2004 PGA Championship

2004 PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates	August 11 - 15, 2004
Location	Kohler, Wisconsin
Course(s)	Whistling Straits
Tour(s)	PGA Tour PGA European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Yardage	7,514
Field	156 players, 73 after cut
Cut	145 (+1)
Purse	$6,250,000
Winner's share	$1,125,000
Champion
Vijay Singh
280 (-8)

The 2004 PGA Championship was the 86th PGA Championship, played from August 12 to August 15, 2004 at the Whistling Straits Straits Course in Kohler, Wisconsin.^[1] It was the first PGA Championship held at Whistling Straits. Vijay Singh earned his third major win in a three hole playoff defeating Justin Leonard and Chris DiMarco. The purse was $6.25 million and Singh took home $1.125 million.

Contents 1 Field 2 History of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits 3 Course layout 4 Round-by-round summary 4.1 First round (Thursday) 4.2 Second round (Friday) 4.3 Third round (Saturday) 4.4 Final round (Sunday) 4.5 Playoff (Sunday) 5 Quotes 6 References 7 External links

Field

1. All former PGA Champions.
2. Winners of the last five U.S. Opens.
3. Winners of the last five Masters.
4. Winners of the last five British Opens.
5. The 2003 Senior PGA Champion.
6. The low 15 scorers and ties in the 2003 PGA Championship.
7. The 25 low scorers in The 2004 PGA Club Professional Championship.
8. The 70 leaders in official money standings.
9. Members of the 2002 United States Ryder Cup Team.
10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour from the 2003 PGA Championship to the 2004 PGA Championship (does not include pro-am and team competitions).
11. The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above.
12. The total field will be a maximum of 156 players. Vacancies will be filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings).

Full eligibility list

History of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits

2004 was the first year that Whistling Straits hosted a PGA Championship or any Grand Slam event. The Straits Course will hold the PGA Championship in 2010 and 2015 along with the 2020 Ryder Cup. The course also hosted the 2007 U.S. Senior Open won by Brad Bryant.

Course layout

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yardage	408	593	181	493	598	355	221	507	449	3,805	361	618	143	404	373	518	569	223	500	3,709	7,514
Par	4	5	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	36	4	5	3	4	4	4	5	3	4	36	72

Round-by-round summary

First round (Thursday)

39 players broke par Thursday, led by Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke, who birdied the first four holes and finished at 7-under-par 65. It was the lowest score under par in the first round of a major since Chris DiMarco had a 7-under 65 at the 2001 Masters. He was one stroke better than Justin Leonard and Ernie Els.

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	65	-7
T2	Ernie Els	South Africa	66	-6
	Justin Leonard	United States
T4	Vijay Singh	Fiji	67	-5
	Scott Verplank	United States
	Luke Donald	England
	Briny Baird	United States

Second round (Friday)

Justin Leonard posted a 3-under 69 and Vijay Singh carded a 4-under 68 to share a one stroke lead at 9 under midway through the 86th PGA Championship. Opening round leader Darren Clarke shot a 1-under 71 and is tied for third with Ernie Els and Briny Baird. Tiger Woods made two straight birdies on 16 and 17 to avoid missing his first cut in 128 events. Miguel Ángel Jiménez, who shot the low round of the day of 65, ended in a tie for 13th at 3-under.

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Justin Leonard	United States	66-69=135	-9
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	67-68=135
T3	Briny Baird	United States	67-69=136	-8
	Ernie Els	South Africa	66-70=136
	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	65-71=136
6	Chris DiMarco	United States	68-70=138	-6

Third round (Saturday)

Vijay Singh shot 69 to reach 12 under par as he tried to add a third major title to his 1998 PGA Championship and 2000 Masters. Justin Leonard carded 70 and was at 11 under. Leonard, who had a two-shot lead after making a 6-foot birdie on the 12th, bogeyed Nos. 15 and 18 to keep him one behind. Briny Baird, the leader at one point, pulled his tee shot over the cliff left of the par-3 17th and wound up with a triple bogey to knocked him out of contention. He wound up with a 75 and was seven shots behind.

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Vijay Singh	Fiji	67-68-69=204	-12
2	Justin Leonard	United States	66-69-70=205	-11
T3	Stephen Ames	Canada	68-71-69=208	-8
	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	65-71-72=208
	Ernie Els	South Africa	66-70-72=208
	Phil Mickelson	United States	69-72-67=208
	Chris Riley	United States	69-70-79=208
8	Chris DiMarco	United States	68-70-71=209	-7

Final round (Sunday)

An excited final round filled with missed opportunities led to a three man playoff between Vijay Singh, Chris DiMarco and Justin Leonard. Ernie Els missed the playoff by one stroke, thanks to a bogey at No. 18, and completed a disheartening season of near-misses in majors. He finished fourth, tied with Chris Riley who also bogeyed No. 18. Els finished second in The Masters, second in the British Open and ninth in the U.S. Open.

Phil Mickelson also had a chance to get into the playoff, needing a birdie at 72nd hole. Michelson however took bogey and added a sixth-place finish to his memorable run at majors in 2004. Michelson won The Masters, took second in the U.S. Open and placed third in the British Open. Tiger Woods bogeyed two of the first four holes and wound up with a 73, his worst finish in the majors this year. This extended his streak to 10 majors without winning, that's the longest drought of his career.

Leonard, playing in the final group at the PGA Championship for the third time, took a two-shot lead with five holes to play with an 18-foot birdie putt. Leonard missed four putts inside 12 feet down the stretch including a 12 foot par putt on No. 18 which would have given him his second major championship. DiMarco, the only player in the final nine groups to break par, had an 18-foot birdie putt on the 18th that he left short that would have given him his first major.

#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings
T1	Vijay Singh	Fiji	67-68-69-76=280	-8	Playoff
	Chris DiMarco	United States	68-70-71-71=280
	Justin Leonard	United States	66-69-70-75=280
T4	Ernie Els	South Africa	66-70-72-73=281	-7	$267,500
	Chris Riley	United States	69-70-69-73=281
T6	K.J. Choi	South Korea	68-71-73-70=282	-6	$196,000
	Paul McGinley	Ireland	69-74-70-69=282
	Phil Mickelson	United States	69-72-67-74=282
T9	Robert Allenby	Australia	71-70-72-70=283	-5	$152,000
	Stephen Ames	Canada	68-71-69-75=283
	Ben Crane	United States	70-74-69-70=283
	Adam Scott	Australia	71-71-69-72=283

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Playoff (Sunday)

After 72 holes, Singh, DiMarco and Leonard were tied on 8 under par, requiring a three hole playoff played over the 10th, 17th and 18th holes. Singh, who had yet to make a birdie during the day, got off to fast start with a birdie at the 361-yard 10th hole. Singh nearly drove the green leaving himself a simple pitch to 6 feet. DiMarco and Leonard both made par, giving Singh a one shot lead with two to play.

Singh then laced a 3-iron into 6 feet on the 236-yard 17th, although he missed that putt. Leonard and DiMarco needed birdie on the 18th and didn't come close — DiMarco in a bunker, Leonard so far away that he used a wedge to chip on the green. Neither finished the hole, giving Singh his third career major. Singh's 76 on was the highest final-round score ever by a PGA champion.

#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings
1	Vijay Singh	Fiji	3-3-4=10	-1	$1,125,000
T2	Chris DiMarco	United States	4-3-x=x	x	$800,000
	Justin Leonard	United States	4-3-x=x	x

Quotes

It looked ugly, but it's the prettiest one, I think.

—Vijay Singh on his third major championship win.

It was sad to see someone win it the way I did. The putter kind of fell asleep. I got new life when (Leonard) missed the putt on the last hole.

—Vijay Singh on his final round.

This makes my year. I think this is the biggest accomplishment I've ever had in my whole career.

—Vijay Singh on his season that eventually won him PGA Player of the Year.

I missed about four putts inside 10 feet on the back nine. It's pretty hard to win a golf tournament, much less a major, when you do that.

—Justin Leonard on his putting woes on the back nine.

I didn't win, and it's very disappointing. It's not like I haven't traveled down this road before. And hopefully, it will be be the same result.

—Tiger Woods after his tenth straight major without a win.

It's been a great year for me in the majors. I feel like I'm really onto something good, and I'm looking forward to next year. I'm sorry we have such a long way to go.

—Phil Mickelson on a year where he finished in the top six at all four majors.

References

External links

• PGA Championship Official site
• Whistling Straits official site
• USA Today coverage

Preceded by 2004 Open Championship

Major Championships

Succeeded by 2005 Masters

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