2004 PGA Championship

Thursday, August 12, 2004

Led by Darren Clarke, 39 players broke par in Thursday opening round. Clarke 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.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	65	−7
T2	Ernie Els	South Africa	66	−6
	Justin Leonard	United States
T4	Briny Baird	United States	67	−5
	Luke Donald	England
	Vijay Singh	Fiji
	Scott Verplank	United States
T8	Stephen Ames	Canada	68	−4
	Stuart Appleby	Australia
	K. J. Choi	South Korea
	Chris DiMarco	United States
	Jay Haas	United States
	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland
	Geoff Ogilvy	Australia
	Tim Petrovic	United States
	Loren Roberts	United States

Friday, August 13, 2004

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.

Place	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
	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	65-71=136
	Ernie Els	South Africa	66-70=136
6	Chris DiMarco	United States	68-70=138	−6
T7	Stephen Ames	Canada	68-71=139	−5
	K. J. Choi	South Korea	68-71=139
	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	68-71=139
	Chris Riley	United States	69-70=139

Saturday, August 14, 2004

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.

Place	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	69-70-69=208
8	Chris DiMarco	United States	68-70-71=209	−7
T9	Brian Davis	England	70-71-69=210	−6
	Loren Roberts	United States	68-72-70=210

Sunday, August 15, 2004

An exciting 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 the 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 the 72nd hole. Mickelson however took bogey and added a sixth-place finish to his memorable run at the majors in 2004. Mickelson won the Masters, took second in the U.S. Open and placed third in the British Open. K.J. Choi also had a chance to get into the playoff with a birdie, but also bogeyed the 72nd hole to finish two strokes behind. Tiger Woods bogeyed two of the first four holes and wound up with a 73, his worst finish in the majors this year, and extended his streak to 10 majors without winning, which was the longest drought of his career at that time. He won the next major, his fourth green jacket at the Masters, in 2005.

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 (5.5 m) birdie putt on 13. Leonard missed four putts inside 12 feet (3.7 m) 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 to win on the 72nd hole that he left short.[2] He also lost in a playoff in the next major, to Woods at Augusta, and ended his career without a major victory.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Chris DiMarco	United States	68-70-71-71=280	−8	Playoff
	Justin Leonard	United States	66-69-70-75=280
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	67-68-69-76=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

Source:[14][15]

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	5	3	4
Singh	−12	−12	−12	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8
DiMarco	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−8	−8	−8
Leonard	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−11	−10	−10	−9	−9	−8
Els	−8	−8	−7	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−7	−8	−8	−7
Riley	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7
Choi	−4	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6
McGinley	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−4	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−5	−6	−6	−6
Mickelson	−8	−8	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6
Scott	−5	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5
Ames	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−9	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−7	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5
Clarke	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−6	−6	−7	−7	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−5	−4	−4
Davis	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−7	−7	−6	−5	−6	−6	−4	−4	−4	−4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Source:[14][15]

After 72 holes, Singh, DiMarco and Leonard were tied on 8 under par, requiring a three-hole aggregate playoff, 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 10th hole, a short par-4 at 361 yards (330 m). Singh nearly drove the green and left a simple pitch to 6 feet (1.8 m), while DiMarco and Leonard both made par.[2]

Singh then laced a 3-iron to within 6 feet on the 236-yard (216 m) par-3 17th, but missed the putt and all three men made par. Leonard and DiMarco needed to gain a stroke on Singh on the par-4 18th and neither came close — DiMarco in a bunker, Leonard so far away that he used a wedge to chip on the green. Neither finished the hole, and Singh's par secured his second PGA Championship and third career major. His 76 on Sunday was the highest final-round score ever by a PGA champion.[2]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
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

Playoff

Hole	10	17	18
Par	4	3	4
Singh	−1	−1	−1
DiMarco	E	E	x
Leonard	E	E	x

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par