2005 PGA Championship
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2005 PGA Championship
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | August 11 - 15, 2005 |
| Location | Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey |
| Course(s) | Baltusrol Golf Club |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour PGA European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,392 |
| Field | 156 players, 79 after cut |
| Cut | 144 (+4) |
| Prize fund | $6,500,000 |
| Winner's share | $1,170,000 |
| Champion | |
| Phil Mickelson | |
| 276 (-4) | |
The 2005 PGA Championship was the 87th PGA Championship, played from August 11 to August 15 at the Baltusrol Golf Club Lower Course in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey.[1] It was the first PGA Championship held at Baltusrol, which had hosted the U.S. Open seven times, and was the first major championship at Baltusrol since Lee Janzen won the 1993 U.S. Open. Phil Mickelson earned his second major win by flopping a chip out of deep rough to 2 feet for birdie on the final hole for a one-shot victory over Steve Elkington and Thomas Bjørn. The purse was $6.5 million with Mickelson taking home $1.17 million.
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Field
- All former PGA Champions
- Winners of the last five U.S. Opens (2001-2005)
- Winners of the last five Masters (2001-2005)
- Winners of the last five British Opens (2001-2005)
- The 2005 Senior PGA Champion
- The low 15 scorers and ties in The 2004 PGA Championship
- The 25 low scorers in The 2005 PGA Club Professional Championship
- The 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2004 International through the 2005 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 2004 PGA Championship to The 2005 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 2004 International through the 2005 Buick Open.
Round-by-round summary
First round (Thursday)
There was a logjam up at the top upon the conclusion of the first round with twenty seven players within two shots of the lead. Six players including Phil Mickelson shot three under 67s for a one shot lead over the rest of the field. Defending champion Vijay Singh shot an even par 70 to lie three shots off the pace.
Second round (Friday)
Phil Mickelson opened up a three shot lead after shooting a five under 65, the low round of the day. Jerry Kelly also shot 65 to lie sole second. Tiger Woods shot a one under 69 to make the cut line that was set at four over par. Notable players missing the cut included: Colin Montgomerie, 2003 champion Shaun Micheel and 2002 champion Rich Beem.
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Mickelson |  United States |
67-65=132 | -8 |
| 2 | Jerry Kelly | United States |
70-65=135 | -5 |
| T3 | Davis Love III | United States |
68-68=136 | -4 |
| Rory Sabbatini |  South Africa |
67-69=136 | ||
| Lee Westwood |  England |
68-68=136 | ||
| T6 | Stuart Appleby |  Australia |
67-70=137 | -3 |
| Shingo Katayama |  Japan |
71-66=137 | ||
| Greg Owen | England |
67-70=137 | ||
| Jesper Parnevik |  Sweden |
67-70=137 | ||
| Vijay Singh |  Fiji |
70-67=137 |
Third round (Saturday)
Phil Mickelson struggled throughout much of the third round as he shot a two over 72 but it was still enough for a share of the lead with Davis Love III. Love shot his third straight 68 to make the final pairing of a major for the first time since the 2003 Open Championship. The round of the day belonged to Thomas Bjørn who matched the major championship record with a 63. It was the third 63 at Baltusrol, where Jack Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf did it in the first round of the 1980 U.S. Open. Vijay Singh lay just two shots back after a 69 which included 17 pars before a birdie on 18.
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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| T1 | Davis Love III | United States |
68-68-68=204 | -6 |
| Phil Mickelson | United States |
67-65-72=204 | ||
| 3 | Thomas Bjørn |  Denmark |
71-71-63=205 | -5 |
| T4 | Stuart Appleby | Australia |
67-70-69=206 | -4 |
| Steve Elkington | Australia |
68-70-68=206 | ||
| Pat Perez | United States |
68-71-67=206 | ||
| Vijay Singh | Fiji |
70-67-69=206 | ||
| T8 | Jason Bohn | United States |
71-68-68=207 | -3 |
| Ben Curtis | United States |
67-73-67=207 | ||
| Retief Goosen | South Africa |
68-70-69=207 | ||
| Greg Owen | England |
68-69-70=207 | ||
| Lee Westwood | England |
68-68-71=207 |
Final round (Sunday)
The final round was not finished on Sunday for the first time since 1986. Rain delayed much of the action which ended with Tiger Woods as the clubhouse leader at two under. Phil Mickelson was putting for par on the 14th hole when play was suspended at 6:35 p.m. Thomas Bjørn with four holes left and Steve Elkington with three holes left were one shot off of Mickelson. In spite of Woods being the clubhouse leader, he returned to his Florida home on Sunday night rather than await the tournament's completion.[2] This move was heavily criticized at the time.[3]
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Hole |
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| 1 | Phil Mickelson | United States |
67-65-72-51=255 | -4 | 13 |
| T2 | Steve Elkington | Australia |
68-70-68-58=264 | -3 | 15 |
| Thomas Bjørn | Denmark |
71-71-63-55=260 | 14 | ||
| T4 | Tiger Woods | United States |
75-69-66-68=278 | -2 | F |
| Vijay Singh | Fiji |
70-67-69-59=265 | 15 | ||
| Davis Love III | United States |
68-68-68-53=257 | 13 |
Final round (Monday)
Play resumed at 10:05 a.m with six players on the course within three shots of the lead. Headed to the 72nd hole Phil Mickelson was tied for the lead at three under with Thomas Bjørn and Steve Elkington. Mickelson birdied the par 5 18th to win his second major title. Mickelson flopped a chip from the deep grass some 50 feet from the cup for a tap-in birdie that gave him a one-shot victory. Elkington and Bjorn both missed birdie putts and had to settle for par on the 554-yard closing hole. Mickelson became the seventh wire-to-wire winner at the PGA Championship and the first since Tiger Woods in 2000. The round of the day belonged to Ted Purdy who ended up in a tie for tenth after a final round 66. It was first Monday finish at the PGA Championship since 1986, when Bob Tway holed a bunker shot on the 72nd hole to beat Greg Norman.
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Mickelson | United States |
67-65-72-72=276 | -4 | $1,170,000 |
| T2 | Thomas Bjørn | Denmark |
71-71-63-72=277 | -3 | $572,000 |
| Steve Elkington | Australia |
68-70-68-71=277 | |||
| T4 | Davis Love III | United States |
68-68-68-74=278 | -2 | $286,000 |
| Tiger Woods | United States |
75-69-66-68=278 | |||
| T6 | Michael Campbell |  New Zealand |
73-68-69-69=279 | -1 | $201,500 |
| Retief Goosen | South Africa |
68-70-69-72=279 | |||
| Geoff Ogilvy | Australia |
69-69-72-69=279 | |||
| Pat Perez | United States |
68-71-67-73=279 | |||
| T10 | Steve Flesch | United States |
70-71-69-70=280 | E | $131,800 |
| Dudley Hart | United States |
70-73-66-71=280 | |||
| Ted Purdy | United States |
69-75-70-66=280 | |||
| Vijay Singh | Fiji |
70-67-69-74=280 | |||
| David Toms | United States |
71-72-69-68=280 |
References
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| Preceded by 2005 Open Championship |
Major Championships | Succeeded by 2006 Masters |
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