2012 PGA Championship

Ocean Course

Thirteen former champions were in the field, including two multiple winners.

Thursday, August 9, 2012

In good weather conditions, Carl Pettersson jumped out to a one-stroke lead with a bogey-free 66 (−6). Joost Luiten had raced to eight-under-par through 14 holes, but bogeyed each of his final four holes to fall back into the pack. World number one Luke Donald struggled to an opening 74 (+2), but number two Tiger Woods shot 69 (−3) in the morning wave of players.[10]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Carl Pettersson	Sweden	66	−6
T2	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño	Spain	67	−5
	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland
	Alex Norén	Sweden
	Gary Woodland	United States
T6	Aaron Baddeley	Australia	68	−4
	Keegan Bradley	United States
	John Daly	United States
	Joost Luiten	Netherlands
	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland
	Geoff Ogilvy	Australia
	Scott Piercy	United States
	Adam Scott	Australia

Friday, August 10, 2012

The wind gusted 20–30 mph (30–50 km/h) throughout the day on Friday, making conditions much tougher than the first round of the tournament. Scoring was the toughest on record since the championship assumed a strokeplay format in 1958, with the average round being over 78; 72 players made the cut which fell at 150 (+6). Leader Pettersson backed up with a 74 (+2) but that was good enough to stay in a tie for the lead with two other players: Vijay Singh, the 1998 and 2004 champion, shot the lowest round of the day, 69 (−3), while Tiger Woods also rose into a tie for the lead with a 71 in which he made three birdies and two bogeys and stroked only 26 putts. The tough conditions and long course created very slow play; one player, Luiten, chose to complete his second round early on Saturday morning (the other two in his threesome chose to finish their rounds in near-darkness on Friday). He birdied the eighteenth for a round of 76 (+4), which put him at even-par 144.[11]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Carl Pettersson	Sweden	66-74=140	−4
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	71-69=140
	Tiger Woods	United States	69-71=140
4	Ian Poulter	England	70-71=141	−3
T5	Jamie Donaldson	Wales	69-73=142	−2
	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	67-75=142
T7	Blake Adams	United States	71-72=143	−1
	Aaron Baddeley	Australia	68-75=143
	Trevor Immelman	South Africa	71-72=143
	Adam Scott	Australia	68-75=143

Saturday, August 11, 2012
Sunday, August 12, 2012

Weather conditions continued to worsen, and a fierce thunderstorm blew in late afternoon on Saturday, causing play to be postponed for the day with 26 of the 72 players still out on the course. Until the delay, scoring had been a little easier: world number 3 Rory McIlroy surged early with five birdies in his opening eight holes, and a remarkable par save on the third after his drive lodged in a tree. However, a bogey on nine, his final hole of the day, dropped him back into a share of the lead with two-time champion Singh, 26 years McIlroy's senior and attempting to become the oldest major winner in history. They led Adam Scott, also enjoying a fast start, by one, as Scott attempted to shrug off his near miss at the year's previous major. Woods struggled early and was three-over par with a lengthy putt for par at the eighth when play was halted. The overnight clubhouse lead was held by Bo Van Pelt, who carded a five-under 67 early to move to three-under for the week.[12]

The leaderboard when play was halted on Saturday at 4:50 pm EDT:

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Hole
T1	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	67-75-32=174	−6	9
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	71-69-27=167		7
3	Adam Scott	Australia	68-75-32=175	−5	9
4	Carl Pettersson	Sweden	66-74-32=172	−4	8
T5	Bo Van Pelt	United States	73-73-67=213	−3	F
	Trevor Immelman	South Africa	71-72-38=181		10
T7	Steve Stricker	United States	74-73-67=214	−2	F
	Peter Hanson	Sweden	69-75-47=191		12
	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	68-76-43=187		11
	Ian Poulter	England	70-71-33=174		8

Play resumed Sunday at 7:45 am EDT

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	67-75-67=209	−7
2	Carl Pettersson	Sweden	66-74-72=212	−4
T3	Trevor Immelman	South Africa	71-72-70=213	−3
	Adam Scott	Australia	68-75-70=213
	Bo Van Pelt	United States	73-73-67=213
T6	Peter Hanson	Sweden	69-75-70=214	−2
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	71-69-74=214
	Steve Stricker	United States	74-73-67=214
	Tiger Woods	United States	69-71-74=214
T10	Jamie Donaldson	Wales	69-73-73=215	−1
	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	70-76-69=215
	David Lynn	England	73-74-68=215
	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	68-76-71=215
	Ian Poulter	England	70-71-74=215
	Jimmy Walker	United States	73-75-67=215

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Ian Poulter made an early charge by making five birdies in a row to start his round, but his charge fizzled on the back nine and he finished with four bogeys in the last six holes. Pettersson was in contention early in the round with a front nine 34 despite a rules infraction where he received a two-stroke penalty from moving a leaf in a lateral hazard, though he also fell out of contention on the back nine when McIlroy pulled away. Defending champion Keegan Bradley finished in a tie for 3rd after a final-round 68. McIlroy shot a bogey-free 66 (−6) and needed only 24 putts for the round, winning the championship by a record eight strokes, capped with a 20-foot (6 m) birdie putt on the final hole. The previous PGA record winning margin was seven strokes, by Jack Nicklaus at age 40 in 1980, his 17th major.[3][4][5][13]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	67-75-67-66=275	−13	1,445,000
2	David Lynn	England	73-74-68-68=283	−5	865,000
T3	Keegan Bradley	United States	68-77-71-68=284	−4	384,500
	Carl Pettersson	Sweden	66-74-72-72=284
	Ian Poulter	England	70-71-74-69=284
	Justin Rose	England	69-79-70-66=284
T7	Blake Adams	United States	71-72-75-67=285	−3	226,000
	Jamie Donaldson	Wales	69-73-73-70=285
	Peter Hanson	Sweden	69-75-70-71=285
	Steve Stricker	United States	74-73-67-71=285

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	5	3	4
McIlroy	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−13
Lynn	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5
Bradley	+1	E	E	E	E	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4
Pettersson	−2	−2	−3	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4
Poulter	−2	−3	−4	−5	−6	−6	−7	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8	−7	−6	−5	−5	−5	−4
Rose	+1	E	−1	−1	E	E	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4	−5	−4	−4
Woods	—2	—3	—3	−3	—3	—3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	—2	−2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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