2015 PGA Championship

The 2015 PGA Championship was the 97th PGA Championship, held August 13–16 on the Straits Course of Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin (the course is physically in Haven but holds a Kohler mailing address due to its Kohler Company ownership).[3] It was the third PGA Championship at Whistling Straits, which previously hosted in 2004 and 2010, as well as the United States Senior Open in 2007, all held on the Straits Course.

2015 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 13–16, 2015
LocationKohler/Haven, Wisconsin
Course(s)Whistling Straits
Straits Course
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)
Statistics
Par72 [1]
Length7,501 yards (6,859 m)
Field156 players, 77 after cut
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fund$10,000,000[2]
9,213,193
Winner's share$1,800,000[2]
€1,658,375
Champion
Jason Day
268 (−20)
Whistling Straits
Location in the United States
Whistling Straits
Location in Wisconsin

Jason Day won his first major championship title with a total score of 268 (−20), at the time the lowest score in relation to par ever recorded in a major (a mark since equaled by Henrik Stenson during his win at the 2016 Open Championship).[4] Jordan Spieth, attempting to win his third major of the year, finished in second place three strokes behind. The second-place finish allowed Spieth to surpass Rory McIlroy as number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. [5] Day was the fifth Australian to win the PGA Championship, the first in twenty years.

Course layout

Straits Course

HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Outward Bound408410Voyageur3614
2Cross Country593511Sand Box5635
3O' Man181312Pop Up1433
4Glory489413Cliff Hanger4044
5Snake603514Widow's Watch3974
6Gremlin's Ear355415Grand Strand5184
7Shipwreck221316Endless Bite5695
8On the Rocks507417Pinched Nerve2233
9Down and Dirty446418Dyeabolical5204
Out3,80336In3,69836
Source:[1][6]Total7,50172

Previous course lengths for major championships

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, Pádraig Harrington (10), Martin Kaymer (2,9), Davis Love III, Rory McIlroy (2,4,6,8,9,10), Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson (4,6,8,9), Vijay Singh, David Toms, Tiger Woods, Yang Yong-eun

2. Last five U.S. Open Champions
Justin Rose (8,9,10), Webb Simpson (8,9), Jordan Spieth (3,8,9,10)

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

4. Last five Open Champions
Darren Clarke, Ernie Els (6), Zach Johnson (8,9)

5. Current Senior PGA Champion
Colin Montgomerie

6. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2014 PGA Championship
Kevin Chappell, Jason Day (8,10), Victor Dubuisson (9), Rickie Fowler (8,9,10), Jim Furyk (8,9,10), Mikko Ilonen, Brooks Koepka (8,10), Hunter Mahan (8,9,10), Louis Oosthuizen (8), Ryan Palmer (8), Brandt Snedeker (8,10), Henrik Stenson (8,9), Steve Stricker, Jimmy Walker (8,9,10), Marc Warren, Lee Westwood (9), Bernd Wiesberger

7. 20 low scorers in the 2015 PGA Professional National Championship
Brian Cairns, Matt Dobyns, Sean Dougherty, Charles Frost, Brian Gaffney, Ryan Helminen, Brett Jones, Ryan Kennedy, Johan Kok, Alan Morin, Jeff Olson, Austin Peters, Ben Polland, Adam Rainaud, Brent Snyder, Bob Sowards, Grant Sturgeon, Omar Uresti, Daniel Venezio, Steven Young

8. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational to the 2015 Quicken Loans National
Bae Sang-moon (10), Daniel Berger, Jason Bohn, Steven Bowditch (10), Paul Casey, Brendon de Jonge, Harris English, Matt Every (10), Tony Finau, Sergio García (9), Fabián Gómez (10), Bill Haas (10), Chesson Hadley, James Hahn (10), Brian Harman, David Hearn, Russell Henley, Charley Hoffman (10), Morgan Hoffmann, J. B. Holmes (10), Billy Horschel (10), Dustin Johnson (10), Matt Jones, Kevin Kisner, Russell Knox, Matt Kuchar (9), Danny Lee (10), Marc Leishman, David Lingmerth (10), Ben Martin (10), Hideki Matsuyama, Troy Merritt (10), Ryan Moore (10), Kevin Na, Geoff Ogilvy, Scott Piercy (10), Ian Poulter (9), Patrick Reed (9,10), John Senden, Shawn Stefani, Robert Streb (10), Kevin Streelman, Justin Thomas, Brendon Todd, Cameron Tringale, Camilo Villegas (10), Nick Watney, Boo Weekley

9. Members of the United States and European 2014 Ryder Cup teams (provided they are ranked in the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking on August 2, 2015)
Jamie Donaldson, Stephen Gallacher, Graeme McDowell

  • Thomas Bjørn (ranked 109) did not qualify, but was invited under category 12.

10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2014 PGA Championship
Alex Čejka, J. J. Henry, Shane Lowry, Nick Taylor

11. Vacancies are filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings).
Charles Howell III, Pat Perez, Rory Sabbatini, Brendan Steele

12. The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above[9][10]
An Byeong-hun, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thomas Bjørn, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Tim Clark, George Coetzee, Luke Donald, Ross Fisher, Tommy Fleetwood, Branden Grace, Emiliano Grillo, Tyrrell Hatton, David Howell, Hiroshi Iwata, Thongchai Jaidee, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Søren Kjeldsen, Anirban Lahiri, Pablo Larrazábal, Alexander Lévy, Joost Luiten, George McNeill, Francesco Molinari, James Morrison, Koumei Oda, Eddie Pepperell, Richie Ramsay, Marcel Siem, Cameron Smith, Andy Sullivan, Danny Willett, Chris Wood

Alternates (category 11)
  1. Martin Laird – took spot reserved for WGC-Bridgestone Invitational winner
  2. Sean O'Hair – replaced Graham DeLaet[7]
  3. Carl Pettersson – replaced Gary Woodland[8]

Nationalities in the field

North America (81)South America (3)Europe (44)Oceania (10)Asia (9)Africa (9)
 Canada (2) Argentina (2) England (14) Australia (8) India (1) South Africa (8)
 United States (79) Colombia (1) Northern Ireland (3) Fiji (1) Japan (3) Zimbabwe (1)
 Scotland (7) New Zealand (1) South Korea (3)
 Wales (1) Thailand (2)
 Ireland (2)
 Austria (1)
 Denmark (2)
 Finland (1)
 France (2)
 Germany (3)
 Italy (1)
 Netherlands (1)
 Spain (4)
 Sweden (2)

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Martin Kaymer Germany201070706573278−10T12
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland2012, 201471716869279−917
Phil Mickelson United States200572736669280−8T18
Vijay Singh Fiji1998, 200473717170285−3T37
Yang Yong-eun South Korea200970727273287−1T48
Keegan Bradley United States201176707271289+1T61
Jason Dufner United States201371756977292+4T68

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Pádraig Harrington Ireland20087671147+3
Shaun Micheel United States20037473147+3
Tiger Woods United States1999, 2000,
2006, 2007
7573148+4
Davis Love III United States19977973152+8
David Toms United States20017775152+8
Rich Beem United States20027678154+10
John Daly United States19917382155+11
Mark Brooks United States19968478162+18
Source:[11]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 13, 2015

Dustin Johnson recorded five birdies and an eagle and opened with a round of 66 (−6) for a one-stroke lead. This was the third consecutive major championship in which Johnson has held at least a share of the lead after the first round. David Lingmerth birdied five out of his first seven holes on the way to a round of 67 (−5) and is a stroke behind.[12] Defending champion Rory McIlroy, playing his first tournament since the U.S. Open after an ankle injury, opened with a round of 71 (−1), as did Masters and U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth.[13][14]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Dustin Johnson United States66−6
2David Lingmerth Sweden67−5
T3Jason Day Australia68−4
Harris English United States
Russell Henley United States
J. B. Holmes United States
Matt Jones Australia
Matt Kuchar United States
Danny Lee New Zealand
Scott Piercy United States
Source:[11]

Second round

Friday, August 14, 2015
Saturday, August 15, 2015

Play was suspended at 5:28 p.m. CDT due to thunderstorms with Jason Day and Matt Jones tied for the lead at nine-under par. David Lingmerth was the clubhouse leader at seven-under. Hiroshi Iwata tied a major championship record with a round of 63 (−9), the 27th time that had been achieved in a major and 13th time at the PGA Championship.[15][16]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Matt Jones Australia68-65=133−11
2Jason Day Australia68-67=135−9
3Justin Rose England69-67=136−8
T4Tony Finau United States71-66=137−7
Anirban Lahiri India70-67=137
David Lingmerth Sweden67-70=137
T7Scott Piercy United States68-70=138−6
Jordan Spieth United States71-67=138
Brendan Steele United States69-69=138
T10George Coetzee South Africa74-65=139−5
Harris English United States68-71=139
Russell Henley United States68-71=139
J. B. Holmes United States68-71=139
Dustin Johnson United States66-73=139
Source:[11]

Third round

Saturday, August 15, 2015

Following the completion of the second round on Saturday morning, the third round began at 9:15 a.m. CDT. After a round of 66 (−6), which included eight birdies and an eagle to offset a double bogey at the 15th, Jason Day built a two-stroke lead after 54 holes. Day carried at least a share of the lead into the final round for the third consecutive major championship, the first since Phil Mickelson in 2006 to do so. Jordan Spieth birdied six out of his last eight holes for a bogey-free round of 65 (−7) to move into second place. Branden Grace had the low round of the day with a 64 (−8) and jumped from 28th at the start of the round to a tie for third.[17]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jason Day Australia68-67-66=201−15
2Jordan Spieth United States71-67-65=203−13
T3Branden Grace South Africa71-69-64=204−12
Justin Rose England69-67-68=204
5Martin Kaymer Germany70-70-65=205−11
T6Tony Finau United States71-66-69=206−10
Matt Jones Australia68-65-73=206
T8Dustin Johnson United States66-73-68=207−9
Anirban Lahiri India70-67-70=207
T10J. B. Holmes United States68-71-69=208−8
Billy Horschel United States72-68-68=208
Matt Kuchar United States68-72-68=208
Source:[11]

Final round

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Jason Day set a major championship scoring record on the way to a three-stroke victory and his first career major. After a round of 67 (−5) he finished the tournament at 20-under-par, breaking the previous major scoring record set by Tiger Woods at the 2000 Open Championship. Jordan Spieth, looking to join Woods and Ben Hogan with three major victories in a year, began the final round two strokes behind but was never able to close that deficit, finishing three shots behind. Spieth finished the year 54-under-par at the majors, also surpassing Woods' record from 2000. Branden Grace and Justin Rose also got to within two shots of the lead but fell from contention after double bogeys at the 10th and 13th, respectively.[18][19]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Jason Day Australia68-67-66-67=268−201,800,000
2Jordan Spieth United States71-67-65-68=271−171,080,000
3Branden Grace South Africa71-69-64-69=273−15680,000
4Justin Rose England69-67-68-70=274−14480,000
T5Brooks Koepka United States73-69-67-66=275−13367,500
Anirban Lahiri India70-67-70-68=275
T7George Coetzee South Africa74-65-70-67=276−12293,000
Dustin Johnson United States66-73-68-69=276
Matt Kuchar United States68-72-68-68=276
T10Tony Finau United States71-66-69-71=277−11243,000
Robert Streb United States70-73-67-67=277
Source:[11]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453454344453444534
Day−15−16−16−16−17−18−19−18−18−18−19−19−19−20−19−20−20−20
Spieth−13−13−14−13−14−15−15−15−14−15−15−15−16−16−16−17−17−17
Grace−12−12−13−13−14−15−16−16−16−14−14−14−15−15−14−14−15−15
Rose−12−12−12−12−13−14−14−14−14−15−16−16−14−14−14−15−15−14
Koepka−7−8−8−8−8−9−9−10−10−11−12−12−11−11−12−14−13−13
Lahiri−10−10−10−10−11−12−12−12−13−12−13−13−13−13−13−14−14−13
Coetzee−7−7−7−6−6−7−7−7−8−9−10−10−10−10−11−12−13−12
Johnson−5−6−5−4−5−6−7−7−7−8−10−11−11−11−11−13−12−12
Kuchar−8−9−9−9−10−11−11−11−10−11−13−13−12−12−12−12−12−12

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+
Source:[11]

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Preceded by
2015 Open Championship
Major Championships Succeeded by
2016 Masters

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