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. Phil Mickelson earned his second major title by flopping a chip out of deep rough to 2 feet for birdie on the final hole for a one-shot victory over runners-up Steve Elkington and Thomas Bjørn. The purse was $6.5 million with a winner's share of $1.17 million.
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
  3. Winners of the last five Masters
  4. Winners of the last five British Opens
  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..
  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 by those players below 70th place in official money standings from the 2004 International through the 2005 Buick Open.

Course layout

Lower Course
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4783795031944234825053802123,5564604402184244304302306505543,8367,392
Par444344443344434443553670

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Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Steve Elkington199568706871277−3T2
Davis Love III199768686874278−2T4
Tiger Woods1999, 200075696668278−2T4
Vijay Singh1998, 200470676974280ET10
David Toms200171726968280ET10
John Daly199171697874292+12T74
Hal Sutton198369738078300+2079

Missed the cut

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 Ames67−3
T1Stuart Appleby67−3
T1Ben Curtis67−3
T1Trevor Immelman67−3
T1Phil Mickelson67−3
T1Rory Sabbatini67−3
T7Ben Crane68−2
T7Steve Elkington68−2
T7Retief Goosen68−2
T7Bernhard Langer68−2
T7Davis Love III68−2
T7Greg Owen68−2
T7Jesper Parnevik68−2
T7Pat Perez68−2
T7John Rollins68−2
T7Heath Slocum68−2
T7Lee Westwood68−2

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 Mickelson67-65=132−8
2Jerry Kelly70-65=135−5
T3Davis Love III68-68=136−4
T3Rory Sabbatini67-69=136−4
T3Lee Westwood68-68=136−4
T6Stuart Appleby67-70=137−3
T6Shingo Katayama71-66=137−3
T6Greg Owen67-70=137−3
T6Jesper Parnevik67-70=137−3
T6Vijay Singh70-67=137−3

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 III68-68-68=204−6
T1Phil Mickelson67-65-72=204−6
3Thomas Bjørn71-71-63=205−5
T4Stuart Appleby67-70-69=206−4
T4Steve Elkington68-70-68=206−4
T4Pat Perez68-71-67=206−4
T4Vijay Singh70-67-69=206−4
T8Jason Bohn71-68-68=207−3
T8Ben Curtis67-73-67=207−3
T8Retief Goosen68-70-69=207−3
T8Greg Owen68-69-70=207−3
T8Lee Westwood68-68-71=207−3

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. This move was heavily criticized at the time.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parHole
1Phil Mickelson67-65-72-51=255−413
T2Steve Elkington68-70-68-58=264−315
T2Thomas Bjørn71-71-63-55=260−314
T4Tiger Woods75-69-66-68=278−2F
T4Vijay Singh70-67-69-69=265−215
T4Davis Love III68-68-68-53=257−213

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 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 closing hole. Mickelson became the seventh wire-to-wire winner 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 Mickelson67-65-72-72=276−41,170,000
T2Thomas Bjørn71-71-63-72=277−3572,000
T2Steve Elkington68-70-68-71=277−3572,000
T4Davis Love III68-68-68-74=278−2286,000
T4Tiger Woods75-69-66-68=278−2286,000
T6Michael Campbell73-68-69-69=279−1201,500
T6Retief Goosen68-70-69-72=279−1201,500
T6Geoff Ogilvy69-69-72-69=279−1201,500
T6Pat Perez68-71-67-73=279−1201,500
T10Steve Flesch70-71-69-70=280E131,800
T10Dudley Hart70-73-66-71=280E131,800
T10Ted Purdy69-75-70-66=280E131,800
T10Vijay Singh70-67-69-74=280E131,800
T10David Toms71-72-69-68=280E131,800

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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
BirdieBogeyDouble bogey

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