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2006 PGA Championship

FieldValue
name2006 PGA Championship
image2006 PGA Championship.svg
image_size180
datesAugust 17–20, 2006
locationMedinah, Illinois
courseMedinah Country Club
No. 3 Course
orgPGA of America
tourPGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
par72
yardage7561 yd
field156 players, 70 after cut
cut144 (E)
purse$6,800,000
winners_share$1,224,000
championUSA Tiger Woods
score270 (−18)
previous[2005](2005-pga-championship)
next[2007](2007-pga-championship)

No. 3 Course European Tour Japan Golf Tour |USA |USA Illinois The 2006 PGA Championship was the 88th PGA Championship, played August 17–20 at Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois, a suburb northwest of Chicago. Tiger Woods won his third PGA Championship and twelfth major title, five shots ahead of runner-up Shaun Micheel, the 2003 champion. It was consecutive major wins for Woods, after taking The Open Championship at Hoylake four weeks earlier.

The No. 3 Course was the longest to date in major championship history. Medinah previously hosted the tournament in 1999, when Woods captured his first PGA Championship. The purse was $6.8 million with a winner's share of $1.224 million.

This was the last appearance for two-time winner Nick Price.

Field

  1. All former PGA Champions
  2. Winners of the last five U.S. Opens (2002–2006)
  3. Winners of the last five Masters (2002–2006)
  4. Winners of the last five British Opens (2002–2006)
  5. The 2006 Senior PGA Champion
  6. The low 15 scorers and ties in The 2005 PGA Championship
  7. The 20 low scorers in The 2006 PGA Professional National Championship
  8. The 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2005 International through the 2006 Buick Open
  9. Members of the 2004 United States Ryder Cup Team
  10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour and designated as official events from The 2005 PGA Championship to The 2006 PGA Championship. (Does not include pro-am or team competitions).
  11. In addition, The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories above.
  12. The 156-player field will be filled (in order) by those players below 70th place in official money standings from the 2005 International through the 2006 Buick Open.

Full eligibility list

Course layout

No. 3 Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards434191414463537474587204435**3,739**579438471244605392453197443**3,822****7,561**
Par434454534**36**544354434**36****72**

Previous course lengths for major championships:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Chris Riley and Lucas Glover set the pace in round one shooting six under 66s. Tiger Woods finished the round at 69, three shots off the pace. Defending champion Phil Mickelson also shot 69. Mark Calcavecchia and Dudley Hart withdrew from the tournament.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1USA Chris Riley66−6
USA Lucas Glover
3USA Billy Andrade67−5
T4AUS Robert Allenby68−4
USA Stewart Cink
ENG Luke Donald
USA J. J. Henry
USA Davis Love III
SWE Henrik Stenson
T10USA Jonathan Byrd69−3
USA Harrison Frazar
USA Fred Funk
ESP Sergio García
USA Tim Herron
USA Billy Mayfair
USA Shaun Micheel
USA Phil Mickelson
AUS Geoff Ogilvy
ENG Lee Westwood
USA Tiger Woods

Second round

Friday, August 18, 2006

Four players shared the lead at the conclusion of the second round, including Tim Herron, Billy Andrade, Luke Donald and Henrik Stenson. Twenty-four players were within four strokes of the lead including Tiger Woods who shot a bogey free 68 to put himself within one shot of the leaders. Seventy players survived the 36-hole cut of even-par 144. Big names that missed the cut included: Vijay Singh, John Daly, Fred Couples, and Colin Montgomerie.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1USA Billy Andrade67-69=136−8
ENG Luke Donald68-68=136
SWE Henrik Stenson68-68=136
USA Tim Herron69-67=136
T5USA Davis Love III68-69=137−7
AUS Geoff Ogilvy69-68=137
USA Tiger Woods69-68=137
T8USA Fred Funk69-69=138−6
USA Billy Mayfair69-69=138
USA Chris Riley66-72=138
USA David Toms71-67=138

Third round

Saturday, August 19, 2006

Tiger Woods matched the course record with a 7-under 65, giving him a share of the lead with Luke Donald. Mike Weir also shot 65 to sit alone in third, two shots behind the leaders. Joey Sindelar holed a 3-wood from 241 yd on the par-5 fifth hole for a double eagle, the rarest shot in golf and only the third in PGA Championship history. It was last done by Per-Ulrik Johansson at Riviera in 1995; the first was by club pro Darrell Kestner at Inverness in 1993.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1USA Tiger Woods69-68-65=202−14
ENG Luke Donald68-68-66=202
3CAN Mike Weir72-67-65=204−12
4AUS Geoff Ogilvy69-68-68=205−11
T5USA Shaun Micheel69-70-67=206−10
ESP Sergio García69-70-67=206
7KOR K. J. Choi73-67-67=207−9
T8USA Chris DiMarco71-70-67=208−8
USA Tim Herron69-67-72=208
USA Phil Mickelson69-71-68=208
ENG Ian Poulter70-70-68=208

Final round

Sunday, August 20, 2006

Tiger Woods moved to 12-0 in majors where he led or shared the lead after 54 holes. He bested the field by five shots to win his third PGA Championship and 12th major. Third round co-leader Luke Donald shot a two-over 74 and fell out of contention on the back nine. 2003 champion Shaun Micheel shot 69 to finish in second outright. Tiger Woods tied his record for the aggregate low score in PGA Championship history (shared with Bob May at Valhalla in 2000) at 18 strokes under-par. He also became the first ever to win the PGA twice on the same course, and the first in the era of the modern Grand Slam to win two major championships in each of two successive years. Chad Campbell shot the low round of the day, a six-under 66, to finish in a tie for 24th.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1USA **Tiger Woods**69-68-65-68=270−181,224,000
2USA Shaun Micheel69-70-67-69=275−13734,400
T3ENG Luke Donald68-68-66-74=276−12353,600
ESP Sergio García69-70-67-70=276
AUS Adam Scott71-69-69-67=276
6CAN Mike Weir72-67-65-73=277−11244,800
T7KOR K. J. Choi73-67-67-71=278−10207,788
USA Steve Stricker72-67-70-69=278
T9USA Ryan Moore71-72-67-69=279−9165,000
AUS Geoff Ogilvy69-68-68-74=279
ENG Ian Poulter70-70-68-71=279

Source:

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par434454534544354434
USA Woods−15−15−15−15−16−17−17−18−18−18−19−19−19−19−19−19−18−18
USA Micheel−11−11−11−10−11−11−11−11−12−12−13−12−13−14−14−14−14−13
ENG Donald−14−14−14−13−13−13−13−13−13−12−12−12−12−12−12−12−12−12
ESP García−10−10−11−11−12−12−11−10−11−11−11−11−10−12−12−12−12−12
AUS Scott−8−8−8−8−9−10−11−11−12−12−12−12−12−13−14−13−13−12
CAN Weir−12−12−13−13−14−14−14−14−14−15−14−14−14−13−13−12−11−11

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Double Eagle --EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ --

Source:

References

References

  1. "Tournament Info for: 2006 PGA Championship". PGA of America.
  2. "2006 PGA Championship Official Site".
  3. "2006 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com.
  4. "PGA Championship". ESPN.
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