2006 PGA Championship


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
  3. Winners of the last five Masters
  4. Winners of the last five British Opens
  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..
  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 by those players below 70th place in official money standings from the 2005 International through the 2006 Buick Open.

Course layout

No. 3 Course
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4341914144635374745872044353,7395794384712446053924531974433,8227,561
Par434454534365443544343672

Previous course lengths for major championships:

Made the cut

Missed the cut

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.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Chris Riley66−6
T1Lucas Glover66−6
3Billy Andrade67−5
T4Robert Allenby68−4
T4Stewart Cink68−4
T4Luke Donald68−4
T4J. J. Henry68−4
T4Davis Love III68−4
T4Henrik Stenson68−4
T10Jonathan Byrd69−3
T10Harrison Frazar69−3
T10Fred Funk69−3
T10Sergio García69−3
T10Tim Herron69−3
T10Billy Mayfair69−3
T10Shaun Micheel69−3
T10Phil Mickelson69−3
T10Geoff Ogilvy69−3
T10Lee Westwood69−3
T10Tiger Woods69−3

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.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Billy Andrade67-69=136−8
T1Luke Donald68-68=136−8
T1Henrik Stenson68-68=136−8
T1Tim Herron69-67=136−8
T5Davis Love III68-69=137−7
T5Geoff Ogilvy69-68=137−7
T5Tiger Woods69-68=137−7
T8Fred Funk69-69=138−6
T8Billy Mayfair69-69=138−6
T8Chris Riley66-72=138−6
T8David Toms71-67=138−6

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 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.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Tiger Woods69-68-65=202−14
T1Luke Donald68-68-66=202−14
3Mike Weir72-67-65=204−12
4Geoff Ogilvy69-68-68=205−11
T5Shaun Micheel69-70-67=206−10
T5Sergio García69-70-67=206−10
7K. J. Choi73-67-67=207−9
T8Chris DiMarco71-70-67=208−8
T8Tim Herron69-67-72=208−8
T8Phil Mickelson69-71-68=208−8
T8Ian Poulter70-70-68=208−8

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 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.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Tiger Woods69-68-65-68=270−181,224,000
2Shaun Micheel69-70-67-69=275−13734,400
T3Luke Donald68-68-66-74=276−12353,600
T3Sergio García69-70-67-70=276−12353,600
T3Adam Scott71-69-69-67=276−12353,600
6Mike Weir72-67-65-73=277−11244,800
T7K. J. Choi73-67-67-71=278−10207,788
T7Steve Stricker72-67-70-69=278−10207,788
T9Ryan Moore71-72-67-69=279−9165,000
T9Geoff Ogilvy69-68-68-74=279−9165,000
T9Ian Poulter70-70-68-71=279−9165,000

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Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par434454534544354434
Woods−15−15−15−15−16−17−17−18−18−18−19−19−19−19−19−19−18−18
Micheel−11−11−11−10−11−11−11−11−12−12−13−12−13−14−14−14−14−13
Donald−14−14−14−13−13−13−13−13−13−12−12−12−12−12−12−12−12−12
García−10−10−11−11−12−12−11−10−11−11−11−11−10−12−12−12−12−12
Scott−8−8−8−8−9−10−11−11−12−12−12−12−12−13−14−13−13−12
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
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