Tournament information | |
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Dates | August 17–20, 2006 |
Location | Medinah, Illinois |
Course(s) | Medinah Country Club No. 3 Course |
Organized by | PGA of America |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,561 yards (6,914 m) |
Field | 156 players, 70 after cut[1] |
Cut | 144 (E) |
Prize fund | $6,800,000 |
Winner's share | $1,224,000 |
Champion | |
Tiger Woods | |
270 (−18) | |
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The 2006 PGA Championship was the 88th PGA Championship, played August 17–20 at Medinah Country ClubinMedinah, Illinois, a suburb northwest of Chicago.[2] 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 ChampionshipatHoylake 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.
Full eligibility list Archived 2007-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
No. 3 Course
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Yards | 434 | 191 | 414 | 463 | 537 | 474 | 587 | 204 | 435 | 3,739 | 579 | 438 | 471 | 244 | 605 | 392 | 453 | 197 | 443 | 3,822 | 7,561 |
Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
Previous course lengths for major championships:
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.
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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T1 | Chris Riley | 66 | −6 |
Lucas Glover | |||
3 | Billy Andrade | 67 | −5 |
T4 | Robert Allenby | 68 | −4 |
Stewart Cink | |||
Luke Donald | |||
J. J. Henry | |||
Davis Love III | |||
Henrik Stenson | |||
T10 | Jonathan Byrd | 69 | −3 |
Harrison Frazar | |||
Fred Funk | |||
Sergio García | |||
Tim Herron | |||
Billy Mayfair | |||
Shaun Micheel | |||
Phil Mickelson | |||
Geoff Ogilvy | |||
Lee Westwood | |||
Tiger Woods |
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.
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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T1 | Billy Andrade | 67-69=136 | −8 |
Luke Donald | 68-68=136 | ||
Henrik Stenson | 68-68=136 | ||
Tim Herron | 69-67=136 | ||
T5 | Davis Love III | 68-69=137 | −7 |
Geoff Ogilvy | 69-68=137 | ||
Tiger Woods | 69-68=137 | ||
T8 | Fred Funk | 69-69=138 | −6 |
Billy Mayfair | 69-69=138 | ||
Chris Riley | 66-72=138 | ||
David Toms | 71-67=138 |
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 yards (220 m) 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 JohanssonatRivierain1995; the first was by club pro Darrell KestneratInvernessin1993.
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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T1 | Tiger Woods | 69-68-65=202 | −14 |
Luke Donald | 68-68-66=202 | ||
3 | Mike Weir | 72-67-65=204 | −12 |
4 | Geoff Ogilvy | 69-68-68=205 | −11 |
T5 | Shaun Micheel | 69-70-67=206 | −10 |
Sergio García | 69-70-67=206 | ||
7 | K. J. Choi | 73-67-67=207 | −9 |
T8 | Chris DiMarco | 71-70-67=208 | −8 |
Tim Herron | 69-67-72=208 | ||
Phil Mickelson | 69-71-68=208 | ||
Ian Poulter | 70-70-68=208 |
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 MayatValhallain2000) 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.
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Tiger Woods | 69-68-65-68=270 | −18 | 1,224,000 |
2 | Shaun Micheel | 69-70-67-69=275 | −13 | 734,400 |
T3 | Luke Donald | 68-68-66-74=276 | −12 | 353,600 |
Sergio García | 69-70-67-70=276 | |||
Adam Scott | 71-69-69-67=276 | |||
6 | Mike Weir | 72-67-65-73=277 | −11 | 244,800 |
T7 | K. J. Choi | 73-67-67-71=278 | −10 | 207,788 |
Steve Stricker | 72-67-70-69=278 | |||
T9 | Ryan Moore | 71-72-67-69=279 | −9 | 165,000 |
Geoff Ogilvy | 69-68-68-74=279 | |||
Ian Poulter | 70-70-68-71=279 |
Source:[3]
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle | Birdie | Bogey |
Source:[4]
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