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2012 PGA Championship

Coordinates: 32°36′43″N 80°01′23″W / 32.612°N 80.023°W / 32.612; -80.023
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2012 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 9–12, 2012
LocationKiawah Island,
South Carolina
32°36′43″N 80°01′23″W / 32.612°N 80.023°W / 32.612; -80.023
Course(s)Kiawah Island Golf Resort
Ocean Course
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)
Statistics
Par72
Length7,676 yards (7,019 m)
Field156 players, 72 after cut
Cut150 (+6)
Prize fund$8,000,000
€6,507,051
Winner's share$1,445,000
€1,190,937
Champion
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
275 (−13)
Location map
Kiawah Island is located in the United States
Kiawah Island
Kiawah Island
Location in the United States
Kiawah Island is located in South Carolina
Kiawah Island
Kiawah Island
Location in South Carolina
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The 2012 PGA Championship was the 94th PGA Championship, played August 9–12 at the Ocean Course of the Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, South Carolina, southwest of Charleston. Rory McIlroy shot a bogey-free 66 (−6) in the final round to win his second major title by eight strokes over runner-up David Lynn.[1][2]

The victory margin was a record for the PGA Championship, surpassing the seven-stroke win in 1980 by Jack Nicklaus for his fifth PGA and seventeenth major title. The winner of the U.S. Open in 2011, also by eight strokes, McIlroy became the sixth-youngest winner of two majors at 23 years and 3 months.[3][4][5]

Television coverage was provided in the United States by CBS and TNT, and in the United Kingdom by Sky Sports.

It was the first major championship at Kiawah Island; the Ocean Course hosted the Ryder Cup in 1991. The PGA Championship returned in May 2021.

Venue

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Main article: Kiawah Island Golf Resort

Course layout

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Ocean Course

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 396 557 390 458 188 480 579 198 494 3,740 447 593 412 497 238 444 581 223 501 3,936 7,676
Par 4 5 4 4 3 4 5 3 4 36 4 5 4 4 3 4 5 3 4 36 72

Field

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The following qualification criteria were used to select the field.[6] Each player is listed according to the first category by which he qualified with additional categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses.[7]

1. All former PGA Champions

2. Last five U.S. Open champions

3. Last five Masters champions

4. Last five British Open champions

5. Current Senior PGA champion

6. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2011 PGA Championship

7. 20 low scorers in the 2012 PGA Professional National Championship

8. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational to the 2012 RBC Canadian Open

9. Members of the United States and European 2010 Ryder Cup teams (provided they are ranked in the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking on July 30)

10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2011 PGA Championship

11. Vacancies are filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings).

12. The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above

Alternates (per category 11):[7]

  1. William McGirt – took the spot reserved for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational winner (Keegan Bradley already qualified)
  2. Chris Stroud – replaced Ben Crane[8]

Nine players appeared in their first major: Matt Dobyns, Michael Frye, William McGirt, Bill Murchison III, Rod Perry, Corey Prugh, Paul Scaletta, Doug Wade and Bernd Wiesberger.[9]

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, August 9, 2012

In good weather conditions, Carl Pettersson jumped out to a one-stroke lead with a bogey-free 66 (−6). Joost Luiten had raced to eight-under-par through 14 holes, but bogeyed each of his final four holes to fall back into the pack. World number one Luke Donald struggled to an opening 74 (+2), but number two Tiger Woods shot 69 (−3) in the morning wave of players.[10]

Place Player Score To par
1 Sweden Carl Pettersson 66 −6
T2 Spain Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño 67 −5
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
Sweden Alex Norén
United States Gary Woodland
T6 Australia Aaron Baddeley 68 −4
United States Keegan Bradley
United States John Daly
Netherlands Joost Luiten
Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell
Australia Geoff Ogilvy
United States Scott Piercy
Australia Adam Scott

Second round

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Friday, August 10, 2012

The wind gusted 20–30 mph (30–50 km/h) throughout the day on Friday, making conditions much tougher than the first round of the tournament. Scoring was the toughest on record since the championship assumed a strokeplay format in 1958, with the average round being over 78; 72 players made the cut which fell at 150 (+6). Leader Pettersson backed up with a 74 (+2) but that was good enough to stay in a tie for the lead with two other players: Vijay Singh, the 1998 and 2004 champion, shot the lowest round of the day, 69 (−3), while Tiger Woods also rose into a tie for the lead with a 71 in which he made three birdies and two bogeys and stroked only 26 putts. The tough conditions and long course created very slow play; one player, Luiten, chose to complete his second round early on Saturday morning (the other two in his threesome chose to finish their rounds in near-darkness on Friday). He birdied the eighteenth for a round of 76 (+4), which put him at even-par 144.[11]

Place Player Score To par
T1 Sweden Carl Pettersson 66-74=140 −4
Fiji Vijay Singh 71-69=140
United States Tiger Woods 69-71=140
4 England Ian Poulter 70-71=141 −3
T5 Wales Jamie Donaldson 69-73=142 −2
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 67-75=142
T7 United States Blake Adams 71-72=143 −1
Australia Aaron Baddeley 68-75=143
South Africa Trevor Immelman 71-72=143
Australia Adam Scott 68-75=143

Third round

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Saturday, August 11, 2012
Sunday, August 12, 2012

Weather conditions continued to worsen, and a fierce thunderstorm blew in late afternoon on Saturday, causing play to be postponed for the day with 26 of the 72 players still out on the course. Until the delay, scoring had been a little easier: world number 3 Rory McIlroy surged early with five birdies in his opening eight holes, and a remarkable par save on the third after his drive lodged in a tree. However, a bogey on nine, his final hole of the day, dropped him back into a share of the lead with two-time champion Singh, 26 years McIlroy's senior and attempting to become the oldest major winner in history. They led Adam Scott, also enjoying a fast start, by one, as Scott attempted to shrug off his near miss at the year's previous major. Woods struggled early and was three-over par with a lengthy putt for par at the eighth when play was halted. The overnight clubhouse lead was held by Bo Van Pelt, who carded a five-under 67 early to move to three-under for the week.[12]

Weather delay

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The leaderboard when play was halted on Saturday at 4:50 pm EDT:

Place Player Score To par Hole
T1 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 67-75-32=174 −6 9
Fiji Vijay Singh 71-69-27=167 7
3 Australia Adam Scott 68-75-32=175 −5 9
4 Sweden Carl Pettersson 66-74-32=172 −4 8
T5 United States Bo Van Pelt 73-73-67=213 −3 F
South Africa Trevor Immelman 71-72-38=181 10
T7 United States Steve Stricker 74-73-67=214 −2 F
Sweden Peter Hanson 69-75-47=191 12
Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell 68-76-43=187 11
England Ian Poulter 70-71-33=174 8

Conclusion

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Play resumed Sunday at 7:45 am EDT

Place Player Score To par
1 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 67-75-67=209 −7
2 Sweden Carl Pettersson 66-74-72=212 −4
T3 South Africa Trevor Immelman 71-72-70=213 −3
Australia Adam Scott 68-75-70=213
United States Bo Van Pelt 73-73-67=213
T6 Sweden Peter Hanson 69-75-70=214 −2
Fiji Vijay Singh 71-69-74=214
United States Steve Stricker 74-73-67=214
United States Tiger Woods 69-71-74=214
T10 Wales Jamie Donaldson 69-73-73=215 −1
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 70-76-69=215
England David Lynn 73-74-68=215
Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell 68-76-71=215
England Ian Poulter 70-71-74=215
United States Jimmy Walker 73-75-67=215

Final round

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Sunday, August 12, 2012

Ian Poulter made an early charge by making five birdies in a row to start his round, but his charge fizzled on the back nine and he finished with four bogeys in the last six holes. Pettersson was in contention early in the round with a front nine 34 despite a rules infraction where he received a two-stroke penalty from moving a leaf in a lateral hazard, though he also fell out of contention on the back nine when McIlroy pulled away. Defending champion Keegan Bradley tied for third after a final-round 68. McIlroy shot a bogey-free 66 (−6) with only 24 putts, winning the championship by a record eight strokes, capped with a twenty-foot (6 m) birdie putt on the final hole. The previous PGA record winning margin was seven strokes, by Jack Nicklaus at age forty in 1980, his 17th major.[3][4][5][13]

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 67-75-67-66=275 −13 1,445,000
2 England David Lynn 73-74-68-68=283 −5 865,000
T3 United States Keegan Bradley 68-77-71-68=284 −4 384,500
Sweden Carl Pettersson 66-74-72-72=284
England Ian Poulter 70-71-74-69=284
England Justin Rose 69-79-70-66=284
T7 United States Blake Adams 71-72-75-67=285 −3 226,000
Wales Jamie Donaldson 69-73-73-70=285
Sweden Peter Hanson 69-75-70-71=285
United States Steve Stricker 74-73-67-71=285

Scorecard

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Final round

Hole   1     2     3     4     5     6    7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 5 3 4
Northern Ireland McIlroy −7 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13
England Lynn −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5
United States Bradley +1 E E E E −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4
Sweden Pettersson −2 −2 −3 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4
England Poulter −2 −3 −4 −5 −6 −6 −7 −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 −7 −6 −5 −5 −5 −4
England Rose +1 E −1 −1 E E −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −5 −4 −4
United States Woods −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey
Source:[14]

References

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  9. ^ "Meet the 2012 PGA Championship qualifiers". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
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