# 2008 PGA Championship

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Golf tournament

2008 PGA Championship Tournament information Dates August 7–10, 2008 Location Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Course(s) Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course Organized by PGA of America Tour(s) PGA Tour PGA European Tour Japan Golf Tour Statistics Par 70 Length 7,395 yards (6,762 m) Field 156 players, 73 after cut Cut 148 (+8) Prize fund $7,500,000 [1] €4,804,330 Winner's share $1,350,000 €867,219 Champion Pádraig Harrington 277 (−3) ← 2007 2009 →

Oakland Hills 
Country Club

Location in the [United States](/source/United_States)

Oakland Hills 
Country Club

Location in [Michigan](/source/Michigan)

The **2008 PGA Championship** was the 90th [PGA Championship](/source/PGA_Championship), played from August 7–10 at [Oakland Hills Country Club](/source/Oakland_Hills_Country_Club) in [Bloomfield Hills, Michigan](/source/Bloomfield_Hills%2C_Michigan), a suburb northwest of [Detroit](/source/Detroit).

[Pádraig Harrington](/source/P%C3%A1draig_Harrington) won his second consecutive major and third overall, two strokes ahead of runners-up [Ben Curtis](/source/Ben_Curtis_(golfer)) and [Sergio García](/source/Sergio_Garc%C3%ADa). 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](/source/Match_play) era by [Tommy Armour](/source/Tommy_Armour) of [Scotland](/source/Scotland) in [1930](/source/1930_PGA_Championship) (by then a naturalized U.S. citizen). Harrington was the first winner from [Ireland](/source/Ireland), and the first European to win [The Open Championship](/source/The_Open_Championship) and the PGA Championship in the same year.

It was the ninth [major championship](/source/Men's_major_golf_championships) contested at the South Course and the first in twelve years, when [Steve Jones](/source/Steve_Jones_(golfer)) won the [1996 U.S. Open](/source/1996_U.S._Open_(golf)). The PGA Championship returned to "The Monster" for the first time in 29 years; the [1979](/source/1979_PGA_Championship) event was won by [David Graham](/source/David_Graham_(golfer)).

[Tiger Woods](/source/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 [U.S. Open](/source/2008_U.S._Open_(golf)) in June.

The South Course previously hosted the PGA Championship in [1972](/source/1972_PGA_Championship) and [1979](/source/1979_PGA_Championship), the U.S. Open in [1924](/source/1924_U.S._Open_(golf)), [1937](/source/1937_U.S._Open_(golf)), [1951](/source/1951_U.S._Open_(golf)), [1961](/source/1961_U.S._Open_(golf)), [1985](/source/1985_U.S._Open_(golf)), and [1996](/source/1996_U.S._Open_(golf)), and the [Ryder Cup](/source/Ryder_Cup) in 2004.

## Field

The following is the qualification criteria that was used to select the field.[2] Each player is listed according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses:

**1. All former [PGA](/source/PGA_Championship) Champions** [Paul Azinger](/source/Paul_Azinger), [Rich Beem](/source/Rich_Beem), [Mark Brooks](/source/Mark_Brooks_(golfer)), [John Daly](/source/John_Daly_(golfer)), [Steve Elkington](/source/Steve_Elkington), [Davis Love III](/source/Davis_Love_III), [Phil Mickelson](/source/Phil_Mickelson) (3,8,9,10), [Vijay Singh](/source/Vijay_Singh) (8,10), [David Toms](/source/David_Toms) (9), [Bob Tway](/source/Bob_Tway) (Eligible but not competing: [Jack Burke Jr.](/source/Jack_Burke_Jr.), [Dow Finsterwald](/source/Dow_Finsterwald), [Raymond Floyd](/source/Raymond_Floyd), [Doug Ford](/source/Doug_Ford_(golfer)), [Al Geiberger](/source/Al_Geiberger), [Wayne Grady](/source/Wayne_Grady), [David Graham](/source/David_Graham_(golfer)), [Hubert Green](/source/Hubert_Green), [Don January](/source/Don_January), [John Mahaffey](/source/John_Mahaffey), [Shaun Micheel](/source/Shaun_Micheel), [Larry Nelson](/source/Larry_Nelson), [Bobby Nichols](/source/Bobby_Nichols), [Jack Nicklaus](/source/Jack_Nicklaus), [Gary Player](/source/Gary_Player), [Nick Price](/source/Nick_Price), [Bob Rosburg](/source/Bob_Rosburg), [Jeff Sluman](/source/Jeff_Sluman), [Dave Stockton](/source/Dave_Stockton), [Hal Sutton](/source/Hal_Sutton), [Lee Trevino](/source/Lee_Trevino), [Lanny Wadkins](/source/Lanny_Wadkins), [Tiger Woods](/source/Tiger_Woods))

**2. Last five [U.S. Open](/source/U.S._Open_(golf)) Champions** [Ángel Cabrera](/source/%C3%81ngel_Cabrera), [Michael Campbell](/source/Michael_Campbell), [Retief Goosen](/source/Retief_Goosen), [Geoff Ogilvy](/source/Geoff_Ogilvy) (6,8,10)

**3. Last five [Masters](/source/Masters_Tournament) Champions** [Trevor Immelman](/source/Trevor_Immelman) (6,8), [Zach Johnson](/source/Zach_Johnson) (8,9)

**4. Last five [British Open](/source/The_Open_Championship) Champions** [Todd Hamilton](/source/Todd_Hamilton), [Pádraig Harrington](/source/P%C3%A1draig_Harrington) (8)

**5. Current [Senior PGA](/source/Senior_PGA_Championship) Champion** [Jay Haas](/source/Jay_Haas)

**6. 15 low scorers and ties in the [2007 PGA Championship](/source/2007_PGA_Championship)** [Stephen Ames](/source/Stephen_Ames) (8,10), [Stuart Appleby](/source/Stuart_Appleby) (8), [Woody Austin](/source/Woody_Austin) (8), [K. J. Choi](/source/K._J._Choi) (8,10), [Simon Dyson](/source/Simon_Dyson), [Ernie Els](/source/Ernie_Els) (8,10), [Anders Hansen](/source/Anders_Hansen), [Justin Rose](/source/Justin_Rose) (8), [Adam Scott](/source/Adam_Scott_(golfer)) (8,10), [John Senden](/source/John_Senden) (8), [Kevin Sutherland](/source/Kevin_Sutherland) (8), [Scott Verplank](/source/Scott_Verplank) (8,9), [Boo Weekley](/source/Boo_Weekley) (8,10) (Eligible but not competing due to hand surgery – [Arron Oberholser](/source/Arron_Oberholser)[3])

**7. 20 low scorers in the 2008 [PGA Professional National Championship](/source/PGA_Professional_National_Championship)** [Sam Arnold](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sam_Arnold_(golfer)&action=edit&redlink=1), [Ryan Benzel](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ryan_Benzel&action=edit&redlink=1), [Bradley Dean](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bradley_Dean_(golfer)&action=edit&redlink=1), [Eric Dugas](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Dugas&action=edit&redlink=1), [Frank Esposito, Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frank_Esposito,_Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1), [Jim Estes](/source/Jim_Estes), [Kyle Flinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kyle_Flinton&action=edit&redlink=1), [Scott Hebert](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scott_Hebert&action=edit&redlink=1), [Vince Jewell](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vince_Jewell&action=edit&redlink=1), [Rick Leibovich](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rick_Leibovich&action=edit&redlink=1), [David Long](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Long_(golfer)&action=edit&redlink=1), [Eric Manning](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Manning&action=edit&redlink=1), [Brad Martin](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brad_Martin_(golfer)&action=edit&redlink=1), [Jeff Martin](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Martin_(golfer)&action=edit&redlink=1), [Alan Morin](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alan_Morin&action=edit&redlink=1), [Curt Sanders](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Curt_Sanders&action=edit&redlink=1), [Sonny Skinner](/source/Sonny_Skinner), [Tim Thelen](/source/Tim_Thelen), [Tim Weinhart](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim_Weinhart&action=edit&redlink=1), [Don Yrene](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Don_Yrene&action=edit&redlink=1)

**8. 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2007 [WGC-Bridgestone Invitational](/source/WGC-Bridgestone_Invitational) and [Reno-Tahoe Open](/source/Reno-Tahoe_Open) to the 2008 [RBC Canadian Open](/source/RBC_Canadian_Open)** [Robert Allenby](/source/Robert_Allenby), [Tommy Armour III](/source/Tommy_Armour_III), [Aaron Baddeley](/source/Aaron_Baddeley), [Briny Baird](/source/Briny_Baird), [Bart Bryant](/source/Bart_Bryant), [Mark Calcavecchia](/source/Mark_Calcavecchia), [Chad Campbell](/source/Chad_Campbell) (9,10), [Daniel Chopra](/source/Daniel_Chopra) (10), [Stewart Cink](/source/Stewart_Cink) (9,10), [Tim Clark](/source/Tim_Clark_(golfer)), [Ken Duke](/source/Ken_Duke), [Steve Flesch](/source/Steve_Flesch) (10), [Jim Furyk](/source/Jim_Furyk) (9), [Sergio García](/source/Sergio_Garc%C3%ADa) (10), [Brian Gay](/source/Brian_Gay) (10), [Mathew Goggin](/source/Mathew_Goggin), [Paul Goydos](/source/Paul_Goydos), [J. B. Holmes](/source/J._B._Holmes) (10), [Ryuji Imada](/source/Ryuji_Imada) (10), [Freddie Jacobson](/source/Freddie_Jacobson), [Jerry Kelly](/source/Jerry_Kelly), [Anthony Kim](/source/Anthony_Kim) (10), [Justin Leonard](/source/Justin_Leonard) (10), [Peter Lonard](/source/Peter_Lonard), [Steve Lowery](/source/Steve_Lowery) (10), [Hunter Mahan](/source/Hunter_Mahan), [John Mallinger](/source/John_Mallinger), [Steve Marino](/source/Steve_Marino_(golfer)), [Billy Mayfair](/source/Billy_Mayfair), [George McNeill](/source/George_McNeill_(golfer)) (10), [Rocco Mediate](/source/Rocco_Mediate), [John Merrick](/source/John_Merrick_(golfer)), [Ryan Moore](/source/Ryan_Moore_(golfer)), [Sean O'Hair](/source/Sean_O'Hair) (10), [Rod Pampling](/source/Rod_Pampling), [Pat Perez](/source/Pat_Perez), [Kenny Perry](/source/Kenny_Perry) (10), [Carl Pettersson](/source/Carl_Pettersson), [Ian Poulter](/source/Ian_Poulter), [Jeff Quinney](/source/Jeff_Quinney), [Andrés Romero](/source/Andr%C3%A9s_Romero) (10), [Rory Sabbatini](/source/Rory_Sabbatini), [Heath Slocum](/source/Heath_Slocum), [Brandt Snedeker](/source/Brandt_Snedeker) (10), [Henrik Stenson](/source/Henrik_Stenson), [Steve Stricker](/source/Steve_Stricker) (10), [D. J. Trahan](/source/D._J._Trahan) (10), [Camilo Villegas](/source/Camilo_Villegas), [Johnson Wagner](/source/Johnson_Wagner) (10), [Mike Weir](/source/Mike_Weir) (10), [Dean Wilson](/source/Dean_Wilson_(golfer)) (Eligible but not competing due to wrist injury – [Luke Donald](/source/Luke_Donald)[4])

**9. Members of the 2006 United States [Ryder Cup](/source/Ryder_Cup) team** [Chris DiMarco](/source/Chris_DiMarco), [J. J. Henry](/source/J._J._Henry), [Vaughn Taylor](/source/Vaughn_Taylor_(golfer)) (Eligible but not competing due to back injury – [Brett Wetterich](/source/Brett_Wetterich)[5])

**10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the [PGA Tour](/source/PGA_Tour) since the [2007 PGA Championship](/source/2007_PGA_Championship)** [Richard S. Johnson](/source/Richard_S._Johnson_(golfer)), [Greg Kraft](/source/Greg_Kraft), [Parker McLachlin](/source/Parker_McLachlin), [Chez Reavie](/source/Chez_Reavie)

**11. The [PGA of America](/source/PGA_of_America) reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above** [Mark Brown](/source/Mark_Brown_(golfer)), [Jonathan Byrd](/source/Jonathan_Byrd_(golfer)), [Paul Casey](/source/Paul_Casey), [Darren Clarke](/source/Darren_Clarke), [Fred Couples](/source/Fred_Couples), [Ben Crane](/source/Ben_Crane), [Ben Curtis](/source/Ben_Curtis_(golfer)), [Nick Dougherty](/source/Nick_Dougherty), [Niclas Fasth](/source/Niclas_Fasth), [Ross Fisher](/source/Ross_Fisher), [Alastair Forsyth](/source/Alastair_Forsyth), [Hiroyuki Fujita](/source/Hiroyuki_Fujita), [Richard Green](/source/Richard_Green_(golfer)), [Søren Hansen](/source/S%C3%B8ren_Hansen), [Peter Hanson](/source/Peter_Hanson), [Peter Hedblom](/source/Peter_Hedblom), [Charles Howell III](/source/Charles_Howell_III), [Miguel Ángel Jiménez](/source/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Jim%C3%A9nez), [Brendan Jones](/source/Brendan_Jones_(golfer)), [Robert Karlsson](/source/Robert_Karlsson), [Martin Kaymer](/source/Martin_Kaymer), [James Kingston](/source/James_Kingston), [Søren Kjeldsen](/source/S%C3%B8ren_Kjeldsen), [Pablo Larrazábal](/source/Pablo_Larraz%C3%A1bal), [Tom Lehman](/source/Tom_Lehman), [Graeme McDowell](/source/Graeme_McDowell), [Colin Montgomerie](/source/Colin_Montgomerie), [Nick O'Hern](/source/Nick_O'Hern), [Louis Oosthuizen](/source/Louis_Oosthuizen), [Hennie Otto](/source/Hennie_Otto), [Corey Pavin](/source/Corey_Pavin), [Prayad Marksaeng](/source/Prayad_Marksaeng), [Jyoti Randhawa](/source/Jyoti_Randhawa), [Charl Schwartzel](/source/Charl_Schwartzel), [Jeev Milkha Singh](/source/Jeev_Milkha_Singh), [Scott Strange](/source/Scott_Strange), [Toru Taniguchi](/source/Toru_Taniguchi), [Bubba Watson](/source/Bubba_Watson), [Steve Webster](/source/Steve_Webster_(golfer)), [Lee Westwood](/source/Lee_Westwood), [Oliver Wilson](/source/Oliver_Wilson) (Declined invitation: [Greg Norman](/source/Greg_Norman) – scheduling,[6] [Jason Bohn](/source/Jason_Bohn) – back surgery,[7] [Shingo Katayama](/source/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)**

1. [Charlie Wi](/source/Charlie_Wi) (73) – replaced [Brett Wetterich](/source/Brett_Wetterich)[5]

1. [Nicholas Thompson](/source/Nicholas_Thompson_(golfer)) (77) – replaced [Jason Bohn](/source/Jason_Bohn)[7][8]

1. [Alex Čejka](/source/Alex_%C4%8Cejka) (78) – replaced [Luke Donald](/source/Luke_Donald)[4][8]

1. [Cliff Kresge](/source/Cliff_Kresge) (79) – filled spot for [WGC-Bridgestone Invitational](/source/WGC-Bridgestone_Invitational) winner [Vijay Singh](/source/Vijay_Singh) (already qualified)[9]

1. [Michael Allen](/source/Michael_Allen_(golfer)) (81) – replaced [Shingo Katayama](/source/Shingo_Katayama) (back injury)[8]

1. [Tom Pernice Jr.](/source/Tom_Pernice_Jr.) (83) – replaced [Alex Čejka](/source/Alex_%C4%8Cejka) (arm injury)[8]

## Course layout

The 2008 PGA Championship at Oakland Hills Country Club Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total 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 Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 35 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 35 70

Lengths of the course for previous majors:

6,974 yards (6,377 m), par 70 - 1996 U.S. Open 6,996 yards (6,397 m), par 70 - 1985 U.S. Open 7,014 yards (6,414 m), par 70 - 1979 PGA Championship 7,054 yards (6,450 m), par 70 - 1972 PGA Championship 6,907 yards (6,316 m), par 70 - 1961 U.S. Open 6,927 yards (6,334 m), par 70 - 1951 U.S. Open 7,037 yards (6,435 m), par 72 - 1937 U.S. Open 6,880 yards (6,291 m), par 72 - 1924 U.S. Open

## 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](/source/Robert_Karlsson) and [Jeev Milkha Singh](/source/Jeev_Milkha_Singh) would share the 18-hole lead after shooting matching 68s. [Sergio García](/source/Sergio_Garc%C3%ADa), still looking for his first major championship, headed up a group of five that shot one-under 69s. [Phil Mickelson](/source/Phil_Mickelson) shot an even-par 70 to place him in an eight-way tie for eighth. [Retief Goosen](/source/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 Champion](/source/2008_Open_Championship), [Pádraig Harrington](/source/P%C3%A1draig_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](/source/Kenny_Perry) was forced to withdraw due to the effects of an eye problem that began plaguing him earlier in the week.[10]

Place Player Score To par T1 Robert Karlsson 68 −2 Jeev Milkha Singh T3 Ken Duke 69 −1 Sergio García Billy Mayfair Sean O'Hair Andrés Romero T8 Michael Allen 70 E Ángel Cabrera Brian Gay Anthony Kim Phil Mickelson Ryan Moore Rod Pampling Charlie Wi

### Second round

*Friday, August 8, 2008*

At the midway point of the 90th PGA Championship, the only golfer under [par](/source/Par_(score)) was [J. B. Holmes](/source/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](/source/Ben_Curtis_(golfer)) and [Justin Rose](/source/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](/source/Charlie_Wi). After withdrawing from the Open Championship, [2001 PGA Championship](/source/2001_PGA_Championship) winner, [David Toms](/source/David_Toms), regained his form by shooting a one-under 69 to put himself in a tie for fifth with [Henrik Stenson](/source/Henrik_Stenson). [Sergio García](/source/Sergio_Garc%C3%ADa) 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](/source/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](/source/Vijay_Singh), was the most notable golfer to miss the cut when he five-putted his last hole. World #8, [Adam Scott](/source/Adam_Scott_(golfer)), world #9, [Stewart Cink](/source/Stewart_Cink), 2007 PGA Championship runner-up, [Woody Austin](/source/Woody_Austin), and 2008 Masters champion, [Trevor Immelman](/source/Trevor_Immelman), were also among those who missed the cut.[11]

Place Player Score To par 1 J. B. Holmes 71-68=139 −1 T2 Ben Curtis 73-67=140 E Justin Rose 73-67=140 Charlie Wi 70-70=140 T5 Henrik Stenson 71-70=141 +1 David Toms 72-69=141 T7 Aaron Baddeley 71-71=142 +2 Ángel Cabrera 70-72=142 Ken Duke 69-73=142 Sergio García 69-73=142 Sean O'Hair 69-73=142 Jeev Milkha Singh 68-74=142 Brandt Snedeker 71-71=142

### Third round

*Saturday, August 9, 2008* *Sunday, August 10, 2008*

At 2:16 pm [EDT](/source/Eastern_Time_Zone), 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](/source/Andr%C3%A9s_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.[12]

Third round play resumed Sunday at 7:15 am. The [2003 Open Champion](/source/2003_Open_Championship), [Ben Curtis](/source/Ben_Curtis_(golfer)) 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](/source/J._B._Holmes) remained in contention with an even par 70 to place himself in a tie for second with [Henrik Stenson](/source/Henrik_Stenson). [2007](/source/2007_Open_Championship) and [2008 Open Champion](/source/2008_Open_Championship), [Pádraig Harrington](/source/P%C3%A1draig_Harrington) shot a four-under 66 to shoot up the leaderboard into a tie for fourth. Also among those at +1 was [Sergio García](/source/Sergio_Garc%C3%ADa), who shot a one-under 69. South Korean, [Charlie Wi](/source/Charlie_Wi) shot a one-over 71 to place himself in the three-way tie for fourth. [Andrés Romero](/source/Andr%C3%A9s_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](/source/David_Toms) and [Phil Mickelson](/source/Phil_Mickelson) sat five and six strokes off the lead respectively.[13]

Place Player Score To par 1 Ben Curtis 73-67-68=208 −2 T2 J. B. Holmes 71-68-70=209 −1 Henrik Stenson 71-70-68=209 T4 Sergio García 69-73-69=211 +1 Pádraig Harrington 71-74-66=211 Charlie Wi 70-70-71=211 T7 Andrés Romero 69-78-65=212 +2 Jeev Milkha Singh 68-74-70=212 T9 Aaron Baddeley 71-71-71=213 +3 Steve Flesch 73-70-70=213 David Toms 72-69-72=213 Camilo Villegas 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.[14]

[Pádraig Harrington](/source/P%C3%A1draig_Harrington) claimed his second consecutive major championship and third in the last six majors, two strokes ahead of runners-up [Ben Curtis](/source/Ben_Curtis_(golfer)) and [Sergio García](/source/Sergio_Garc%C3%ADa). Harrington shot his second straight 66 (−4), and like his victory three weeks earlier at [Royal Birkdale](/source/2008_Open_Championship), 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 18-foot (5.5 m) 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](/source/PGA_Championship), and only the fourth golfer to win the [Open Championship](/source/The_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Andr%C3%A9s_Romero). Romero was unable to back up the 65 he shot in the third round and never mustered up a challenge for the leaders.

Final Leaderboard Archived 2008-08-10 at the Wayback Machine Place Player Score To par Money ($) 1 Pádraig Harrington 71-74-66-66=277 −3 1,350,000 T2 Ben Curtis 73-67-68-71=279 −1 660,000 Sergio García 69-73-69-68=279 T4 Henrik Stenson 71-70-68-72=281 +1 330,000 Camilo Villegas 74-72-67-68=281 6 Steve Flesch 73-70-70-69=282 +2 270,000 T7 Phil Mickelson 70-73-71-70=284 +4 231,250 Andrés Romero 69-78-65-72=284 T9 Alastair Forsyth 73-72-70-70=285 +5 176,725 Justin Rose 73-67-74-71=285 Jeev Milkha Singh 68-74-70-73=285 Charlie Wi 70-70-71-74=285

Source:[15][16]

[Complete leaderboard](http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2008/scoring/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080810023700/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2008/scoring/) 2008-08-10 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

#### Scorecard

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 Harrington +1 E E E +1 E E E E −1 −1 −2 −3 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 Curtis −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −3 −2 −2 −1 −2 −2 −3 −2 −2 −1 −1 García E −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −1 Stenson E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 E E E +1 +2 +2 +1 Villegas +2 +2 +2 +1 +2 +1 +2 +2 +3 +2 +3 +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 Wi E E E −1 E +1 +1 +1 +3 +4 +4 +3 +4 +4 +5 +5 +5 +5 Holmes +2 +3 +4 +4 +5 +4 +6 +7 +7 +6 +6 +5 +6 +7 +8 +8 +9 +10

*Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par*

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[17][18]

## Television

Television coverage was provided in the United States by [CBS](/source/PGA_Tour_on_CBS) and [TNT](/source/Turner_Network_Television) and on [Sky Sports](/source/Sky_Sports) in the [UK](/source/UK) and [Ireland](/source/Ireland). Coverage was in [High Definition](/source/High-definition_television).

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## External links

- [Official site of the 90th PGA Championship](https://web.archive.org/web/20081216085553/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2008/index.html)

- [Oakland Hills Country Club](http://www.oaklandhillscc.com/)

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