2010 PGA Championship

2010 PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	August 12–15, 2010
Location	Haven, Wisconsin
Course(s)	Whistling Straits Straits Course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour PGA European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,514 yards (6,871 m)
Field	156 players, 72 after cut
Cut	+1 (145)
Prize fund	$7,500,000
Winner's share	$1,350,000
Champion
Martin Kaymer
-11 (277)

The 2010 PGA Championship was the 92nd PGA Championship. Martin Kaymer from Germany won for his first major championship, in a three-hole playoff over Bubba Watson.^[1] The tournament began on Thursday, August 12, 2010, and concluded on Sunday, August 15. It was played at the Straits Course of the Whistling Straits complex in Haven, Wisconsin (postal address Kohler, Wisconsin). It was the second PGA Championship held at Whistling Straits, the first being the 86th PGA Championship in 2004 which was won by Vijay Singh.

Television coverage was provided in the United States by CBS and TNT, and in the United Kingdom by Sky Sports.

Course layout

Field

The following qualification criteria were 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 Champions
Mark Brooks, John Daly, Steve Elkington, Pádraig Harrington (4,6,8,9), Davis Love III, Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson (3,8,9,10), Vijay Singh, David Toms, Tiger Woods (2,4,6,8,10), Yang Yong-eun (6,8)
(Eligible but did not compete: Rich Beem, Jack Burke, Jr., Dow Finsterwald, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Al Geiberger, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Hubert Green, Don January, John Mahaffey, Larry Nelson, Bobby Nichols, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Nick Price, Jeff Sluman, Dave Stockton, Hal Sutton, Lee Trevino, Lanny Wadkins)

• Paul Azinger withdrew due to a foot injury.^[3]
• Bob Tway withdrew for undisclosed reasons.^[4]

2. Last five U.S. Open Champions
Ángel Cabrera (3,8), Lucas Glover (6,8), Graeme McDowell (6,8,9,10), Geoff Ogilvy (8,10)

3. Last five Masters Champions
Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson (6,8,10)

4. Last five British Open Champions
Stewart Cink (8,9), Louis Oosthuizen (8,10)

5. Current Senior PGA Champion
Tom Lehman

6. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2009 PGA Championship
Ernie Els (8,10), Dustin Johnson (8,10), Martin Kaymer, Søren Kjeldsen, Rory McIlroy (8,10), John Merrick, Francesco Molinari, Henrik Stenson (9)

• Lee Westwood (8,9,10) withdrew due to a calf/ankle injury.^[5]

7. 20 low scorers in the 2010 PGA Professional National Championship
Danny Balin, Ryan Benzel, Kyle Flinton, Scott Hebert, David Hutsell, Stu Ingraham, Rob Labritz, Mitch Lowe, Robert McClellan, Bob Moss, Keith Ohr, Troy Pare, Jason Schmuhl, Mark Sheftic, Sonny Skinner, Mike Small, Bruce Smith, Rich Steinmetz, Chip Sullivan, Tim Thelen

8. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2009 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and Legends Reno-Tahoe Open to the 2010 Greenbrier Classic
Stephen Ames (10), Stuart Appleby (10), Ricky Barnes, Jason Bohn (10), Chad Campbell (9), Paul Casey (9), K. J. Choi, Tim Clark (9, 10), Ben Crane (9,10), Brian Davis, Jason Day (10), Brendon de Jonge, Luke Donald, Jason Dufner, Rickie Fowler, Jim Furyk (9,10), Sergio García (9), Brian Gay, Retief Goosen, Bill Haas (10), J. B. Holmes (9), Charles Howell III, Fredrik Jacobson, Anthony Kim (9,10), Matt Kuchar (10), Martin Laird (10), Marc Leishman, Hunter Mahan (9,10), Steve Marino, Troy Matteson (10), Bryce Molder, Ryan Moore (10), Kevin Na, Sean O'Hair, Jeff Overton, Ryan Palmer (10), Kenny Perry (9), Tim Petrovic, Carl Pettersson (10), Ian Poulter (9,10), Justin Rose (9,10), Rory Sabbatini, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott (10), Heath Slocum (10), Brandt Snedeker, Steve Stricker (9, 10), Vaughn Taylor, Bo Van Pelt, Scott Verplank, Camilo Villegas (10), Nick Watney, Bubba Watson (10), Charlie Wi

• Robert Allenby withdrew due to a knee injury.^[6]

9. Members of the United States and European 2008 Ryder Cup teams (provided they are ranked in the top 100 in the Official World Golf Rankings on August 2, 2010)
Søren Hansen, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Robert Karlsson, Oliver Wilson
(Ben Curtis (ranked 106), Justin Leonard (101), and Boo Weekley (162) failed to qualify under this category, but played out of other categories.)

10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2009 PGA Championship
Cameron Beckman, Matt Bettencourt, Derek Lamely, Bill Lunde

11. Vacancies are filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings).
Paul Goydos, Jerry Kelly, Justin Leonard, George McNeill, John Senden, Kevin Stadler, Jimmy Walker

1. D. J. Trahan (ranked 80) replaced Paul Azinger.^[3]
2. Matt Jones (82) replaced Bob Tway.^[4]
3. D. A. Points (84) replaced Robert Allenby.^[6]
4. Kevin Sutherland (85) replaced Lee Westwood.^[5]
5. Kris Blanks (88) took spot reserved for WGC-Bridgestone Invitational winner

12. The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above
Fredrik Andersson Hed, Grégory Bourdy, Darren Clarke,^[7] Ben Curtis, Rhys Davies, Simon Dyson, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Ross Fisher, Hiroyuki Fujita, Stephen Gallacher, Anders Hansen, Peter Hanson, Tetsuji Hiratsuka, David Horsey, Yuta Ikeda, Ryo Ishikawa,^[8] Raphaël Jacquelin, Simon Khan, Kim Kyung-tae, Liang Wen-Chong, Shane Lowry, Ross McGowan, Edoardo Molinari, Colin Montgomerie, Noh Seung-yul, Koumei Oda, Corey Pavin, Álvaro Quirós, Michael Sim, Thongchai Jaidee, Boo Weekley, Mike Weir, Danny Willett, Chris Wood

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Steve Elkington	Australia	1995	71	70	67	71	279	–9	T5
Phil Mickelson	United States	2005	73	69	73	67	282	–6	T12
Tiger Woods	United States	1999, 2000, 2006, 2007	71	70	72	73	286	–2	T28
David Toms	United States	2001	74	71	67	75	287	–1	T33
Vijay Singh	Fiji	1998, 2004	73	66	73	76	288	E	T39
Shaun Micheel	United States	2003	73	69	76	71	289	+1	T48
Davis Love III	United States	1997	73	72	72	73	290	+2	T55

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	2008	75	71	146	+2
Yang Yong-eun	South Korea	2009	72	76	148	+4
Mark Brooks	United States	1996	80	75	155	+11
John Daly	United States	1991	76	WD	76	+4

Round summary

First round

The start of play was delayed on Thursday morning by over three hours due to fog; when the early starters finally got out, Bubba Watson and Francesco Molinari posted the best scores, setting a clubhouse target of four-under-par. Play was suspended on Thursday evening with half the field yet to complete their rounds; a second fog delay on Friday morning further delayed completion of the first round. Matt Kuchar defied the stoppages to take the first round lead, chasing his first win after a year of top-10s. Teenager Noh Seung-yul was only one shot behind, in the group at four-under, looking to become the second successive Korean PGA Championship winner.^[9]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Matt Kuchar	United States	67	-5
T2	Ernie Els	South Africa	68	-4
	Francesco Molinari	Italy
	Noh Seung-yul	South Korea
	Bubba Watson	United States
T6	Jason Day	Australia	69	-3
	Charles Howell III	United States
	Zach Johnson	United States
	Simon Khan	England
	Ryan Moore	United States
	Nick Watney	United States

Second round

Matt Kuchar fired a second-round 69 to lead by one shot after day two. Fog again delayed the start by two and a half hours, but Kuchar was eight under at the close, one ahead of fellow American Nick Watney. Bad light had meant half the field would finish their rounds on Saturday.^[10]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Matt Kuchar	United States	67-69=136	-8
2	Nick Watney	United States	69-68=137	-7
T3	Jim Furyk	United States	70-68=138	-6
	J. B. Holmes	United States	72-66=138
T5	Jason Dufner	United States	73-66=139	-5
	Dustin Johnson	United States	71-68=139
	Zach Johnson	United States	69-70=139
	Simon Khan	England	69-70=139
	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	71-68=139
	Bryce Molder	United States	72-67=139
	Noh Seung-yul	South Korea	68-71=139
	Ryan Palmer	United States	71-68=139
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	73-66=139
	Bubba Watson	United States	68-71=139

Third round

In the third round, Liang Wen-Chong shot a course-record 64 and moved into a tie for third.^[11] Overnight leader Matt Kuchar dropped back to seven under, and Nick Watney shot a 66 to take a three-stroke lead over Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson going into the final round. Half the 156 starters were forced to complete their seconds rounds on the Saturday after almost six hours were lost because of fog over the first two days.^[12]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Nick Watney	United States	69-68-66=203	-13
T2	Dustin Johnson	United States	71-68-67=206	-10
	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	71-68-67=206
T4	Jason Day	Australia	69-72-66=207	-9
	Martin Kaymer	Germany	72-68-67=207
	Liang Wen-Chong	China	72-71-64=207
T7	Jason Dufner	United States	73-66-69=208	-8
	Steve Elkington	Australia	71-70-67=208
	Jim Furyk	United States	70-68-70=208
	Zach Johnson	United States	69-70-69=208

Final round

Seven different players held at least a share of the lead in the final round. Overnight leader Nick Watney collapsed, shooting 81, including a triple-bogey on the 7th hole when he hit his ball into the water after hearing a camera click. Steve Elkington made a run towards the end, tying for the lead with a birdie on 16, but bogeyed the last two holes to finish two strokes back. Bubba Watson frequently drove his tee shots over 350 yards and shot 68, including a birdie on the 16th hole to tie for the lead. He finished at 11-under par. Martin Kaymer, who held the lead for most the day, made a 15-foot par putt at the 18th hole to tie Watson for the clubhouse lead. Rory McIlroy had a 15-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to post -11 with Watson and Kaymer, but missed. Dustin Johnson birdied 16 and 17 to take a one-shot lead with one hole to play. Johnson bogeyed the final hole to apparently tie for the lead, but after further review, it was decided that on the final hole, he had "grounded his club" in a bunker, which is a contravention of Rule 13.4 of the Rules of Golf. He was given a two-stroke penalty and finished out of the playoff in a 3-way tie for fifth place.^[13][14]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Martin Kaymer	Germany	72-68-67-70=277	-11	Playoff
	Bubba Watson	United States	68-71-70-68=277
T3	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	71-68-67-72=278	-10	435,000
	Zach Johnson	United States	69-70-69-70=278
T5	Jason Dufner	United States	73-66-69-71=279	-9	270,833
	Steve Elkington	Australia	71-70-67-71=279
	Dustin Johnson	United States	71-68-67-73=279
T8	Camilo Villegas	Colombia	71-71-70-68=280	-8	210,000
	Liang Wen-Chong	China	72-71-64-73=280
T10	Jason Day	Australia	69-72-66-74=281	-7	175,800
	Matt Kuchar	United States	67-69-73-72=281

Playoff

After a lengthy discussion that eliminated Dustin Johnson from competing in the playoff, Bubba Watson and Martin Kaymer took to a three-hole playoff that included the 10th, 17th and 18th holes. On the 10th, Watson almost drove the short par-4 and capitalized with a birdie. Kaymer missed a long birdie putt and fell a stroke behind with the par. On the par-3 17th, Kaymer tied Watson by making a 15-footer for birdie while Watson missed a 45-footer and had to settle for par. With the playoff tied, both golfers hit their tee shots on the par-4 18th into the right rough. Watson played aggressively and tried to go for the green on the second shot but it went into the creek in front of the green causing a stroke penalty. Seeing Watson in the hazard, Kaymer elected to lay up from his poor lie and would simply advance the ball into the fairway on his second shot. He then hit his third shot within 15-feet from the cup meaning a two-putt would give him the championship if Watson couldn't get up and down from his drop point. Watson hit his fourth shot through the green into a bunker, but nearly holed the bunker shot that would have forced sudden-death had Kaymer merely two-putted. After putting his first putt past the hole, Kaymer sealed his first major championship victory with a two-foot putt from below the hole.^[15][16][17]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Martin Kaymer	Germany	4-2-5=11	E	1,350,000
2	Bubba Watson	United States	3-3-6=12	+1	810,000

Complete leaderboard

References

External links

• 2010 Official site
• Whistling Straits