2014 PGA Championship

The 2014 PGA Championship was the 96th PGA Championship, played August 7–10 at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.[3] This was the third PGA Championship at Valhalla, which previously hosted in 1996 and 2000, both won in playoffs, as well as the Ryder Cup in 2008.

2014 PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	August 7–10, 2014
Location	Louisville, Kentucky
Course(s)	Valhalla Golf Club
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	71[1]
Length	7,458 yards (6,820 m)
Field	156 players, 74 after cut
Cut	143 (+1)
Prize fund	$10,000,000 [2] €7,478,872
Winner's share	$1,800,000 €1,346,197
Champion
Rory McIlroy
268 (−16)

Valhalla
Golf Club

Location in the United States

Valhalla
Golf Club

Location in Kentucky

Rory McIlroy won his second PGA Championship and fourth career major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up Phil Mickelson.[4]

Venue

Main article: Valhalla Golf Club

Hole	Name	Yards	Par		Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	Cut the Corner	446	4		10	Turns	590	5
2	The Ridge	500	4		11	On the Edge	210	3
3	Floyds Fork	205	3		12	Odin's Revenge	467	4
4	Short 'n Sweet	372	4		13	The Island	350	4
5	Fade Away	463	4		14	Two Tears	217	3
6	The Bear	495	4		15	On the Rocks	435	4
7	Players Pick	597	5		16	Down the Stretch	508	4
8	Thor's Hammer	174	3		17	No Mercy	472	4
9	The Rise	415	4		18	Gahm Over	542	5
Out		3,667	35		In		3,791	36
Source:>[1][5]					Total		7,458	71

Previous course lengths for major championships

• 7,167 yards (6,554 m) – par 72, 2000 PGA Championship
• 7,144 yards (6,532 m) – par 72, 1996 PGA Championship

The second hole was previously played as a par 5.

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 (6,8,9,10), Pádraig Harrington, Martin Kaymer (2,8,9,10), Davis Love III, Rory McIlroy (2,4,6,8,9,10), Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson (3,4,8,9), Vijay Singh, Tiger Woods (8,9), Yang Yong-eun

• David Toms (6) withdrew due to a back injury.[6]

The following former champions did not compete: Paul Azinger, Jack Burke Jr., Steve Elkington, Dow Finsterwald, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Al Geiberger, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Hubert Green, Don January, John Mahaffey, Larry Nelson, Bobby Nichols, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Nick Price, Jeff Sluman, Dave Stockton, Hal Sutton, Lee Trevino, Bob Tway, Lanny Wadkins

2. Last five U.S. Open Champions
Graeme McDowell (6,8,9), Justin Rose (8,9,10), Webb Simpson (8,9,10)

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

4. Last five British Open Champions
Darren Clarke, Ernie Els, Louis Oosthuizen

5. Current Senior PGA Champion
Colin Montgomerie

6. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2013 PGA Championship
Jonas Blixt (8), Roberto Castro, Jason Day (8,10), Jim Furyk (8,9), Zach Johnson (8,9,10), Marc Leishman (8), Scott Piercy, Henrik Stenson (8,10), Kevin Streelman (8,10), Steve Stricker (8,9), Marc Warren, Boo Weekley

• Dustin Johnson (8,9,10) did not play for personal reasons.[7][8]

7. 20 low scorers in the 2014 PGA Professional National Championship
Michael Block, Jamie Broce, Rob Corcoran, Stuart Deane, Frank Esposito Jr., Ryan Helminen, David Hronek, Johan Kok, Aaron Krueger, Jim McGovern, Dave McNabb, Brian Norman, Rod Perry, Matt Pesta, Steve Schneiter, Jerry Smith, Bob Sowards, David Tentis, Dustin Volk, Eric Williamson

8. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational to the 2014 RBC Canadian Open
Jason Bohn, Steven Bowditch (10), Ángel Cabrera (10), K. J. Choi, Tim Clark (10), Erik Compton, Ben Crane (10), Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet (12), Luke Donald (9), Harris English (10), Matt Every (10), Rickie Fowler, Sergio García (9), Bill Haas, Brian Harman (10), Russell Henley (10), Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes (10), Billy Horschel, Charles Howell III, Fredrik Jacobson (12), Matt Jones (10), Chris Kirk (10), Will MacKenzie, Hunter Mahan, Ben Martin (12), Hideki Matsuyama (10), George McNeill, Ryan Moore (10), Kevin Na, Noh Seung-yul (10), Ryan Palmer, Ian Poulter (9), Patrick Reed (10), Rory Sabbatini, John Senden (10), Brandt Snedeker (9), Jordan Spieth, Kevin Stadler (10), Brendan Steele, Chris Stroud, Brian Stuard, Daniel Summerhays, Brendon Todd (10), Jimmy Walker (10), Nick Watney, Gary Woodland

• Matt Kuchar (9,10) withdrew with a back injury.[9]

9. Members of the United States and European 2012 Ryder Cup teams (provided they are ranked in the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking on July 28)
Francesco Molinari, Lee Westwood

• Nicolas Colsaerts (ranked 172), Peter Hanson (119), and Paul Lawrie (215) were not ranked in the top 100.

10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2013 PGA Championship
Chesson Hadley, Geoff Ogilvy, Scott Stallings

11. Vacancies are filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings).
Scott Brown, Russell Knox, Cameron Tringale, Jason Kokrak

12. The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above
Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thomas Bjørn, Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Paul Casey, Kevin Chappell, Stewart Cink, George Coetzee, Jamie Donaldson, Victor Dubuisson, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Ross Fisher, Tommy Fleetwood, Stephen Gallacher, Branden Grace, David Hearn, Mikko Ilonen, Ryo Ishikawa, Thongchai Jaidee, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Robert Karlsson, Kim Hyung-sung, Brooks Koepka, Anirban Lahiri, Pablo Larrazábal, Alexander Lévy, Shane Lowry, Joost Luiten, Matteo Manassero, Edoardo Molinari, Koumei Oda, Thorbjørn Olesen, Kenny Perry, Richard Sterne, Hideto Tanihara, Tom Watson, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett, Chris Wood, Fabrizio Zanotti

• Paul McGinley withdrew after a left-shoulder injury.[10]

Alternates (category 11)

1. Jerry Kelly – replaced Dustin Johnson[8]
2. Pat Perez – took spot reserved for WGC-Bridgestone Invitational winner
3. Shawn Stefani – replaced David Toms[6]
4. John Huh – replaced Matt Kuchar[9]

Nationalities in the field

North America (85)	South America (2)	Europe (39)	Oceania (9)	Asia (11)	Africa (10)
Canada (2)	Argentina (1)	England (9)	Australia (8)	India (1)	South Africa (9)
United States (83)	Paraguay (1)	Northern Ireland (3)	Fiji (1)	Japan (4)	Zimbabwe (1)
		Scotland (4)		South Korea (4)
		Wales (1)		Thailand (2)
		Ireland (2)
		Austria (1)
		Denmark (2)
		Spain (5)
		Finland (1)
		France (2)
		Germany (1)
		Italy (3)
		Netherlands (1)
		Sweden (4)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	2012	66	67	67	68	268	−16	1
Phil Mickelson	United States	2005	69	67	67	66	269	−15	2
Vijay Singh	Fiji	1998, 2004	71	68	73	69	281	−3	T36

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	2008	73	71	144	+2
Martin Kaymer	Germany	2010	70	74	144	+2
Davis Love III	United States	1997	72	73	145	+3
Keegan Bradley	United States	2011	74	72	146	+4
Y. E. Yang	South Korea	2009	75	71	146	+4
John Daly	United States	1991	76	72	148	+6
Tiger Woods	United States	1999, 2000, 2006, 2007	74	74	148	+6
Shaun Micheel	United States	2003	72	79	151	+9
Rich Beem	United States	2002	74	79	153	+11
Mark Brooks	United States	1996	78	79	157	+15
Jason Dufner	United States	2013	WD

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 7, 2014

Lee Westwood recorded nine birdies, including his last four holes, to offset a double-bogey for a round of 65 (−6) and join Kevin Chappell and Ryan Palmer in a tie for first. Rory McIlroy also rebounded from a double-bogey with four straight birdies on the back nine and was one shot behind. Defending champion Jason Dufner entered the championship with a neck injury and withdrew after ten holes at +8.[11]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Kevin Chappell	United States	65	−6
	Ryan Palmer	United States
	Lee Westwood	England
T4	Jim Furyk	United States	66	−5
	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland
	Edoardo Molinari	Italy
	Henrik Stenson	Sweden
	Chris Wood	England
T9	Mikko Ilonen	Finland	67	−4
	Jerry Kelly	United States

Second round

Friday, August 8, 2014

Rory McIlroy, who had regained the world number one spot the previous Monday, held the 36-hole lead. The low round went to Jason Day with a 65.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	66-67=133	−9
T2	Jason Day	Australia	69-65=134	−8
	Jim Furyk	United States	66-68=134
T4	Rickie Fowler	United States	69-66=135	−7
	Mikko Ilonen	Finland	67-68=135
	Ryan Palmer	United States	65-70=135
T7	Phil Mickelson	United States	69-67=136	−6
	Bernd Wiesberger	Austria	68-68=136
T9	Graham DeLaet	Canada	69-68=137	−5
	Victor Dubuisson	France	69-68=137
	Joost Luiten	Netherlands	68-69=137
	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	70-67=137
	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	66-71=137
	Steve Stricker	United States	69-68=137
	Lee Westwood	England	65-72=137

Third round

Saturday, August 9, 2014

Rory McIlroy birdied three of his last four holes for a round of 67 (−4). Bernd Wiesberger recorded birdies on his last three holes to record the lowest score of the round with a 65 (−6) and move into second place, one shot behind. A tight leaderboard saw five players tied for the lead at 10-under at one point on the back-nine. The scoring average for the round was 69.6, the lowest in PGA Championship history.[12]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	66-67-67=200	−13
2	Bernd Wiesberger	Austria	68-68-65=201	−12
3	Rickie Fowler	United States	69-66-67=202	−11
T4	Jason Day	Australia	69-65-69=203	−10
	Phil Mickelson	United States	69-67-67=203
T6	Mikko Ilonen	Finland	67-68-69=204	−9
	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	70-67-67=204
	Ryan Palmer	United States	65-70-69=204
	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	66-71-67=204
T10	Graham DeLaet	Canada	69-68-68=205	−8
	Jamie Donaldson	Wales	69-70-66=205
	Steve Stricker	United States	69-68-68=205

Final round

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Finishing the round in almost complete darkness, Rory McIlroy made par on the 18th to win his fourth career and second consecutive major championship. Beginning the round with a one-shot advantage, McIlroy fell from the lead with two bogeys on his first six holes. Rickie Fowler recorded birdies on four out of five holes on the front-nine, Phil Mickelson made four birdies on his first nine while Henrik Stenson made five birdies on the front to each pass McIlroy. Down by as much as three shots, McIlroy jumped back into contention with an eagle at the 10th to get within one shot. Fowler and Stenson both made bogey on the 14th, while Mickelson bogeyed the 16th. McIlroy, meanwhile, birdied the 13th and 17th to get to 16-under-par.[13] Needing eagle on 18 to tie McIlroy, Mickelson's chip from off the green narrowly missed while Fowler missed on a lengthy putt. McIlroy found a greenside bunker at the last then two-putted for par and a one-shot win over Mickelson. With this win McIlroy became the first player since Tiger Woods in 2008 to win three straight starts on the PGA Tour (he previously won the Open Championship and the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational), and the first since Pádraig Harrington to win consecutive majors. Harrington won the same two in 2008, the Open Championship and PGA Championship.[14]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	66-67-67-68=268	−16	1,800,000
2	Phil Mickelson	United States	69-67-67-66=269	−15	1,080,000
T3	Rickie Fowler	United States	69-66-67-68=270	−14	580,000
	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	66-71-67-66=270
T5	Jim Furyk	United States	66-68-72-66=272	−12	367,500
	Ryan Palmer	United States	65-70-69-68=272
T7	Victor Dubuisson	France	69-68-70-66=273	−11	263,000
	Ernie Els	South Africa	70-70-68-65=273
	Mikko Ilonen	Finland	67-68-69-69=273
	Hunter Mahan	United States	70-71-65-67=273
	Steve Stricker	United States	69-68-68-68=273
	Jimmy Walker	United States	69-71-68-65=273

Source[15]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	3	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	5
McIlroy	−13	−13	−12	−12	−12	−11	−12	−12	−12	−14	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15	−15	−16	−16
Mickelson	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−14	−14	−15
Fowler	−11	−10	−11	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15	−15	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14
Stenson	−10	−10	−11	−11	−12	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14
Furyk	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−12
Palmer	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−8	−9	−9	−9	−11	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12
Day	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−10	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−8	−8	−9
Wiesberger	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Source[15]

References

1. "2014 PGA Championship – Course". PGA of America.
2. "PGA Tour, PGA of America announce new joint initiatives". PGA Tour. November 6, 2013. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
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5. "Course Tour". Valhalla Golf Club. Archived from the original on October 8, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
6. "David Toms (back) withdraws". ESPN. Associated Press. August 5, 2014.
7. "Dustin Johnson to take leave of absence". PGA Tour. July 31, 2014.
8. Ferguson, Doug (July 31, 2014). "Dustin Johnson Takes Leave of Absence From Golf". ABC News. Associated Press.
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11. Ferguson, Doug (August 7, 2014). "Westwood, McIlroy ride momentum at PGA". Yahoo Sports. Associated Press.
12. Ferguson, Doug (August 9, 2014). "McIlroy in the lead at PGA Championship - barely". Yahoo Sports. Associated Press.
13. "The US PGA Championship 2014, day four: as it happened". Daily Telegraph. August 11, 2014.
14. "Rory McIlroy wins US PGA after epic battle at Valhalla". The Guardian. August 11, 2014.
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External links

• Official website
• Professional Golfers Association of America
• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site
• Valhalla Golf Club
• Local coverage from Louisville Courier-Journal

Preceded by 2014 Open Championship	Major Championships	Succeeded by 2015 Masters Tournament