2014 PGA Championship

2014 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 7–10, 2014
LocationLouisville, Kentucky
38°14′31″N 85°28′19″W / 38.242°N 85.472°W / 38.242; -85.472
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
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
268 (−16)
Location map
Valhalla Golf Club is located in the United States
Valhalla Golf Club
Valhalla Golf Club
Location in the United States
Valhalla Golf Club is located in Kentucky
Valhalla Golf Club
Valhalla Golf Club
Location in Kentucky
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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.

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

Venue

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Main article: Valhalla Golf Club
Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 Cut the Corner 446 4 10 Turns 590 5
2 The Ridge 500 4 11 On the Edge 210 3
3 Floyds Fork 205 3 12 Odin's Revenge 467 4
4 Short 'n Sweet 372 4 13 The Island 350 4
5 Fade Away 463 4 14 Two Tears 217 3
6 The Bear 495 4 15 On the Rocks 435 4
7 Players Pick 597 5 16 Down the Stretch 508 4
8 Thor's Hammer 174 3 17 No Mercy 472 4
9 The Rise 415 4 18 Gahm Over 542 5
Out 3,667 35 In 3,791 36
Source:>[1][5] Total 7,458 71

Previous course lengths for major championships

The second hole was previously played as a par 5.

Field

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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

2. Last five U.S. Open Champions

3. Last five Masters Champions

4. Last five British Open Champions

5. Current Senior PGA Champion

6. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2013 PGA Championship

7. 20 low scorers in the 2014 PGA Professional National Championship

8. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational to the 2014 RBC Canadian Open

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)

10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2013 PGA Championship

11. Vacancies are filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings).

12. The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above

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]

Round summaries

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First round

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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]

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Kevin Chappell 65 −6
United States Ryan Palmer
England Lee Westwood
T4 United States Jim Furyk 66 −5
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
Italy Edoardo Molinari
Sweden Henrik Stenson
England Chris Wood
T9 Finland Mikko Ilonen 67 −4
United States Jerry Kelly

Second round

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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.

Place Player Score To par
1 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 66-67=133 −9
T2 Australia Jason Day 69-65=134 −8
United States Jim Furyk 66-68=134
T4 United States Rickie Fowler 69-66=135 −7
Finland Mikko Ilonen 67-68=135
United States Ryan Palmer 65-70=135
T7 United States Phil Mickelson 69-67=136 −6
Austria Bernd Wiesberger 68-68=136
T9 Canada Graham DeLaet 69-68=137 −5
France Victor Dubuisson 69-68=137
Netherlands Joost Luiten 68-69=137
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen 70-67=137
Sweden Henrik Stenson 66-71=137
United States Steve Stricker 69-68=137
England Lee Westwood 65-72=137

Third round

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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]

Place Player Score To par
1 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 66-67-67=200 −13
2 Austria Bernd Wiesberger 68-68-65=201 −12
3 United States Rickie Fowler 69-66-67=202 −11
T4 Australia Jason Day 69-65-69=203 −10
United States Phil Mickelson 69-67-67=203
T6 Finland Mikko Ilonen 67-68-69=204 −9
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen 70-67-67=204
United States Ryan Palmer 65-70-69=204
Sweden Henrik Stenson 66-71-67=204
T10 Canada Graham DeLaet 69-68-68=205 −8
Wales Jamie Donaldson 69-70-66=205
United States Steve Stricker 69-68-68=205

Final round

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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]

Final leaderboard

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Champion
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Prize money ($)
1 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy (c) 66-67-67-68=268 −16 1,800,000
2 United States Phil Mickelson (c) 69-67-67-66=269 −15 1,080,000
T3 United States Rickie Fowler 69-66-67-68=270 −14 580,000
Sweden Henrik Stenson 66-71-67-66=270
T5 United States Jim Furyk 66-68-72-66=272 −12 367,500
United States Ryan Palmer 65-70-69-68=272
T7 France Victor Dubuisson 69-68-70-66=273 −11 263,000
South Africa Ernie Els 70-70-68-65=273
Finland Mikko Ilonen 67-68-69-69=273
United States Hunter Mahan 70-71-65-67=273
United States Steve Stricker 69-68-68-68=273
United States Jimmy Walker 69-71-68-65=273

Source: [16]

Scorecard

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Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5
Northern Ireland McIlroy −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 −11 −12 −12 −12 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16
United States Mickelson −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −14 −14 −15
United States Fowler −11 −10 −11 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14
Sweden Stenson −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14
United States Furyk −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12
United States Palmer −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −8 −9 −9 −9 −11 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12
Australia Day −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −10 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −8 −8 −9
Austria 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: [16]

Notes

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  1. ^ Tringale disqualified himself after realizing he signed an incorrect scorecard.[15]

References

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  2. ^ "PGA Tour, PGA of America announce new joint initiatives". PGA Tour. November 6, 2013. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
  3. ^ "2014 PGA Championship". PGA of America. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  4. ^ "McIlroy rallies to earn 2nd PGA win". ESPN. Associated Press. August 11, 2014.
  5. ^ "Course Tour". Valhalla Golf Club. Archived from the original on October 8, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  6. ^ a b "David Toms (back) withdraws". ESPN. Associated Press. August 5, 2014.
  7. ^ "Dustin Johnson to take leave of absence". PGA Tour. July 31, 2014.
  8. ^ a b Ferguson, Doug (July 31, 2014). "Dustin Johnson Takes Leave of Absence From Golf". ABC News. Associated Press.
  9. ^ a b "Matt Kuchar withdraws from PGA Championship". Golf Channel. August 7, 2014. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
  10. ^ "Injury forces McGinley to withdraw from US PGA Championship". PGA European Tour. July 28, 2014.
  11. ^ Ferguson, Doug (August 7, 2014). "Westwood, McIlroy ride momentum at PGA". Yahoo Sports. Associated Press.
  12. ^ Ferguson, Doug (August 9, 2014). "McIlroy in the lead at PGA Championship - barely". Yahoo Sports. Associated Press.
  13. ^ "The US PGA Championship 2014, day four: as it happened". Daily Telegraph. August 11, 2014.
  14. ^ "Rory McIlroy wins US PGA after epic battle at Valhalla". The Guardian. August 11, 2014.
  15. ^ Harig, Bob (August 16, 2014). "Cameron Tringale asks to be DQ'd". ESPN.
  16. ^ a b "PGA Championship 2014 – Leaderboard". ESPN. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
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