2007 PGA Championship

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2007 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 9–12, 2007
LocationTulsa, Oklahoma
Course(s)Southern Hills Country Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
PGA European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,131 yards (6,521 m)
Field156 players, 72 after cut
Cut145 (+5)
Prize fund$7,000,000
5,007,922
Winner's share$1,260,000
€914,040
Champion
United States Tiger Woods
272 (−8)
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The 2007 PGA Championship was the 89th PGA Championship, played August 9–12 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Defending champion Tiger Woods won his fourth PGA Championship and 13th major title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Woody Austin.

Venue[edit]

Similar to the upgrades it received prior to the 2001 U.S. Open, Southern Hills underwent extensive renovations to prepare for the 2007 PGA Championship, including new greens and renovated bunkers, as well as an upgrade to the clubhouse.[1] A major heatwave gripping the United States impacted playing conditions significantly. The high temperature for the four days of the tournament reached 101, 99, 99, and 102. Joking about the heat after hooking one of his drives into the trees, Colin Montgomerie said "at least it's in the shade".[2]

It was the seventh major championship and fourth PGA Championship at Southern Hills; the three previous winners were Dave Stockton (1970), Raymond Floyd (1982) and Nick Price (1994). The U.S. Open winners were Tommy Bolt (1958), Hubert Green (1977), and Retief Goosen (2001).

Course layout[edit]

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 464 488 451 372 653 200 384 245 374 3,631 366 173 458 537 223 413 507 358 465 3,500 7,131
Par 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 4 35 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 35 70

Lengths of the course in previous major championships:

Field[edit]

  1. All former PGA Champions
  2. The last five U.S. Open Champions (2003 through 2007)
  3. The last five Masters Champions (2003 through 2007)
  4. The last five Open Champions (2003 through 2007)
  5. Current PGA Seniors' Champion (2007)
  6. The 15 low scorers and ties in the 2006 PGA Championship [1] Archived 2007-08-09 at the Wayback Machine
  7. The 20 low scorers in the 2007 PGA Professional National Championship (formerly CPC) [2] Archived 2007-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  8. The 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2006 International through the 2007 Canadian Open [3]
  9. Members of the 2006 United States Ryder Cup team
  10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour from the 2006 PGA Championship to the 2007 PGA Championship (does not include Pro-Am and Team competitions).
  11. In addition, the PGA reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above.
  12. The 156-player field will be filled (in order) by those players below 70th place in official money standings (#8 above).

Round summaries[edit]

First round[edit]

Thursday, August 9, 2007

Graeme Storm led the field after the first round by shooting a bogey-free 65 (−5). Storm is playing in his first PGA Championship. Defending champion Tiger Woods began his campaign for his 13th major victory by shooting a 71 (+1). Other notable scores include: John Daly, currently ranked 423rd in the world, shooting a 67 (−3); Brad Lardon shot the best round of the day among those who qualified for the tournament through the PGA Professional National Championship by shooting an even-par 70; U.S. Open champion Ángel Cabrera shot a disappointing 81 (+11), largely due to a septuple-bogey 10 on the par 3 6th hole; Retief Goosen, the last major champion at Southern Hills (2001 U.S. Open), shot an even-par 70 including an eagle and a double-bogey. The scoring average for the round was 74.29 (+4.29) with 12 players under par. The par 4 18th hole ranked the toughest with a scoring average of 4.49 (+0.49). The par 3 11th hole was the easiest of the day with a scoring average of 2.97 (−0.03), the only hole that played under par.

Place Player Score To par
1 England Graeme Storm 65 −5
2 United States John Daly 67 −3
T3 Canada Stephen Ames 68 −2
United States Woody Austin
United States Arron Oberholser
T6 Austria Markus Brier 69 −1
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
Australia Geoff Ogilvy
Australia John Senden
Colombia Camilo Villegas
England Lee Westwood
United States Mark Wilson

Second round[edit]

Friday, August 10, 2007

Tiger Woods scored a 63, tying the record for the lowest single-round score at a major championship. The feat had been previously accomplished 22 times by 20 other players, and also tied the course record set by Raymond Floyd in the 1982 PGA Championship. His birdie putt on the 18th hole for the record outright horseshoed around the cup but did not fall. Local fan favorite and former Oklahoma State golfer Scott Verplank also had a good round with a score of 66. The cut was at 145 (+5) and 72 players advanced. Only two PGA club professionals made the cut. Jim Furyk and Vijay Singh were among those who missed the cut. The scoring average for the round was 72.80 (+2.80) with 24 players under par for the round.

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Tiger Woods 71-63=134 −6
2 United States Scott Verplank 70-66=136 −4
T3 Canada Stephen Ames 68-69=137 −3
Australia Geoff Ogilvy 69-68=137
5 United States Woody Austin 68-70=138 −2
T6 Sweden Niclas Fasth 71-68=139 −1
United States Pat Perez 70-69=139
Australia John Senden 69-70=139
T9 United States John Daly 67-73=140 E
South Africa Ernie Els 72-68=140
Republic of Ireland Paul McGinley 74-66=140
United States Arron Oberholser 68-72=140
Australia Adam Scott 72-68=140
Colombia Camilo Villegas 69-71=140

Third round[edit]

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Tiger Woods stretched his lead to three strokes, and has held at least a share of the 54-hole lead in a major 13 times. He was in the final group of three out of the four major championships in 2007. Boo Weekley shot the low round of the day, a five-under par 65. Sergio García was disqualified after the third round for signing an incorrect scorecard.[3] Had he signed it correctly, he would have been at 219 (+9) in a tie for 63rd place. The scoring average for the round was 71.92 (+1.92) with 15 players under par for the round.

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Tiger Woods 71-63-69=203 −7
2 Canada Stephen Ames 68-69-69=206 −4
3 United States Woody Austin 68-70-69=207 −3
4 Australia John Senden 69-70-69=208 −2
5 South Africa Ernie Els 72-68-69=209 −1
T6 South Korea K. J. Choi 71-71-68=210 E
Australia Nathan Green 75-68-67=210
United States Arron Oberholser 68-72-70=210
Australia Adam Scott 72-68-70=210
United States Kevin Sutherland 73-69-68=210
United States Scott Verplank 70-66-74=210
United States Boo Weekley 76-69-65=210

Final round[edit]

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Tiger Woods claimed his fourth PGA Championship and improved to 13–0 in major championships when holding at least a share of the 54-hole lead. He led by as many as five strokes in the third and fourth rounds. However, his bogey on the 14th hole, coupled with Woody Austin's third consecutive birdie at the 13th, whittled Woods' lead down to a single stroke. Woods rebounded, however, with a birdie on the 15th hole, and then parred in to claim the championship. Simon Dyson shot the low round of the day with a 64 (−6). The scoring average for the round was 71.82 (+1.82) with 16 players under par for the round.

Final Leaderboard Archived 2007-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Tiger Woods 71-63-69-69=272 −8 1,260,000
2 United States Woody Austin 68-70-69-67=274 −6 756,000
3 South Africa Ernie Els 72-68-69-66=275 −5 476,000
T4 United States Arron Oberholser 68-72-70-69=279 −1 308,000
Australia John Senden 69-70-69-71=279
T6 England Simon Dyson 73-71-72-64=280 E 227,500
South Africa Trevor Immelman 75-70-66-69=280
Australia Geoff Ogilvy 69-68-74-69=280
T9 United States Kevin Sutherland 73-69-68-71=281 +1 170,333
United States Scott Verplank 70-66-74-71=281
United States Boo Weekley 76-69-65-71=281

Scorecard[edit]

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 4
United States Woods −7 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8
United States Austin −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6
South Africa Els −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4 −5 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5
United States Oberholser +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1
Australia Senden −1 E +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 E E −1 −1 −1 −1
Canada Ames −3 −2 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 E +1 +2 +3 +3 +2 +2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey

Source:[4]

Television[edit]

Television coverage in the United States was provided by TNT and CBS.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Southern Hills due for break after PGA Archived 2007-08-11 at archive.today, Tulsa World, July 29, 2007.
  2. ^ USPGA Diary, BBC Sport, August 9, 2007.
  3. ^ Garcia disqualified for signing incorrect scorecard
  4. ^ "PGA Championship". ESPN. Retrieved August 10, 2015.

External links[edit]

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