2005 PGA Championship

The 2005 PGA Championship was the 87th PGA Championship, played August 11–15 at the Baltusrol Golf Club Lower Course in Springfield, New Jersey, west of New York City.[2] Phil Mickelson earned his second major title by flopping a chip out of deep rough to 2 feet (0.6 m) for birdie on the final hole for a one-shot victory over runners-up Steve Elkington and Thomas Bjørn.[3][4][5] The purse was $6.5 million with a winner's share of $1.17 million.

2005 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 11–15, 2005
LocationSpringfield, New Jersey
Course(s)Baltusrol Golf Club
Lower Course
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)
Statistics
Par70
Length7,392 yards (6,759 m)[1]
Field156 players, 79 after cut
Cut144 (+4)
Prize fund$6,500,000
€5,272,989
Winner's share$1,170,000
€949,138
Champion
Phil Mickelson
276 (−4)
Baltusrol 
Location in the United States
Baltusrol 
Location in New Jersey

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 the 1993 U.S. Open, won by Lee Janzen.

Field
  1. All former PGA Champions
  2. Winners of the last five U.S. Opens (2001-2005)
  3. Winners of the last five Masters (2001-2005)
  4. Winners of the last five British Opens (2001-2005)
  5. The 2005 Senior PGA Champion
  6. The low 15 scorers and ties in The 2004 PGA Championship
  7. The 25 low scorers in The 2005 PGA Club Professional Championship
  8. The 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2004 International through the 2005 Buick Open
  9. Members of the 2004 United States Ryder Cup Team
  10. 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).
  11. In addition, The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories above.
  12. 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.

Full eligibility list

Course layout
Main article: Baltusrol Golf Club

Lower Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4783795031944234825053802123,5564604402184244304302306505543,8367,392
Par444344443344434443553670

Source:[1]

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 11, 2005

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.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Stephen Ames Canada67−3
Stuart Appleby Australia
Ben Curtis United States
Trevor Immelman South Africa
Phil Mickelson United States
Rory Sabbatini South Africa
T7Ben Crane United States68−2
Steve Elkington Australia
Retief Goosen South Africa
Bernhard Langer Germany
Davis Love III United States
Greg Owen England
Jesper Parnevik Sweden
Pat Perez United States
John Rollins United States
Heath Slocum United States
Lee Westwood England

Second round

Friday, August 12, 2005

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.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Phil Mickelson United States67-65=132−8
2Jerry Kelly United States70-65=135−5
T3Davis Love III United States68-68=136−4
Rory Sabbatini South Africa67-69=136
Lee Westwood England68-68=136
T6Stuart Appleby Australia67-70=137−3
Shingo Katayama Japan71-66=137
Greg Owen England67-70=137
Jesper Parnevik Sweden67-70=137
Vijay Singh Fiji70-67=137

Third round

Saturday, August 13, 2005

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.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Davis Love III United States68-68-68=204−6
Phil Mickelson United States67-65-72=204
3Thomas Bjørn Denmark71-71-63=205−5
T4Stuart Appleby Australia67-70-69=206−4
Steve Elkington Australia68-70-68=206
Pat Perez United States68-71-67=206
Vijay Singh Fiji70-67-69=206
T8Jason Bohn United States71-68-68=207−3
Ben Curtis United States67-73-67=207
Retief Goosen South Africa68-70-69=207
Greg Owen England68-69-70=207
Lee Westwood England68-68-71=207

Final round

Sunday, August 14, 2005

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. EDT. Thomas Bjørn with four holes left and Steve Elkington with three holes left were one shot off of Mickelson. Despite being the clubhouse leader, Woods returned to his Florida home on Sunday night rather than await the tournament's completion the following day.[6] This move was heavily criticized at the time.[7]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parHole
1Phil Mickelson United States67-65-72-51=255−413
T2Steve Elkington Australia68-70-68-58=264−315
Thomas Bjørn Denmark71-71-63-55=26014
T4Tiger Woods United States75-69-66-68=278−2F
Vijay Singh Fiji70-67-69-69=26515
Davis Love III United States68-68-68-53=25713

Monday, August 15, 2005

Play resumed Monday 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 (15 m) away to two feet for a birdie and a one-shot victory. Elkington and Bjorn both missed birdie putts and had to settle for par on the 554-yard (507 m) closing hole.[4] Mickelson became the seventh wire-to-wire winner (though he shared the lead after the first and third rounds) 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.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Phil Mickelson United States67-65-72-72=276−41,170,000
T2Thomas Bjørn Denmark71-71-63-72=277−3572,000
Steve Elkington Australia68-70-68-71=277
T4Davis Love III United States68-68-68-74=278−2286,000
Tiger Woods United States75-69-66-68=278
T6Michael Campbell New Zealand73-68-69-69=279−1201,500
Retief Goosen South Africa68-70-69-72=279
Geoff Ogilvy Australia69-69-72-69=279
Pat Perez United States68-71-67-73=279
T10Steve Flesch United States70-71-69-70=280E131,800
Dudley Hart United States70-73-66-71=280
Ted Purdy United States69-75-70-66=280
Vijay Singh Fiji70-67-69-74=280
David Toms United States71-72-69-68=280

Source:[8]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444344443443444355
Mickelson−6−6−6−7−7−6−5−5−4−3−3−3−4−4−4−3−3−4
Bjørn−5−4−4−4−4−3−3−3−3−2−2−2−3−3−2−2−3−3
Elkington−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−4−5−5−4−4−3−3−3−3
Love−6−6−5−4−3−3−2−2−2−3−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2
Woods+1+1+2+2+2+2+2+1+1+1+1+1+1EEE−1−2
Goosen−4−4−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−1−2−1E−1−1−1−1−1
Perez−3−3−3−2−3−2−2−3−3−2−1−1EEE−1−1−1
Singh−4−4−2−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1E
Appleby−4−3−4−3−3−2−1−1E+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1
Westwood−2−2−1E+1+1EE+1+2+2+2+3+3+2+3+3+2
Curtis−3−3−3−2−1−1+1+1+1+2+2+2+2+2+4+4+5+5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[2][5]

References
  1. "Major competition". Kentucky New Era. Hopkinsville. Associated Press. August 6, 2005. p. B10.
  2. 2005 PGA Championship Official Site
  3. Bonk, Thomas (August 16, 2005). "Lefty's finish is all right". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Los Angeles Times). p. E1.
  4. Ferguson, Doug (August 16, 2005). "Mickelson becoming quite the drama major". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. p. C1.
  5. D'Amato, Gary (August 16, 2005). "Personal victory". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 1C.
  6. Tiger posed no playoff threat
  7. Tiger came close to playing fool
  8. "2005 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
Preceded by
2005 Open Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
2006 Masters

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