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. 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 Championship at Hoylake 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.
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.
Full eligibility list
Course layout
No. 3 Course Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards4341914144635374745872044353,7395794384712446053924531974433,8227,561Par434454534365443544343672
Previous course lengths for major championships: , par 72 - 1999 PGA Championship , par 72 - 1990 U.S. Open , par 71 - 1975 U.S. Open , par 71 - 1949 U.S. Open
Round summaries First round 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.
PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Chris Riley66−6 Lucas Glover3 Billy Andrade67−5T4 Robert Allenby68−4 Stewart Cink Luke Donald J. J. Henry Davis Love III Henrik StensonT10 Jonathan Byrd69−3 Harrison Frazar Fred Funk Sergio García Tim Herron Billy Mayfair Shaun Micheel Phil Mickelson Geoff Ogilvy Lee Westwood 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, Fred Couples, and Colin Montgomerie.
PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Billy Andrade 67-69=136−8 Luke Donald 68-68=136 Henrik Stenson 68-68=136 Tim Herron 69-67=136T5 Davis Love III 68-69=137 −7 Geoff Ogilvy 69-68=137 Tiger Woods 69-68=137T8 Fred Funk 69-69=138−6 Billy Mayfair 69-69=138 Chris Riley 66-72=138 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 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 Johansson at Riviera in 1995; the first was by club pro Darrell Kestner at Inverness in 1993.
PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Tiger Woods 69-68-65=202−14 Luke Donald 68-68-66=2023 Mike Weir72-67-65=204−124 Geoff Ogilvy 69-68-68=205 −11T5 Shaun Micheel 69-70-67=206 −10 Sergio García 69-70-67=206 7 K. J. Choi 73-67-67=207 −9T8 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
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 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 at Valhalla in 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 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.
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Tiger Woods 69-68-65-68=270 −181,224,0002 Shaun Micheel 69-70-67-69=275 −13734,400T3 Luke Donald 68-68-66-74=276 −12353,600 Sergio García 69-70-67-70=276 Adam Scott 71-69-69-67=2766 Mike Weir72-67-65-73=277−11244,800T7 K. J. Choi73-67-67-71=278−10207,788 Steve Stricker72-67-70-69=278T9 Ryan Moore71-72-67-69=279−9165,000 Geoff Ogilvy69-68-68-74=279 Ian Poulter70-70-68-71=279 Source:
Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par434454534 544354434 Woods −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −17 −17 −18 −18 −18 −19 −19 −19 −19 −19 −19 −18 −18 Micheel −11 −11 −11 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 −12 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 Donald −14 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 García −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −11 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 Scott −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −14 −13 −13 −12 Weir −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −14 −14 −14 −13 −13 −12 −11 −11 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Double Eagle -->Eagle BirdieBogey Source:
References
External links 2006 PGA Championship official site Coverage on European Tour's official site Medinah Country Club official site