2004 PGA Championship

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tournament_name = 2004 PGA Championship


dates = August 11 - 15, 2004
location = Kohler, Wisconsin
course = Whistling Straits
tour = PGA Tour
PGA European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
par = 72
yardage=7,514
field = 156 players, 73 after cut
cut = 145 (+1)
purse =$6,250,000
winners_share =$1,125,000
Champion = Vijay Singh
Score = 280 (-8)The 2004 PGA Championship was the 86th PGA Championship, played from August 12 to August 15, 2004 at the Whistling Straits Straits Course in Kohler, Wisconsin. [ [http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2004/ 2004 PGA Championship Official Site] ] It was the first PGA Championship held at Whistling Straits. Vijay Singh earned his third major win in a three hole playoff defeating Justin Leonard and Chris DiMarco. The purse was $6.25 million and Singh took home $1.125 million.

Field

#All former PGA Champions.
#Winners of the last five U.S. Opens.
#Winners of the last five Masters.
#Winners of the last five British Opens.
#The 2003 Senior PGA Champion.
#The low 15 scorers and ties in the 2003 PGA Championship.
#The 25 low scorers in The 2004 PGA Club Professional Championship.
#The 70 leaders in official money standings.
#Members of the 2002 United States Ryder Cup Team.
#Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour from the 2003 PGA Championship to the 2004 PGA Championship (does not include pro-am and team competitions).
#The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above.
#The total field will be a maximum of 156 players. Vacancies will be filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings).

[http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2004/players_eligibility.html "Full eligibility list"]

History of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits

2004 was the first year that Whistling Straits hosted a PGA Championship or any Grand Slam event. The Straits Course will hold the PGA Championship in 2010 and 2015 along with the 2020 Ryder Cup. The course also hosted the 2007 U.S. Senior Open won by
Brad Bryant.

Course layout

Third round (Saturday)

Vijay Singh shot 69 to reach 12 under par as he tried to add a third major title to his 1998 PGA Championship and 2000 Masters. Justin Leonard carded 70 and was at 11 under. Leonard, who had a two-shot lead after making a 6-foot birdie on the 12th, bogeyed Nos. 15 and 18 to keep him one behind. Briny Baird, the leader at one point, pulled his tee shot over the cliff left of the par-3 17th and wound up with a triple bogey to knocked him out of contention. He wound up with a 75 and was seven shots behind.

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References

External links

* [http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2004/ PGA Championship Official site]
* [http://www.destinationkohler.com/golf/ws/ws_index.html Whistling Straits official site]
* [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/2004-pga-front.htm USA Today coverage]