2006 PGA Championship

{{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 2006 PGA Championship | image = 2006 PGA Championship.svg | image_size = 180 | dates = August 17–20, 2006 | location = [[Medinah, Illinois]] | course = [[Medinah Country Club]] No. 3 Course | org = [[PGA of America]] | tour = [[PGA Tour]] [[European Tour]] [[Japan Golf Tour]] | par = 72 | yardage = {{convert|7561|yd}} | field = 156 players, 70 after cut<ref name=pgamedia06>{{cite web |url=http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=1963&date=2006&tourn_name_id=2 |publisher=PGA of America |title=Tournament Info for: 2006 PGA Championship |access-date=July 26, 2012}}</ref> | cut = 144 (E) | purse = [[United States dollar|$]]6,800,000 | winners_share = $1,224,000 | champion = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tiger Woods]] | score = 270 (−18) | previous = [[2005 PGA Championship|2005]] | next = [[2007 PGA Championship|2007]] }} {{Location map |USA |relief = 1 |label = Medinah |position = left |marksize = 5 |lat = 41.966 |long = -88.048 |caption = Location in the [[United States]] |float = |background= |width = 235 }} {{Location map |USA Illinois |relief = 1 |label = Medinah  |position = left |marksize = 5 |lat = 41.966 |long = -88.048 |caption = Location in [[Illinois]] |float = |background= |width = 130 }} 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2006/index.html |title=2006 PGA Championship Official Site |access-date=2007-07-27 |archive-date=2007-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070104001756/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2006/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Tiger Woods]] won his third PGA Championship and twelfth [[Men's major golf championships|major title]], five shots ahead of runner-up [[Shaun Micheel]], the [[2003 PGA Championship|2003]] champion. It was consecutive major wins for Woods, after taking [[2006 Open Championship|The Open Championship]] at [[Royal Liverpool Golf Club|Hoylake]] four weeks earlier.

The No. 3 Course was the longest to date in major championship history. Medinah previously hosted the tournament in [[1999 PGA Championship|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== #All former PGA Champions #Winners of the last five U.S. Opens (2002–2006) #Winners of the last five Masters (2002–2006) #Winners of the last five British Opens (2002–2006) #The 2006 Senior PGA Champion #The low 15 scorers and ties in The 2005 PGA Championship #The 20 low scorers in The 2006 PGA Professional National Championship #The 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2005 International through the 2006 Buick Open #Members of the 2004 United States Ryder Cup Team #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). #In addition, The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories above. #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.

[http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2006/players/eligibility.html ''Full eligibility list''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707071559/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2006/players/eligibility.html |date=2007-07-07 }}

==Course layout== {{see also|Medinah Country Club}} No. 3 Course {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !align="left"|Hole!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!Out!!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18!!In!!Total |- | align="center"|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''' |- | align="center"|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: * {{convert|7401|yd}}, par 72 - [[1999 PGA Championship]] * {{convert|7195|yd}}, par 72 - [[1990 U.S. Open (golf)|1990 U.S. Open]] * {{convert|7032|yd}}, par 71 - [[1975 U.S. Open (golf)|1975 U.S. Open]] * {{convert|6981|yd}}, par 71 - [[1949 U.S. Open (golf)|1949 U.S. Open]]

== Round summaries == ===First round === ''Thursday, August 17, 2006''

[[Chris Riley (golfer)|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.

{| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- |rowspan="2" align=center|T1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Riley (golfer)|Chris Riley]]||rowspan="2" align=center|66||rowspan="2" align=center|−6 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lucas Glover]] |- |align=center|3|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Billy Andrade]]||align=center|67||align=center|−5 |- |rowspan="6" align=center|T4|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Robert Allenby]]||rowspan="6" align=center|68||rowspan="6" align=center|−4 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Stewart Cink]] |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Luke Donald]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[J. J. Henry]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Davis Love III]] |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Henrik Stenson]] |- |rowspan="11" align=center|T10|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jonathan Byrd (golfer)|Jonathan Byrd]]||rowspan="11" align=center|69||rowspan="11" align=center|−3 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Harrison Frazar]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fred Funk]] |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio García]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tim Herron]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Billy Mayfair]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Shaun Micheel]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Mickelson]] |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Geoff Ogilvy]] |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Westwood]] |- | {{flagicon|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 (golfer)|John Daly]], [[Fred Couples]], and [[Colin Montgomerie]].

{| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- |rowspan="4" align=center|T1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Billy Andrade]] || 67-69=136||rowspan="4" align=center|−8 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Luke Donald]] || 68-68=136 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Henrik Stenson]]|| 68-68=136 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tim Herron]] || 69-67=136 |- |rowspan="3" align=center|T5|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Davis Love III]] || 68-69=137 ||rowspan="3" align=center|−7 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Geoff Ogilvy]] || 69-68=137 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tiger Woods]] || 69-68=137 |- |rowspan="4" align=center|T8|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fred Funk]] || 69-69=138||rowspan="4" align=center|−6 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Billy Mayfair]] || 69-69=138 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Riley (golfer)|Chris Riley]] || 66-72=138 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[David Toms]] || 71-67=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 {{convert|241|yd}} on the par-5 fifth hole for a [[Albatross (golf)|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 Country Club|Riviera]] in [[1995 PGA Championship|1995]]; the first was by club pro [[Darrell Kestner]] at [[Inverness Club|Inverness]] in [[1993 PGA Championship|1993]].

{| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- |rowspan="2" align=center|T1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tiger Woods]] || 69-68-65=202||rowspan="2" align=center|−14 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Luke Donald]] || 68-68-66=202 |- |align=center|3|| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Mike Weir]]||72-67-65=204||align=center|−12 |- |align=center|4|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Geoff Ogilvy]]|| 69-68-68=205 ||align=center|−11 |- |rowspan="2" align=center|T5|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Shaun Micheel]] || 69-70-67=206 ||rowspan="2" align=center|−10 |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio García]] || 69-70-67=206 |- |align=center|7|| {{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[K. J. Choi]] || 73-67-67=207 || align=center|−9 |- |rowspan="4" align=center|T8|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris DiMarco]] || 71-70-67=208 ||rowspan="4" align=center|−8 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tim Herron]] || 69-67-72=208 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Mickelson]] || 69-71-68=208 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ian Poulter]] || 70-70-68=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 PGA Championship|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 (golfer)|Bob May]] at [[Valhalla Golf Club|Valhalla]] in [[2000 PGA Championship|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 (golf)|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.

{| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ([[United States dollar|$]]) |- |align=center|1|| {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Tiger Woods]]''' || 69-68-65-68=270 ||align=center|−18||align=center|1,224,000 |- |align=center|2|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Shaun Micheel]] || 69-70-67-69=275 ||align=center|−13||align=center|734,400 |- |rowspan="3" align=center|T3|| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Luke Donald]] || 68-68-66-74=276 ||rowspan="3" align=center|−12||rowspan="3" align=center|353,600 |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio García]] || 69-70-67-70=276 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Adam Scott (golfer)|Adam Scott]] || 71-69-69-67=276 |- | align=center|6|| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Mike Weir]]||72-67-65-73=277|| align=center|−11||align=center|244,800 |- |rowspan=2 align=center|T7|| {{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[K. J. Choi]]||73-67-67-71=278||rowspan=2 align=center|−10||rowspan=2 align=center|207,788 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Stricker]]||72-67-70-69=278 |- |rowspan=3 align=center|T9|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ryan Moore (golfer)|Ryan Moore]]||71-72-67-69=279||rowspan=3 align=center|−9||rowspan=3 align=center|165,000 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Geoff Ogilvy]]||69-68-68-74=279 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ian Poulter]]||70-70-68-71=279 |} Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=2006&tid=22|publisher=databasegolf.com|title=2006 PGA Championship|access-date= July 26, 2012}}</ref>

====Scorecard==== ''Final round'' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Hole!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18 |- |Par||4||3||4||4||5||4||5||3||4|| 5||4||4||3||5||4||4||3||4 |- |align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Woods || style="background: Pink;"|−15 || −15 || −15 || −15 || style="background: Pink;"|−16 || style="background: Pink;"|−17 || −17 || style="background: Pink;"|−18 || −18 || −18 || style="background: Pink;"|−19 || −19 || −19 || −19 || −19 || −19 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−18 || −18 |- |align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Micheel || style="background: Pink;"|−11 || −11 || −11 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−10 || style="background: Pink;"|−11 || −11 || −11 || −11 || style="background: Pink;"|−12 || −12 || style="background: Pink;"|−13 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−12 || style="background: Pink;"|−13 || style="background: Pink;"|−14 || −14 || −14 || −14 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−13 |- |align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Donald || −14 || −14 || −14 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−13 || −13 || −13 || −13 || −13 || −13 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−12 || −12 || −12 || −12 || −12 || −12 || −12 || −12 || −12 |- |align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} García || −10 || −10 || style="background: Pink;"|−11 || −11 || style="background: Pink;"|−12 || −12 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−11 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−10 || style="background: Pink;"|−11 || −11 || −11 || −11 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−10 || style="background: Red;"|−12 || −12 || −12 || −12 || −12 |- |align=left| {{flagicon|AUS}} Scott || style="background: Pink;"|−8 || −8 || −8 || −8 || style="background: Pink;"|−9 || style="background: Pink;"|−10 || style="background: Pink;"|−11 || −11 || style="background: Pink;"|−12 || −12 || −12 || −12 || −12 || style="background: Pink;"|−13 || style="background: Pink;"|−14 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−13 || −13 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−12 |- |align=left| {{flagicon|CAN}} Weir || −12 || −12 || style="background: Pink;"|−13 || −13 || style="background: Pink;"|−14 || −14 || −14 || −14 || −14 || style="background: Pink;"|−15 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−14 || −14 || −14 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−13 || −13 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−12 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−11 || −11 |} ''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par'' {| class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%" |- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey  |} Source:<ref name=ldr>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=274 |work=ESPN |title=PGA Championship |access-date=12 August 2015}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070104001756/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2006/index.html 2006 PGA Championship official site] *[http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2006/tournamentid=2006066/news/index.html Coverage on European Tour's official site] *[http://www.medinahcc.org/ Medinah Country Club official site]

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