2014 PGA Championship

The 2014 PGA Championship was the 96th PGA Championship, played August 7–10 at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.[3] This was the third PGA Championship at Valhalla, which previously hosted in 1996 and 2000, both won in playoffs, as well as the Ryder Cup in 2008.

2014 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 7–10, 2014
LocationLouisville, Kentucky
Course(s)Valhalla Golf Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)
Statistics
Par71[1]
Length7,458 yards (6,820 m)
Field156 players, 74 after cut
Cut143 (+1)
Prize fund$10,000,000 [2]
€7,478,872
Winner's share$1,800,000
€1,346,197
Champion
Rory McIlroy
268 (−16)
Valhalla
Golf Club
Location in the United States
Valhalla
Golf Club
Location in Kentucky

Rory McIlroy won his second PGA Championship and fourth career major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up Phil Mickelson.[4]

Venue
Main article: Valhalla Golf Club
HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Cut the Corner446410Turns5905
2The Ridge500411On the Edge2103
3Floyds Fork205312Odin's Revenge4674
4Short 'n Sweet372413The Island3504
5Fade Away463414Two Tears2173
6The Bear495415On the Rocks4354
7Players Pick597516Down the Stretch5084
8Thor's Hammer174317No Mercy4724
9The Rise415418Gahm Over5425
Out3,66735In3,79136
Source:>[1][5]Total7,45871

Previous course lengths for major championships

The second hole was previously played as a par 5.

Field

The following qualification criteria were used to select the field. Each player is listed according to the first category by which he qualified with additional categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses.

1. All former PGA Champions
Rich Beem, Keegan Bradley (8,9), Mark Brooks, John Daly, Jason Dufner (6,8,9,10), Pádraig Harrington, Martin Kaymer (2,8,9,10), Davis Love III, Rory McIlroy (2,4,6,8,9,10), Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson (3,4,8,9), Vijay Singh, Tiger Woods (8,9), Yang Yong-eun

The following former champions did not compete: Paul Azinger, Jack Burke Jr., Steve Elkington, 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, Bob Tway, Lanny Wadkins

2. Last five U.S. Open Champions
Graeme McDowell (6,8,9), Justin Rose (8,9,10), Webb Simpson (8,9,10)

3. Last five Masters Champions
Charl Schwartzel (8), Adam Scott (6,8,10), Bubba Watson (8,9,10)

4. Last five British Open Champions
Darren Clarke, Ernie Els, Louis Oosthuizen

5. Current Senior PGA Champion
Colin Montgomerie

6. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2013 PGA Championship
Jonas Blixt (8), Roberto Castro, Jason Day (8,10), Jim Furyk (8,9), Zach Johnson (8,9,10), Marc Leishman (8), Scott Piercy, Henrik Stenson (8,10), Kevin Streelman (8,10), Steve Stricker (8,9), Marc Warren, Boo Weekley

7. 20 low scorers in the 2014 PGA Professional National Championship
Michael Block, Jamie Broce, Rob Corcoran, Stuart Deane, Frank Esposito Jr., Ryan Helminen, David Hronek, Johan Kok, Aaron Krueger, Jim McGovern, Dave McNabb, Brian Norman, Rod Perry, Matt Pesta, Steve Schneiter, Jerry Smith, Bob Sowards, David Tentis, Dustin Volk, Eric Williamson

8. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational to the 2014 RBC Canadian Open
Jason Bohn, Steven Bowditch (10), Ángel Cabrera (10), K. J. Choi, Tim Clark (10), Erik Compton, Ben Crane (10), Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet (12), Luke Donald (9), Harris English (10), Matt Every (10), Rickie Fowler, Sergio García (9), Bill Haas, Brian Harman (10), Russell Henley (10), Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes (10), Billy Horschel, Charles Howell III, Fredrik Jacobson (12), Matt Jones (10), Chris Kirk (10), Will MacKenzie, Hunter Mahan, Ben Martin (12), Hideki Matsuyama (10), George McNeill, Ryan Moore (10), Kevin Na, Noh Seung-yul (10), Ryan Palmer, Ian Poulter (9), Patrick Reed (10), Rory Sabbatini, John Senden (10), Brandt Snedeker (9), Jordan Spieth, Kevin Stadler (10), Brendan Steele, Chris Stroud, Brian Stuard, Daniel Summerhays, Brendon Todd (10), Jimmy Walker (10), Nick Watney, Gary Woodland

9. Members of the United States and European 2012 Ryder Cup teams (provided they are ranked in the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking on July 28)
Francesco Molinari, Lee Westwood

10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2013 PGA Championship
Chesson Hadley, Geoff Ogilvy, Scott Stallings

11. Vacancies are filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings).
Scott Brown, Russell Knox, Cameron Tringale, Jason Kokrak

12. The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above
Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thomas Bjørn, Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Paul Casey, Kevin Chappell, Stewart Cink, George Coetzee, Jamie Donaldson, Victor Dubuisson, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Ross Fisher, Tommy Fleetwood, Stephen Gallacher, Branden Grace, David Hearn, Mikko Ilonen, Ryo Ishikawa, Thongchai Jaidee, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Robert Karlsson, Kim Hyung-sung, Brooks Koepka, Anirban Lahiri, Pablo Larrazábal, Alexander Lévy, Shane Lowry, Joost Luiten, Matteo Manassero, Edoardo Molinari, Koumei Oda, Thorbjørn Olesen, Kenny Perry, Richard Sterne, Hideto Tanihara, Tom Watson, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett, Chris Wood, Fabrizio Zanotti

Alternates (category 11)
  1. Jerry Kelly – replaced Dustin Johnson[8]
  2. Pat Perez – took spot reserved for WGC-Bridgestone Invitational winner
  3. Shawn Stefani – replaced David Toms[6]
  4. John Huh – replaced Matt Kuchar[9]

Nationalities in the field
North America (85)South America (2)Europe (39)Oceania (9)Asia (11)Africa (10)
 Canada (2) Argentina (1) England (9) Australia (8) India (1) South Africa (9)
 United States (83) Paraguay (1) Northern Ireland (3) Fiji (1) Japan (4) Zimbabwe (1)
 Scotland (4) South Korea (4)
 Wales (1) Thailand (2)
 Ireland (2)
 Austria (1)
 Denmark (2)
 Spain (5)
 Finland (1)
 France (2)
 Germany (1)
 Italy (3)
 Netherlands (1)
 Sweden (4)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland201266676768268−161
Phil Mickelson United States200569676766269−152
Vijay Singh Fiji1998, 200471687369281−3T36

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Pádraig Harrington Ireland20087371144+2
Martin Kaymer Germany20107074144+2
Davis Love III United States19977273145+3
Keegan Bradley United States20117472146+4
Y. E. Yang South Korea20097571146+4
John Daly United States19917672148+6
Tiger Woods United States1999, 2000,
2006, 2007		7474148+6
Shaun Micheel United States20037279151+9
Rich Beem United States20027479153+11
Mark Brooks United States19967879157+15
Jason Dufner United States2013WD

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 7, 2014

Lee Westwood recorded nine birdies, including his last four holes, to offset a double-bogey for a round of 65 (−6) and join Kevin Chappell and Ryan Palmer in a tie for first. Rory McIlroy also rebounded from a double-bogey with four straight birdies on the back nine and was one shot behind. Defending champion Jason Dufner entered the championship with a neck injury and withdrew after ten holes at +8.[11]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Kevin Chappell United States65−6
Ryan Palmer United States
Lee Westwood England
T4Jim Furyk United States66−5
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland
Edoardo Molinari Italy
Henrik Stenson Sweden
Chris Wood England
T9Mikko Ilonen Finland67−4
Jerry Kelly United States

Second round

Friday, August 8, 2014

Rory McIlroy, who had regained the world number one spot the previous Monday, held the 36-hole lead. The low round went to Jason Day with a 65.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland66-67=133−9
T2Jason Day Australia69-65=134−8
Jim Furyk United States66-68=134
T4Rickie Fowler United States69-66=135−7
Mikko Ilonen Finland67-68=135
Ryan Palmer United States65-70=135
T7Phil Mickelson United States69-67=136−6
Bernd Wiesberger Austria68-68=136
T9Graham DeLaet Canada69-68=137−5
Victor Dubuisson France69-68=137
Joost Luiten Netherlands68-69=137
Louis Oosthuizen South Africa70-67=137
Henrik Stenson Sweden66-71=137
Steve Stricker United States69-68=137
Lee Westwood England65-72=137

Third round

Saturday, August 9, 2014

Rory McIlroy birdied three of his last four holes for a round of 67 (−4). Bernd Wiesberger recorded birdies on his last three holes to record the lowest score of the round with a 65 (−6) and move into second place, one shot behind. A tight leaderboard saw five players tied for the lead at 10-under at one point on the back-nine. The scoring average for the round was 69.6, the lowest in PGA Championship history.[12]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland66-67-67=200−13
2Bernd Wiesberger Austria68-68-65=201−12
3Rickie Fowler United States69-66-67=202−11
T4Jason Day Australia69-65-69=203−10
Phil Mickelson United States69-67-67=203
T6Mikko Ilonen Finland67-68-69=204−9
Louis Oosthuizen South Africa70-67-67=204
Ryan Palmer United States65-70-69=204
Henrik Stenson Sweden66-71-67=204
T10Graham DeLaet Canada69-68-68=205−8
Jamie Donaldson Wales69-70-66=205
Steve Stricker United States69-68-68=205

Final round

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Finishing the round in almost complete darkness, Rory McIlroy made par on the 18th to win his fourth career and second consecutive major championship. Beginning the round with a one-shot advantage, McIlroy fell from the lead with two bogeys on his first six holes. Rickie Fowler recorded birdies on four out of five holes on the front-nine, Phil Mickelson made four birdies on his first nine while Henrik Stenson made five birdies on the front to each pass McIlroy. Down by as much as three shots, McIlroy jumped back into contention with an eagle at the 10th to get within one shot. Fowler and Stenson both made bogey on the 14th, while Mickelson bogeyed the 16th. McIlroy, meanwhile, birdied the 13th and 17th to get to 16-under-par.[13] Needing eagle on 18 to tie McIlroy, Mickelson's chip from off the green narrowly missed while Fowler missed on a lengthy putt. McIlroy found a greenside bunker at the last then two-putted for par and a one-shot win over Mickelson. With this win McIlroy became the first player since Tiger Woods in 2008 to win three straight starts on the PGA Tour (he previously won the Open Championship and the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational), and the first since Pádraig Harrington to win consecutive majors. Harrington won the same two in 2008, the Open Championship and PGA Championship.[14]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland66-67-67-68=268−161,800,000
2Phil Mickelson United States69-67-67-66=269−151,080,000
T3Rickie Fowler United States69-66-67-68=270−14580,000
Henrik Stenson Sweden66-71-67-66=270
T5Jim Furyk United States66-68-72-66=272−12367,500
Ryan Palmer United States65-70-69-68=272
T7Victor Dubuisson France69-68-70-66=273−11263,000
Ernie Els South Africa70-70-68-65=273
Mikko Ilonen Finland67-68-69-69=273
Hunter Mahan United States70-71-65-67=273
Steve Stricker United States69-68-68-68=273
Jimmy Walker United States69-71-68-65=273

Source[15]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par443444534534434445
McIlroy−13−13−12−12−12−11−12−12−12−14−14−14−15−15−15−15−16−16
Mickelson−11−11−12−12−12−12−13−13−14−14−15−15−15−15−15−14−14−15
Fowler−11−10−11−12−13−13−14−14−14−15−15−15−15−14−14−14−14−14
Stenson−10−10−11−11−12−12−13−13−14−14−14−14−15−14−14−14−14−14
Furyk−7−8−8−9−9−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−10−10−10−11−11−12
Palmer−10−10−10−10−9−8−9−9−9−11−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−12
Day−10−10−10−10−11−10−9−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−8−8−9
Wiesberger−12−12−12−12−12−11−11−11−11−11−11−10−10−10−9−9−9−9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source[15]

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