2009 PGA Championship

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Tiger Woods had the outright lead after a 67 on the first round, which included 5 birdies and no bogeys. Defending champion Pádraig Harrington, who played in the same group as Woods, was in second place after a 68. David Toms, 2001 champion, also started well. He made many long birdie putts and par saves to shoot a 69, placing him in a group of six tied for third place that also included two-time champion Vijay Singh.[12] World number two Phil Mickelson struggled slightly, shooting a 2-over par 74. John Daly, 1991 champion, withdrew after posting a 78, citing a back injury.[13]

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	67	−5
2	Pádraig Harrington	68	−4
T3	Robert Allenby	69	−3
	Mathew Goggin
	Hunter Mahan
	Álvaro Quirós
	Vijay Singh
	David Toms
T9	Michael Bradley	70	−2
	Ben Crane
	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
	Paul Goydos
	Søren Kjeldsen
	Graeme McDowell
	Thongchai Jaidee
	Lee Westwood

Friday, August 14, 2009

Tiger Woods broke away from the pack with a run of three straight birdies on the back nine, finishing the round with a four-shot lead. It is his largest margin after two rounds at a major since the 2005 British Open at St Andrews, when he led by five.[14] Conditions on the second day were tough, with strong winds playing with putts and uneven greens.[14] Vijay Singh, Lucas Glover and Brendan Jones, who moved up the leaderboard into second place, all played in the morning. The other two in the group tied for second place, Pádraig Harrington and Ross Fisher, had to cope with the fierce afternoon winds.[14]

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	67-70=137	−7
T2	Ross Fisher	73-68=141	−3
	Lucas Glover	71-70=141
	Pádraig Harrington	68-73=141
	Brendan Jones	71-70=141
	Vijay Singh	69-72=141
T7	Ian Poulter	72-70=142	−2
	Lee Westwood	70-72=142
T9	Ernie Els	75-68=143	−1
	Martin Kaymer	73-70=143
	Søren Kjeldsen	70-73=143
	Yang Yong-eun	73-70=143

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Tiger Woods played a safe round, avoiding throwing away shots. His lead was halved to two shots over Pádraig Harrington and 2009 Honda Classic winner Yang Yong-eun.[15] Henrik Stenson, winner of that year's Players Championship, scored a round of 68 and was tied for fourth place along with U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover.[15] Ernie Els was as close as one shot from the lead but finished with three straight bogeys.[15]

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	67-70-71=208	−8
T2	Pádraig Harrington	68-73-69=210	−6
	Yang Yong-eun	73-70-67=210
T4	Lucas Glover	71-70-71=212	−4
	Henrik Stenson	73-71-68=212
T6	Ernie Els	75-68-70=213	−3
	Søren Kjeldsen	70-73-70=213
T8	Ross Fisher	73-68-73=214	−2
	Brendan Jones	71-70-73=214
	Martin Kaymer	73-70-71=214
	Álvaro Quirós	69-76-69=214
	John Rollins	73-73-68=214

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Struggling with his putting all day, Tiger Woods was in jeopardy of losing a major for the first time when leading after 54 holes. The only player who was able to take advantage of this was Woods' playing partner, Yang Yong-eun. Defending champion Pádraig Harrington was in contention early, but made a quintuple-bogey 8 on the par-3 8th, causing him to fall from tied for 2nd to tied for 10th. Lucas Glover also reached contention, but faded with 4 bogeys in a span of 7 holes. Tied on the short par-4 14th, Yang chipped in for eagle from just off the green. The eagle gave Yang the lead which he did not relinquish. Yang sealed the victory by drawing a 210-yard (192 m) approach around a tree to within ten feet (3 m) on the final hole, setting up a birdie against Woods' closing bogey and a winning margin of three strokes.[16][17]

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Yang Yong-eun	73-70-67-70=280	−8	1,350,000
2	Tiger Woods	67-70-71-75=283	−5	810,000
T3	Rory McIlroy	71-73-71-70=285	−3	435,000
	Lee Westwood	70-72-73-70=285
5	Lucas Glover	71-70-71-74=286	−2	300,000
T6	Ernie Els	75-68-70-74=287	−1	233,125
	Martin Kaymer	73-70-71-73=287
	Søren Kjeldsen	70-73-70-74=287
	Henrik Stenson	73-71-68-75=287
T10	Pádraig Harrington	68-73-69-78=288	E	150,633
	Dustin Johnson	72-73-73-70=288
	Zach Johnson	74-73-70-71=288
	Graeme McDowell	70-75-71-72=288
	John Merrick	72-72-74-70=288
	Francesco Molinari	74-73-69-72=288

Source:[18]
Complete leaderboard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	5	3	4	4	5	3	4	4	5	4	3	4	5	4	3	4
Yang	−6	−6	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−8	−8	−8	−7	−8
Woods	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−7	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−5
McIlroy	+1	+1	E	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3
Westwood	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3
Glover	−4	−4	−5	−5	−6	−5	−5	−4	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2
Stenson	−4	−3	−3	−4	−3	−3	−4	−3	−3	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−1	−1
Harrington	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−1	−1	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Source:[19][20]