2015 PGA Championship


The 2015 PGA Championship was the 97th PGA Championship, held August 13–16 on the Straits Course of Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin. It was the third PGA Championship at Whistling Straits, which previously hosted in 2004 and 2010, as well as the United States Senior Open in 2007, all held on the Straits Course.
Jason Day won his first major championship title with a total score of 268, at the time the lowest score in relation to par ever recorded in a major. Jordan Spieth, attempting to win his third major of the year, finished in second place three strokes behind. The second-place finish allowed Spieth to surpass Rory McIlroy as number one in the Official World Golf Ranking.

Course layout

Straits Course
Previous course lengths for major championships
The following qualification criteria were used to select the field. Each player is listed according to the first category by which he qualified with additional categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses.
1. All former PGA Champions
Rich Beem, Keegan Bradley, Mark Brooks, John Daly, Jason Dufner, Pádraig Harrington, Martin Kaymer, Davis Love III, Rory McIlroy, Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh, David Toms, Tiger Woods, Yang Yong-eun
2. Last five U.S. Open Champions
Justin Rose, Webb Simpson, Jordan Spieth
3. Last five Masters Champions
Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott, Bubba Watson
4. Last five Open Champions
Darren Clarke, Ernie Els, Zach Johnson
5. Current Senior PGA Champion
Colin Montgomerie
6. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2014 PGA Championship
Kevin Chappell, Jason Day, Victor Dubuisson, Rickie Fowler, Jim Furyk, Mikko Ilonen, Brooks Koepka, Hunter Mahan, Louis Oosthuizen, Ryan Palmer, Brandt Snedeker, Henrik Stenson, Steve Stricker, Jimmy Walker, Marc Warren, Lee Westwood, Bernd Wiesberger
7. 20 low scorers in the 2015 PGA Professional National Championship
Brian Cairns, Matt Dobyns, Sean Dougherty, Charles Frost, Brian Gaffney, Ryan Helminen, Brett Jones, Ryan Kennedy, Johan Kok, Alan Morin, Jeff Olson, Austin Peters, Ben Polland, Adam Rainaud, Brent Snyder, Bob Sowards, Grant Sturgeon, Omar Uresti, Daniel Venezio, Steven Young
8. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational to the 2015 Quicken Loans National
Bae Sang-moon, Daniel Berger, Jason Bohn, Steven Bowditch, Paul Casey, Brendon de Jonge, Harris English, Matt Every, Tony Finau, Sergio García, Fabián Gómez, Bill Haas, Chesson Hadley, James Hahn, Brian Harman, David Hearn, Russell Henley, Charley Hoffman, Morgan Hoffmann, J. B. Holmes, Billy Horschel, Dustin Johnson, Matt Jones, Kevin Kisner, Russell Knox, Matt Kuchar, Danny Lee, Marc Leishman, David Lingmerth, Ben Martin, Hideki Matsuyama, Troy Merritt, Ryan Moore, Kevin Na, Geoff Ogilvy, Scott Piercy, Ian Poulter, Patrick Reed, John Senden, Shawn Stefani, Robert Streb, Kevin Streelman, Justin Thomas, Brendon Todd, Cameron Tringale, Camilo Villegas, Nick Watney, Boo Weekley
9. Members of the United States and European 2014 Ryder Cup teams
Jamie Donaldson, Stephen Gallacher, Graeme McDowell
10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2014 PGA Championship
Alex Čejka, J. J. Henry, Shane Lowry, Nick Taylor
11. Vacancies are filled by the first available player from the list of alternates.
Charles Howell III, Pat Perez, Rory Sabbatini, Brendan Steele
12. The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above
An Byeong-hun, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thomas Bjørn, Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Tim Clark, George Coetzee, Luke Donald, Ross Fisher, Tommy Fleetwood, Branden Grace, Emiliano Grillo, Tyrrell Hatton, David Howell, Hiroshi Iwata, Thongchai Jaidee, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Søren Kjeldsen, Anirban Lahiri, Pablo Larrazábal, Alexander Lévy, Joost Luiten, George McNeill, Francesco Molinari, James Morrison, Koumei Oda, Eddie Pepperell, Richie Ramsay, Marcel Siem, Cameron Smith, Andy Sullivan, Danny Willett, Chris Wood
;Alternates
  1. Martin Laird – took spot reserved for WGC-Bridgestone Invitational winner
  2. Sean O'Hair – replaced Graham DeLaet
  3. Carl Pettersson – replaced Gary Woodland

    Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 13, 2015
Dustin Johnson recorded five birdies and an eagle and opened with a round of 66 for a one-stroke lead. This was the third consecutive major championship in which Johnson has held at least a share of the lead after the first round. David Lingmerth birdied five out of his first seven holes on the way to a round of 67 and is a stroke behind. Defending champion Rory McIlroy, playing his first tournament since the U.S. Open after an ankle injury, opened with a round of 71, as did Masters and U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Dustin Johnson66−6
2David Lingmerth67−5
T3Jason Day68−4
T3Harris English68−4
T3Russell Henley68−4
T3J. B. Holmes68−4
T3Matt Jones68−4
T3Matt Kuchar68−4
T3Danny Lee68−4
T3Scott Piercy68−4

Second round

Friday, August 14, 2015

Saturday, August 15, 2015
Play was suspended at 5:28 p.m. CDT due to thunderstorms with Jason Day and Matt Jones tied for the lead at nine-under par. David Lingmerth was the clubhouse leader at seven-under. Hiroshi Iwata tied a major championship record with a round of 63, the 27th time that had been achieved in a major and 13th time at the PGA Championship.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Matt Jones68-65=133−11
2Jason Day68-67=135−9
3Justin Rose69-67=136−8
T4Tony Finau71-66=137−7
T4Anirban Lahiri70-67=137−7
T4David Lingmerth67-70=137−7
T7Scott Piercy68-70=138−6
T7Jordan Spieth71-67=138−6
T7Brendan Steele69-69=138−6
T10George Coetzee74-65=139−5
T10Harris English68-71=139−5
T10Russell Henley68-71=139−5
T10J. B. Holmes68-71=139−5
T10Dustin Johnson66-73=139−5

Third round

Saturday, August 15, 2015
Following the completion of the second round on Saturday morning, the third round began at 9:15 a.m. CDT. After a round of 66, which included eight birdies and an eagle to offset a double bogey at the 15th, Jason Day built a two-stroke lead after 54 holes. Day carried at least a share of the lead into the final round for the third consecutive major championship, the first since Phil Mickelson in 2006 to do so. Jordan Spieth birdied six out of his last eight holes for a bogey-free round of 65 to move into second place. Branden Grace had the low round of the day with a 64 and jumped from 28th at the start of the round to a tie for third.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jason Day68-67-66=201−15
2Jordan Spieth71-67-65=203−13
T3Branden Grace71-69-64=204−12
T3Justin Rose69-67-68=204−12
5Martin Kaymer70-70-65=205−11
T6Tony Finau71-66-69=206−10
T6Matt Jones68-65-73=206−10
T8Dustin Johnson66-73-68=207−9
T8Anirban Lahiri70-67-70=207−9
T10J. B. Holmes68-71-69=208−8
T10Billy Horschel72-68-68=208−8
T10Matt Kuchar68-72-68=208−8

Final round

Sunday, August 16, 2015
Jason Day set a major championship scoring record on the way to a three-stroke victory and his first career major. After a round of 67 he finished the tournament at 20-under-par, breaking the previous major scoring record set by Tiger Woods at the 2000 Open Championship. Jordan Spieth, looking to join Woods and Ben Hogan with three major victories in a year, began the final round two strokes behind but was never able to close that deficit, finishing three shots behind. Spieth finished the year 54-under-par at the majors, also surpassing Woods' record from 2000. Branden Grace and Justin Rose also got to within two shots of the lead but fell from contention after double bogeys at the 10th and 13th, respectively.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Jason Day68-67-66-67=268−201,800,000
2Jordan Spieth71-67-65-68=271−171,080,000
3Branden Grace71-69-64-69=273−15680,000
4Justin Rose69-67-68-70=274−14480,000
T5Brooks Koepka73-69-67-66=275−13367,500
T5Anirban Lahiri70-67-70-68=275−13367,500
T7George Coetzee74-65-70-67=276−12293,000
T7Dustin Johnson66-73-68-69=276−12293,000
T7Matt Kuchar68-72-68-68=276−12293,000
T10Tony Finau71-66-69-71=277−11243,000
T10Robert Streb70-73-67-67=277−11243,000

Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453454344453444534
Day−15−16−16−16−17−18−19−18−18−18−19−19−19−20−19−20−20−20
Spieth−13−13−14−13−14−15−15−15−14−15−15−15−16−16−16−17−17−17
Grace−12−12−13−13−14−15−16−16−16−14−14−14−15−15−14−14−15−15
Rose−12−12−12−12−13−14−14−14−14−15−16−16−14−14−14−15−15−14
Koepka−7−8−8−8−8−9−9−10−10−11−12−12−11−11−12−14−13−13
Lahiri−10−10−10−10−11−12−12−12−13−12−13−13−13−13−13−14−14−13
Coetzee−7−7−7−6−6−7−7−7−8−9−10−10−10−10−11−12−13−12
Johnson−5−6−5−4−5−6−7−7−7−8−10−11−11−11−11−13−12−12
Kuchar−8−9−9−9−10−11−11−11−10−11−13−13−12−12−12−12−12−12

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+