we have such a long way to go. Phil Mickelson on a year where he finished in the top six at all four majors. References External links PGA Championship Official site https://web.archive.org/web/20080409013949/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2004/ 2008-04-09 Whistling Straits official site https://web.archive.org/web/20100621053107/http://www.destinationkohler.com/golf/ws/ws_index.html 2010-06-21 USA Today coverage 2004 43.851 -87.735 type:event title Category:PGA Championship Category:Golf tournaments in Wisconsin PGA Championship PGA Championship PGA Championship