{{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 2008 PGA Championship | image = PGAChampionship2008Logo.svg | location = [[Bloomfield Hills, Michigan]] | course = [[Oakland Hills Country Club]],<br>South Course | dates = August 7–10, 2008 | par = 70 | yardage = {{convert|7395|yd}} | org = [[Professional Golfers' Association of America|PGA of America]] | tour = [[PGA Tour]]<br> [[PGA European Tour]]<br> [[Japan Golf Tour]] | field = 156 players, 73 after cut | cut = 148 (+8) | purse = [[United States dollar|$]]7,500,000 <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2008/news/preview%20notebook.html |title=2008 PGA Championship - Preview notebook |access-date=2008-11-13 |archive-date=2009-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627062618/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2008/news/preview%20notebook.html |url-status=live }}</ref><br>[[Euro|€]]4,804,330 | winners_share = $1,350,000<br>€867,219 | champion = {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Pádraig Harrington]] | score = 277 (−3) | previous = [[2007 PGA Championship|2007]] | next = [[2009 PGA Championship|2009]] }} {{Location map |USA |relief = 1 |label = <small>Oakland Hills <br>Country Club</small> |lat = 42.544 |long = -83.277 |caption = Location in the [[United States]] |marksize = 5 |float = |background = |width = 230 }} {{Location map |USA Michigan |relief = 1 |label = <small>Oakland Hills <br>Country Club</small> |lat = 42.544 |long = -83.277 |caption = Location in [[Michigan]] |marksize = 5 |float = |background = |width = 170 }} The '''2008 PGA Championship''' was the 90th [[PGA Championship]], played from August 7–10 at [[Oakland Hills Country Club]] in [[Bloomfield Hills, Michigan]], a suburb northwest of [[Detroit]].
[[Pádraig Harrington]] won his second consecutive major and third overall, two strokes ahead of runners-up [[Ben Curtis (golfer)|Ben Curtis]] and [[Sergio García]]. He earned $1.35 million for the victory, and became the first European-born winner of the PGA Championship in 78 years, last accomplished in the [[match play]] era by [[Tommy Armour]] of [[Scotland]] in [[1930 PGA Championship|1930]] (by then a naturalized U.S. citizen). Harrington was the first winner from [[Ireland]], and the first European to win [[The Open Championship]] and the PGA Championship in the same year.
It was the ninth [[Men's major golf championships|major championship]] contested at the South Course and the first in twelve years, when [[Steve Jones (golfer)|Steve Jones]] won the [[1996 U.S. Open (golf)|1996 U.S. Open]]. The PGA Championship returned to "The Monster" for the first time in 29 years; the [[1979 PGA Championship|1979]] event was won by [[David Graham (golfer)|David Graham]].
[[Tiger Woods]], the two-time defending champion, did not compete due to rehabilitation for a season-ending knee surgery following his playoff victory in the [[2008 U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] in June.
The South Course previously hosted the PGA Championship in [[1972 PGA Championship|1972]] and [[1979 PGA Championship|1979]], the U.S. Open in [[1924 U.S. Open (golf)|1924]], [[1937 U.S. Open (golf)|1937]], [[1951 U.S. Open (golf)|1951]], [[1961 U.S. Open (golf)|1961]], [[1985 U.S. Open (golf)|1985]], and [[1996 U.S. Open (golf)|1996]], and the [[Ryder Cup]] in 2004.
==Field== The following is the qualification criteria that was used to select the field.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2008/players/eligibility.html |title=2008 PGA Championship Eligibility |access-date=August 12, 2008 |publisher=PGA |date=June 8, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080816084642/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2008/players/eligibility.html |archive-date=August 16, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> Each player is listed according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses:
'''1. All former [[PGA Championship|PGA]] Champions'''<br /> [[Paul Azinger]], [[Rich Beem]], [[Mark Brooks (golfer)|Mark Brooks]], [[John Daly (golfer)|John Daly]], [[Steve Elkington]], [[Davis Love III]], [[Phil Mickelson]] (3,8,9,10), [[Vijay Singh]] (8,10), [[David Toms]] (9), [[Bob Tway]]<br /> (Eligible but not competing: [[Jack Burke Jr.]], [[Dow Finsterwald]], [[Raymond Floyd]], [[Doug Ford (golfer)|Doug Ford]], [[Al Geiberger]], [[Wayne Grady]], [[David Graham (golfer)|David Graham]], [[Hubert Green]], [[Don January]], [[John Mahaffey]], [[Shaun Micheel]], [[Larry Nelson]], [[Bobby Nichols]], [[Jack Nicklaus]], [[Gary Player]], [[Nick Price]], [[Bob Rosburg]], [[Jeff Sluman]], [[Dave Stockton]], [[Hal Sutton]], [[Lee Trevino]], [[Lanny Wadkins]], [[Tiger Woods]])
'''2. Last five [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] Champions'''<br /> [[Ángel Cabrera]], [[Michael Campbell]], [[Retief Goosen]], [[Geoff Ogilvy]] (6,8,10)
'''3. Last five [[Masters Tournament|Masters]] Champions'''<br /> [[Trevor Immelman]] (6,8), [[Zach Johnson]] (8,9)
'''4. Last five [[The Open Championship|British Open]] Champions'''<br /> [[Todd Hamilton]], [[Pádraig Harrington]] (8)
'''5. Current [[Senior PGA Championship|Senior PGA]] Champion'''<br /> [[Jay Haas]]
'''6. 15 low scorers and ties in the [[2007 PGA Championship]]'''<br /> [[Stephen Ames]] (8,10), [[Stuart Appleby]] (8), [[Woody Austin]] (8), [[K. J. Choi]] (8,10), [[Simon Dyson]], [[Ernie Els]] (8,10), [[Anders Hansen]], [[Justin Rose]] (8), [[Adam Scott (golfer)|Adam Scott]] (8,10), [[John Senden]] (8), [[Kevin Sutherland]] (8), [[Scott Verplank]] (8,9), [[Boo Weekley]] (8,10)<br /> (Eligible but not competing due to hand surgery – [[Arron Oberholser]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/07/19/oberholser.surgery/index.html?eref=sitesearch |title=Oberholser to be out two months after hand surgery |access-date=August 2, 2008 |date=July 30, 2008 |publisher=PGA Tour |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20121002214226/http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/07/19/oberholser.surgery/index.html?eref=sitesearch |archive-date=October 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>)
'''7. 20 low scorers in the 2008 [[PGA Professional National Championship]]'''<br /> [[Sam Arnold (golfer)|Sam Arnold]], [[Ryan Benzel]], [[Bradley Dean (golfer)|Bradley Dean]], [[Eric Dugas]], [[Frank Esposito, Jr.]], [[Jim Estes]], [[Kyle Flinton]], [[Scott Hebert]], [[Vince Jewell]], [[Rick Leibovich]], [[David Long (golfer)|David Long]], [[Eric Manning]], [[Brad Martin (golfer)|Brad Martin]], [[Jeff Martin (golfer)|Jeff Martin]], [[Alan Morin]], [[Curt Sanders]], [[Sonny Skinner]], [[Tim Thelen]], [[Tim Weinhart]], [[Don Yrene]]
'''8. 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2007 [[WGC-Bridgestone Invitational]] and [[Reno-Tahoe Open]] to the 2008 [[RBC Canadian Open]]'''<br /> [[Robert Allenby]], [[Tommy Armour III]], [[Aaron Baddeley]], [[Briny Baird]], [[Bart Bryant]], [[Mark Calcavecchia]], [[Chad Campbell]] (9,10), [[Daniel Chopra]] (10), [[Stewart Cink]] (9,10), [[Tim Clark (golfer)|Tim Clark]], [[Ken Duke]], [[Steve Flesch]] (10), [[Jim Furyk]] (9), [[Sergio García]] (10), [[Brian Gay]] (10), [[Mathew Goggin]], [[Paul Goydos]], [[J. B. Holmes]] (10), [[Ryuji Imada]] (10), [[Freddie Jacobson]], [[Jerry Kelly]], [[Anthony Kim]] (10), [[Justin Leonard]] (10), [[Peter Lonard]], [[Steve Lowery]] (10), [[Hunter Mahan]], [[John Mallinger]], [[Steve Marino (golfer)|Steve Marino]], [[Billy Mayfair]], [[George McNeill (golfer)|George McNeill]] (10), [[Rocco Mediate]], [[John Merrick (golfer)|John Merrick]], [[Ryan Moore (golfer)|Ryan Moore]], [[Sean O'Hair]] (10), [[Rod Pampling]], [[Pat Perez]], [[Kenny Perry]] (10), [[Carl Pettersson]], [[Ian Poulter]], [[Jeff Quinney]], [[Andrés Romero]] (10), [[Rory Sabbatini]], [[Heath Slocum]], [[Brandt Snedeker]] (10), [[Henrik Stenson]], [[Steve Stricker]] (10), [[D. J. Trahan]] (10), [[Camilo Villegas]], [[Johnson Wagner]] (10), [[Mike Weir]] (10), [[Dean Wilson (golfer)|Dean Wilson]]<br /> (Eligible but not competing due to wrist injury – [[Luke Donald]]<ref name="Donald">{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/07/28/insider.bridgestone.reno/index.html?eref=sitesearch |title=It looks like Luke Donald's Ryder Cup participation is in doubt |access-date=July 30, 2008 |date=July 28, 2008 |publisher=PGA Tour |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012001545/http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/07/28/insider.bridgestone.reno/index.html?eref=sitesearch |archive-date=October 12, 2008 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>)
'''9. Members of the 2006 United States [[Ryder Cup]] team'''<br /> [[Chris DiMarco]], [[J. J. Henry]], [[Vaughn Taylor (golfer)|Vaughn Taylor]]<br /> (Eligible but not competing due to back injury – [[Brett Wetterich]]<ref name="Wetterich">[https://nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=710810 Wi's Arrival On PGA Tour Better Late Than Never]{{dead link|date=October 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>)
'''10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the [[PGA Tour]] since the [[2007 PGA Championship]]'''<br /> [[Richard S. Johnson (golfer)|Richard S. Johnson]], [[Greg Kraft]], [[Parker McLachlin]], [[Chez Reavie]]
'''11. The [[PGA of America]] reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above'''<br /> [[Mark Brown (golfer)|Mark Brown]], [[Jonathan Byrd (golfer)|Jonathan Byrd]], [[Paul Casey]], [[Darren Clarke]], [[Fred Couples]], [[Ben Crane]], [[Ben Curtis (golfer)|Ben Curtis]], [[Nick Dougherty]], [[Niclas Fasth]], [[Ross Fisher]], [[Alastair Forsyth]], [[Hiroyuki Fujita]], [[Richard Green (golfer)|Richard Green]], [[Søren Hansen]], [[Peter Hanson]], [[Peter Hedblom]], [[Charles Howell III]], [[Miguel Ángel Jiménez]], [[Brendan Jones (golfer)|Brendan Jones]], [[Robert Karlsson]], [[Martin Kaymer]], [[James Kingston]], [[Søren Kjeldsen]], [[Pablo Larrazábal]], [[Tom Lehman]], [[Graeme McDowell]], [[Colin Montgomerie]], [[Nick O'Hern]], [[Louis Oosthuizen]], [[Hennie Otto]], [[Corey Pavin]], [[Prayad Marksaeng]], [[Jyoti Randhawa]], [[Charl Schwartzel]], [[Jeev Milkha Singh]], [[Scott Strange]], [[Toru Taniguchi]], [[Bubba Watson]], [[Steve Webster (golfer)|Steve Webster]], [[Lee Westwood]], [[Oliver Wilson]]<br /> (Declined invitation: [[Greg Norman]] – scheduling,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pga/2008-07-29-norman-pga-championship_N.htm |title=Greg Norman turns down exemption to PGA Championship |access-date=August 2, 2008 |agency=Associated Press |date=July 29, 2008 |newspaper=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> [[Jason Bohn]] – back surgery,<ref name="Bohn">{{Cite news |url=http://fantasygolf.usatoday.com/content/player.asp?sport=GOL&id=676 |title=Jason Bohn has officially withdrawn from the PGA Championship |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=August 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928231502/http://fantasygolf.usatoday.com/content/player.asp?sport=GOL&id=676 |archive-date=September 28, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Shingo Katayama]] – back injury)
'''12. Vacancies are filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings)''' #[[Charlie Wi]] (73) – replaced [[Brett Wetterich]]<ref name="Wetterich"/> #[[Nicholas Thompson (golfer)|Nicholas Thompson]] (77) – replaced [[Jason Bohn]]<ref name="Bohn"/><ref name="Ins">[https://web.archive.org/web/20121021055443/http://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2008/08/07/to_them_winners_circle_foreign_land/ To them, winner's circle foreign land] - Ins and Outs</ref> #[[Alex Čejka]] (78) – replaced [[Luke Donald]]<ref name="Donald"/><ref name="Ins"/> #[[Cliff Kresge]] (79) – filled spot for [[WGC-Bridgestone Invitational]] winner [[Vijay Singh]] (already qualified)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2008/news/fieldstudy_pga.html |title=Field Study: PGA Championship |access-date=2008-08-12 |archive-date=2008-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080812010049/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2008/news/fieldstudy_pga.html |url-status=live }}</ref> #[[Michael Allen (golfer)|Michael Allen]] (81) – replaced [[Shingo Katayama]] (back injury)<ref name="Ins"/> #[[Tom Pernice Jr.]] (83) – replaced [[Alex Čejka]] (arm injury)<ref name="Ins"/>
==Course layout== {{Golf18|center=true|title=The 2008 [[PGA Championship]] at [[Oakland Hills Country Club]]}} {{white18 |name=Yardage|n/a |435|529|198|446|490|387|449|491|257|3,682|462|423|593|191|501|401|406|238|498|3,713|7,395}} {{par18|name= | 4 |5 |3 |4 |4 |4 |4 |4 |3 | 35 | 4 |4 |5 |3 |4 |4 |4 |3 |4 | 35 | 70 }} {{end}} <br> Lengths of the course for previous majors: {{col-begin}}{{col-break}} * {{convert|6974|yd}}, par 70 - [[1996 U.S. Open (golf)|1996 U.S. Open]] * {{convert|6996|yd}}, par 70 - [[1985 U.S. Open (golf)|1985 U.S. Open]] * {{convert|7014|yd}}, par 70 - [[1979 PGA Championship]] * {{convert|7054|yd}}, par 70 - [[1972 PGA Championship]] {{col-break|gap=2em}} * {{convert|6907|yd}}, par 70 - [[1961 U.S. Open (golf)|1961 U.S. Open]] * {{convert|6927|yd}}, par 70 - [[1951 U.S. Open (golf)|1951 U.S. Open]] * {{convert|7037|yd}}, par 72 - [[1937 U.S. Open (golf)|1937 U.S. Open]] * {{convert|6880|yd|0}}, par 72 - [[1924 U.S. Open (golf)|1924 U.S. Open]] {{col-end}}
== Round summaries == ===First round=== ''Thursday, August 7, 2008''
A lengthy weather delay forced a few pairings to complete their first round on Friday morning. It was clear though on Thursday that [[Robert Karlsson]] and [[Jeev Milkha Singh]] would share the 18-hole lead after shooting matching 68s. [[Sergio García]], still looking for his first major championship, headed up a group of five that shot one-under 69s. [[Phil Mickelson]] shot an even-par 70 to place him in an eight-way tie for eighth. [[Retief Goosen]] appeared to be piecing together a fabulous opening round when he birdied four of his first seven holes to get to -4. His fortunes would change, however, as he shot six-over the rest of the way to drop four strokes off the lead after the first day. Like Goosen, [[2008 Open Championship|2008 Open Champion]], [[Pádraig Harrington]], got off to a flying start by birdieing his first three holes. Unfortunately for him, he shot four-over the rest of the way to finish his round with a 71. [[Kenny Perry]] was forced to withdraw due to the effects of an eye problem that began plaguing him earlier in the week.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/pgachampionship08/news/story?id=3523616 |title=Karlsson takes inspiration from Tiger for share of lead |access-date=August 8, 2008 |agency=Associated Press |date=August 7, 2008 |work=[[ESPN]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080811005418/http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/pgachampionship08/news/story?id=3523616 |archive-date=August 11, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- |align=center rowspan="2"|T1|| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Robert Karlsson]]||rowspan="2" align=center|68||rowspan="2" align=center|−2 |- | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Jeev Milkha Singh]] |- |align=center rowspan="5"|T3|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ken Duke]]||rowspan="5" align=center|69||rowspan="5" align=center|−1 |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio García]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Billy Mayfair]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sean O'Hair]] |- | {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Andrés Romero]] |- |align=center rowspan="8"|T8|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Allen (golfer)|Michael Allen]]||rowspan="8" align=center|70||rowspan="8" align=center|E |- | {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Ángel Cabrera]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Gay]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Anthony Kim]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Mickelson]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ryan Moore (golfer)|Ryan Moore]] |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rod Pampling]] |- | {{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Charlie Wi]] |}
===Second round=== ''Friday, August 8, 2008''
At the midway point of the 90th PGA Championship, the only golfer under [[Par (score)|par]] was [[J. B. Holmes]]. Holmes, whose best finish at a major was a tie for 25th at the Masters earlier in 2008, shot a two-under 68 to post a -1 after 36 holes. He was as many as three shots under par for the tournament, but bogeyed two of his final four holes. [[Ben Curtis (golfer)|Ben Curtis]] and [[Justin Rose]] shared the best round of the day with three-under 67s to settle into a tie for second at even par with [[Charlie Wi]]. After withdrawing from the Open Championship, [[2001 PGA Championship]] winner, [[David Toms]], regained his form by shooting a one-under 69 to put himself in a tie for fifth with [[Henrik Stenson]]. [[Sergio García]] shot a three-over 73 to place himself in a seven-way tie for seventh. García appeared as if he would be higher on the leaderboard at the close of the day, but he double-bogeyed the 17th hole. [[Phil Mickelson]] bogeyed two of his final four holes to finish in a seven-way tie for 14th going into the weekend.
Seventy-three golfers would survive the cut which was set at 148 (+8). The winner at Bridgestone the previous week and world #4, [[Vijay Singh]], was the most notable golfer to miss the cut when he five-putted his last hole. World #8, [[Adam Scott (golfer)|Adam Scott]], world #9, [[Stewart Cink]], 2007 PGA Championship runner-up, [[Woody Austin]], and 2008 Masters champion, [[Trevor Immelman]], were also among those who missed the cut.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/pgachampionship08/news/story?id=3525 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090818141215/http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/pgachampionship08/news/story?id=3525 |url-status=live |archive-date=August 18, 2009 |title=Holmes seizes lead with 68; run of 3 straight birdies key |access-date=August 9, 2008 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=August 8, 2008 |work=[[ESPN]]}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- |align=center|1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[J. B. Holmes]]||align=center|71-68=139||align=center|−1 |- |align=center rowspan="3"|T2|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ben Curtis (golfer)|Ben Curtis]]||align=center|73-67=140||rowspan="3" align=center|E |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Justin Rose]]||align=center|73-67=140 |- | {{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Charlie Wi]]||align=center|70-70=140 |- |align=center rowspan="2"|T5|| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Henrik Stenson]]||align=center|71-70=141||rowspan="2" align=center|+1 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[David Toms]]||align=center|72-69=141 |- |align=center rowspan="7"|T7|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Aaron Baddeley]]||align=center|71-71=142||rowspan="7" align=center|+2 |- | {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Ángel Cabrera]]||align=center|70-72=142 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ken Duke]]||align=center|69-73=142 |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio García]]||align=center|69-73=142 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sean O'Hair]]||align=center|69-73=142 |- | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Jeev Milkha Singh]]||align=center|68-74=142 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brandt Snedeker]]||align=center|71-71=142 |}
===Third round=== ''Saturday, August 9, 2008''<br> ''Sunday, August 10, 2008''
At 2:16 pm [[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]], scattered thunderstorms halted play before the leaders had a chance to begin their round. It appeared as if some golf was going to be played Saturday afternoon, but around 6:30 pm play was officially suspended for the day due to the persistent threat of thunderstorms. [[Andrés Romero]] was among those who had the chance to complete their round, and he posted a tournament low, five-under 65 to finish three strokes off the lead.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/pgachampionship08/news/story?id=3527177 |title=Undaunted by course, Romero shoots 5-under 65 before play suspended |access-date=August 9, 2008 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=August 9, 2008 |work=[[ESPN]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080812034207/http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/pgachampionship08/news/story?id=3527177 |archive-date=August 12, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Third round play resumed Sunday at 7:15 am. The [[2003 Open Championship|2003 Open Champion]], [[Ben Curtis (golfer)|Ben Curtis]] stormed into the lead with birdies at four of his first six holes, and despite a bogey at the 18th hole, Curtis shot two-under 68 for a one stroke lead after 54 holes. Second round leader [[J. B. Holmes]] remained in contention with an even par 70 to place himself in a tie for second with [[Henrik Stenson]]. [[2007 Open Championship|2007]] and [[2008 Open Championship|2008 Open Champion]], [[Pádraig Harrington]] shot a four-under 66 to shoot up the leaderboard into a tie for fourth. Also among those at +1 was [[Sergio García]], who shot a one-under 69. South Korean, [[Charlie Wi]] shot a one-over 71 to place himself in the three-way tie for fourth. [[Andrés Romero]], who completed his round Saturday, woke up much higher on the leaderboard as his five-under 65 put him four strokes off the lead and in a tie for seventh. Former PGA Champions [[David Toms]] and [[Phil Mickelson]] sat five and six strokes off the lead respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/pgachampionship08/news/story?id=3528116 |title=Curtis takes PGA Championship lead after completed third round |access-date=August 10, 2008 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=August 10, 2008 |work=[[ESPN]]}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- |align=center|1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ben Curtis (golfer)|Ben Curtis]]||align=center|73-67-68=208||align=center|−2 |- |align=center rowspan="2"|T2|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[J. B. Holmes]]||align=center|71-68-70=209||rowspan="2" align=center|−1 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Henrik Stenson]]||align=center|71-70-68=209 |- |align=center rowspan="3"|T4|| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio García]]||align=center|69-73-69=211||rowspan="3" align=center|+1 |- | {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Pádraig Harrington]]||align=center|71-74-66=211 |- | {{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Charlie Wi]]||align=center|70-70-71=211 |- |align=center rowspan="2"|T7|| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Andrés Romero]]||align=center|69-78-65=212||rowspan="2" align=center|+2 |- | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Jeev Milkha Singh]]||align=center|68-74-70=212 |- |align=center rowspan="4"|T9|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Aaron Baddeley]]||align=center|71-71-71=213||rowspan="4" align=center|+3 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Flesch]]||align=center|73-70-70=213 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[David Toms]]||align=center|72-69-72=213 |- | {{flagicon|COL}} [[Camilo Villegas]]||align=center|74-72-67=213 |}
===Final round=== ''Sunday, August 10, 2008''
With the third round concluding Sunday morning due to the thunderstorms on Saturday afternoon, the final round began at 12:30 pm EDT, in groups of three on split tees: the top half of the remaining field began at the first hole, and the remainder started at the tenth.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/pgachampionship08/news/story?id=3528657 |title=Harrington catches Garcia, rallies to win second straight major |access-date=August 9, 2008 |agency=Associated Press |date=August 9, 2008 |work=ESPN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080813123921/http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/pgachampionship08/news/story?id=3528657 |archive-date=August 13, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>
[[Pádraig Harrington]] claimed his second consecutive major championship and third in the last six majors, two strokes ahead of runners-up [[Ben Curtis (golfer)|Ben Curtis]] and [[Sergio García]]. Harrington shot his second straight 66 (−4), and like his victory three weeks earlier at [[2008 Open Championship|Royal Birkdale]], he won with tremendous play on the back nine. Harrington birdied three of four holes at one point to erase a three-stroke deficit. He made three critical putts at each of the final three holes to seal the victory, which included an {{convert|18|ft|adj=on}} par putt on the 72nd hole to make García's upcoming par putt meaningless. Harrington became the first European since 1930 to win the [[PGA Championship]], and only the fourth golfer to win the [[The Open Championship|Open Championship]] and PGA Championship in the same year.
García flew out of the gate with a birdie and eagle on the first two holes. He went the first 15 holes without registering a bogey allowing him to play with the lead most of the day. However, his fortunes would change when he found the water at the 16th hole. He would lose sole ownership of the lead on this hole, and ultimately the tournament after failing to match the crucial putts made by Harrington. This marked the second time that Garcia has lost a major to Harrington going down the stretch after his playoff defeat to Harrington at the [[2007 Open Championship]]. Curtis held at least a share of the lead until he bogeyed the final two holes on the front nine. He would come back and tie García briefly for the lead when he birdied the 14th hole. Curtis even found a way to earn par on the 16th despite his drive landing on the platform in front of a hospitality tent. However, he bogeyed two of his final four holes to finish two strokes off the lead.
[[Camilo Villegas]] had his best major finish with a tie for fourth, which was his second top 10 finish at the 2008 majors. He backed up his 67 earlier in the third round with a two-under 68 to finish four strokes behind Harrington. [[J. B. Holmes]], who was one shot back to start the final round, triple bogeyed the first hole en route to an 11-over-par 81. [[Henrik Stenson]] had his second straight top 5 at the majors despite shooting a two-over 72 to fall into a tie with Villegas. [[Steve Flesch]] found the cup from the fairway on the 18th to become the first on the day to birdie the hole. He finished by himself in sixth place and recorded his second top 10 finish at the majors in 2008. [[Phil Mickelson]] birdied three of his first four holes to put himself in contention, but did not birdie another hole and fell into a tie for seventh with [[Andrés Romero]]. Romero was unable to back up the 65 he shot in the third round and never mustered up a challenge for the leaders.
{| class="wikitable" |+[http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2008/scoring/ Final Leaderboard] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080810023700/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2008/scoring/ |date=2008-08-10 }} !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ([[United States dollar|$]]) |- |align=center|'''1'''|| {{flagicon|IRL}} '''[[Pádraig Harrington]]'''||align=center|71-74-66-66=277||align=center|−3|| align="center"|1,350,000 |- |align=center rowspan="2"|T2|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ben Curtis (golfer)|Ben Curtis]]||align=center|73-67-68-71=279||rowspan="2" align=center|−1||rowspan="2" align="center"|660,000 |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio García]]||align=center|69-73-69-68=279 |- |align=center rowspan="2"|T4|| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Henrik Stenson]]||align=center|71-70-68-72=281||rowspan="2" align=center|+1||rowspan="2" align="center"|330,000 |- | {{flagicon|COL}} [[Camilo Villegas]]||align=center|74-72-67-68=281 |- |align=center|6|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Flesch]]||align=center|73-70-70-69=282||align=center|+2|| align="center"|270,000 |- |align=center rowspan="2"|T7|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Mickelson]]||align=center|70-73-71-70=284||rowspan="2" align=center|+4||rowspan="2" align="center"|231,250 |- | {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Andrés Romero]]||align=center|69-78-65-72=284 |- |align=center rowspan="4"|T9|| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Alastair Forsyth]]||align=center|73-72-70-70=285||rowspan="4" align=center|+5||rowspan="4" align="center"|176,725 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Justin Rose]]||align=center|73-67-74-71=285 |- | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Jeev Milkha Singh]]||align=center|68-74-70-73=285 |- | {{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Charlie Wi]]||align=center|70-70-71-74=285 |} <small>Source:</small><ref>[http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2008/news/results081008.html PGA.com] 2008 PGA Championship - results</ref><ref name=dbg08pga>{{cite web |url=http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=2008&tid=22 |publisher=databasegolf.com |title=2008 PGA Championship |access-date=August 16, 2012}}</ref>
[http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2008/scoring/ Complete leaderboard] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080810023700/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2008/scoring/ |date=2008-08-10 }}
====Scorecard==== {|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||5||3||4||4||4||4||4||3|| 4||4||5||3||4||4||4||3||4 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|IRL}} Harrington||+1||style="background: Pink;"|E||E||E||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+1||style="background: Pink;"|E||E||E||E||style="background: Pink;"|−1||−1||style="background: Pink;"|−2||style="background: Pink;"|−3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−2||−2||−2||style="background: Pink;"|−3||−3 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Curtis||style="background: Pink;"|−3||−3||−3||−3||−3||style="background: Pink;"|−4||−4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−2||−2||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−1||style="background: Pink;"|−2||−2||style="background: Pink;"|−3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−2||−2||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−1||−1 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} García||style="background: Pink;"|E||style="background: Red;"|−2||−2||−2||−2||−2||style="background: Pink;"|−3||−3||−3||−3||−3||−3||−3||−3||−3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−2||−2||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−1 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Stenson||style="background: PaleGreen;"|E||style="background: Pink;"|−1||−1||−1||−1||style="background: Pink;"|−2||−2||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−1||−1||−1||−1||style="background: PaleGreen;"|E||E||E||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+1||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+2||+2||style="background: Pink;"|+1 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} Villegas||style="background: Pink;"|+2||+2||+2||style="background: Pink;"|+1||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+2||style="background: Pink;"|+1||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+2||+2||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+3||style="background: Pink;"|+2||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+3||+3||+3||style="background: Pink;"|+2||style="background: Pink;"|+1||+1||+1||+1 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|KOR|1997}} Wi||style="background: Pink;"|E||E||E||style="background: Pink;"|−1||style="background: PaleGreen;"|E||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+1||+1||+1||style="background: Green;"|+3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+4||+4||style="background: Pink;"|+3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+4||+4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+5||+5||+5||+5 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Holmes ||style="background: Olive;"|+2||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+4||+4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+5||style="background: Pink|+4||style="background: Green;"|+6||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+7||+7||style="background: Pink;"|+6||+6||style="background: Pink;"|+5||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+6||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+7||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+8||+8||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+9||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+10 |- |} ''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''<br> {|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 |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |style="background: Olive;" width=10| |Triple bogey+ |} <small>Source:</small><ref name=yahscr>{{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/leaderboard/2008/33 |publisher=Yahoo! Sports |title=2008 PGA Championship leaderboard |date=August 10, 2008 |access-date=May 28, 2013}}</ref><ref name=espncr>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=439 |publisher=ESPN |title=2008 PGA Championship leaderboard |date=August 10, 2008 |access-date=May 28, 2013}}</ref>
==Television== Television coverage was provided in the United States by [[PGA Tour on CBS|CBS]] and [[Turner Network Television|TNT]] and on [[Sky Sports]] in the [[UK]] and [[Ireland]]. Coverage was in [[High-definition television|High Definition]].
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081216085553/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2008/index.html Official site of the 90th PGA Championship] *[http://www.oaklandhillscc.com/ Oakland Hills Country Club]
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