Medinah is located in the United States
Location in the United States
Medinah  is located in Illinois
Location in Illinois

The 2006 PGA Championship was the 88th PGA Championship, played August 17–20 at Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois, a suburb northwest of Chicago. Tiger Woods won his third PGA Championship and twelfth major title, five shots ahead of runner-up Shaun Micheel, the 2003 champion. It was consecutive major wins for Woods, after taking The Open Championship at Hoylake four weeks earlier.

The No. 3 Course was the longest to date in major championship history. Medinah previously hosted the tournament in 1999, when Woods captured his first PGA Championship. The purse was $6.8 million with a winner's share of $1.224 million.

This was the last appearance for two-time winner Nick Price.

Field

  1. All former PGA Champions
  2. Winners of the last five U.S. Opens (2002–2006)
  3. Winners of the last five Masters (2002–2006)
  4. Winners of the last five British Opens (2002–2006)
  5. The 2006 Senior PGA Champion
  6. The low 15 scorers and ties in The 2005 PGA Championship
  7. The 20 low scorers in The 2006 PGA Professional National Championship
  8. The 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2005 International through the 2006 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 2005 PGA Championship to The 2006 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 2005 International through the 2006 Buick Open.

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Course layout

No. 3 Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4341914144635374745872044353,7395794384712446053924531974433,8227,561
Par434454534365443544343672

Previous course lengths for major championships:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Chris Riley and Lucas Glover set the pace in round one shooting six under 66s. Tiger Woods finished the round at 69, three shots off the pace. Defending champion Phil Mickelson also shot 69. Mark Calcavecchia and Dudley Hart withdrew from the tournament.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Chris Riley66−6
United States Lucas Glover
3United States Billy Andrade67−5
T4Australia Robert Allenby68−4
United States Stewart Cink
England Luke Donald
United States J. J. Henry
United States Davis Love III
Sweden Henrik Stenson
T10United States Jonathan Byrd69−3
United States Harrison Frazar
United States Fred Funk
Spain Sergio García
United States Tim Herron
United States Billy Mayfair
United States Shaun Micheel
United States Phil Mickelson
Australia Geoff Ogilvy
England Lee Westwood
United States Tiger Woods

Second round

Friday, August 18, 2006

Four players shared the lead at the conclusion of the second round, including Tim Herron, Billy Andrade, Luke Donald and Henrik Stenson. Twenty-four players were within four strokes of the lead including Tiger Woods who shot a bogey free 68 to put himself within one shot of the leaders. Seventy players survived the 36-hole cut of even-par 144. Big names that missed the cut included: Vijay Singh, John Daly, Fred Couples, and Colin Montgomerie.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Billy Andrade67-69=136−8
England Luke Donald68-68=136
Sweden Henrik Stenson68-68=136
United States Tim Herron69-67=136
T5United States Davis Love III68-69=137−7
Australia Geoff Ogilvy69-68=137
United States Tiger Woods69-68=137
T8United States Fred Funk69-69=138−6
United States Billy Mayfair69-69=138
United States Chris Riley66-72=138
United States David Toms71-67=138

Third round

Saturday, August 19, 2006

Tiger Woods matched the course record with a 7-under 65, giving him a share of the lead with Luke Donald. Mike Weir also shot 65 to sit alone in third, two shots behind the leaders. Joey Sindelar holed a 3-wood from 241 yards (220 m) on the par-5 fifth hole for a double eagle, the rarest shot in golf and only the third in PGA Championship history. It was last done by Per-Ulrik Johansson at Riviera in 1995; the first was by club pro Darrell Kestner at Inverness in 1993.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Tiger Woods69-68-65=202−14
England Luke Donald68-68-66=202
3Canada Mike Weir72-67-65=204−12
4Australia Geoff Ogilvy69-68-68=205−11
T5United States Shaun Micheel69-70-67=206−10
Spain Sergio García69-70-67=206
7South Korea K. J. Choi73-67-67=207−9
T8United States Chris DiMarco71-70-67=208−8
United States Tim Herron69-67-72=208
United States Phil Mickelson69-71-68=208
England Ian Poulter70-70-68=208

Final round

Sunday, August 20, 2006

Tiger Woods moved to 12-0 in majors where he led or shared the lead after 54 holes. He bested the field by five shots to win his third PGA Championship and 12th major. Third round co-leader Luke Donald shot a two-over 74 and fell out of contention on the back nine. 2003 champion Shaun Micheel shot 69 to finish in second outright. Tiger Woods tied his record for the aggregate low score in PGA Championship history (shared with Bob May at Valhalla in 2000) at 18 strokes under-par. He also became the first ever to win the PGA twice on the same course, and the first in the era of the modern Grand Slam to win two major championships in each of two successive years. Chad Campbell shot the low round of the day, a six-under 66, to finish in a tie for 24th.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1United States Tiger Woods69-68-65-68=270−181,224,000
2United States Shaun Micheel69-70-67-69=275−13734,400
T3England Luke Donald68-68-66-74=276−12353,600
Spain Sergio García69-70-67-70=276
Australia Adam Scott71-69-69-67=276
6Canada Mike Weir72-67-65-73=277−11244,800
T7South Korea K. J. Choi73-67-67-71=278−10207,788
United States Steve Stricker72-67-70-69=278
T9United States Ryan Moore71-72-67-69=279−9165,000
Australia Geoff Ogilvy69-68-68-74=279
England Ian Poulter70-70-68-71=279

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Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par434454534544354434
United States Woods−15−15−15−15−16−17−17−18−18−18−19−19−19−19−19−19−18−18
United States Micheel−11−11−11−10−11−11−11−11−12−12−13−12−13−14−14−14−14−13
England Donald−14−14−14−13−13−13−13−13−13−12−12−12−12−12−12−12−12−12
Spain García−10−10−11−11−12−12−11−10−11−11−11−11−10−12−12−12−12−12
Australia Scott−8−8−8−8−9−10−11−11−12−12−12−12−12−13−14−13−13−12
Canada Weir−12−12−13−13−14−14−14−14−14−15−14−14−14−13−13−12−11−11

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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