2014 PGA Championship

StatisticsPar71^[1]Length7,458 yards (6,820 m)Field156 players, 74 after cutCut143 (+1)Prize fund$10,000,000 ^[2]
€7,478,872Winner's share$1,800,000
€1,346,197Champion Rory McIlroy268 (−16)Location Map

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.

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

Venue

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

• 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

3. Last five Masters Champions

4. Last five British Open Champions

5. Current Senior PGA Champion

• Colin Montgomerie

6. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2013 PGA Championship

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

7. 20 low scorers in the 2014 PGA Professional National Championship

8. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational to the 2014 RBC Canadian Open

• 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)

• 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

11. Vacancies are filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings).

12. The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above

• 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]

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	Score	To par
T1	Kevin Chappell	65	−6
	Ryan Palmer
	Lee Westwood
T4	Jim Furyk	66	−5
	Rory McIlroy
	Edoardo Molinari
	Henrik Stenson
	Chris Wood
T9	Mikko Ilonen	67	−4
	Jerry Kelly

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	Score	To par
1	Rory McIlroy	66-67=133	−9
T2	Jason Day	69-65=134	−8
	Jim Furyk	66-68=134
T4	Rickie Fowler	69-66=135	−7
	Mikko Ilonen	67-68=135
	Ryan Palmer	65-70=135
T7	Phil Mickelson	69-67=136	−6
	Bernd Wiesberger	68-68=136
T9	Graham DeLaet	69-68=137	−5
	Victor Dubuisson	69-68=137
	Joost Luiten	68-69=137
	Louis Oosthuizen	70-67=137
	Henrik Stenson	66-71=137
	Steve Stricker	69-68=137
	Lee Westwood	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	Score	To par
1	Rory McIlroy	66-67-67=200	−13
2	Bernd Wiesberger	68-68-65=201	−12
3	Rickie Fowler	69-66-67=202	−11
T4	Jason Day	69-65-69=203	−10
	Phil Mickelson	69-67-67=203
T6	Mikko Ilonen	67-68-69=204	−9
	Louis Oosthuizen	70-67-67=204
	Ryan Palmer	65-70-69=204
	Henrik Stenson	66-71-67=204
T10	Graham DeLaet	69-68-68=205	−8
	Jamie Donaldson	69-70-66=205
	Steve Stricker	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]

Final leaderboard

Champion

(c) = past champion

Top 10

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

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
T13	Kevin Chappell	65-74-67-68=274	−10	191,000
	Brandt Snedeker	73-68-66-67=274
T15	Jason Day	69-65-69-72=275	−9	127,889
	Graham DeLaet	69-68-68-70=275
	Brooks Koepka	71-71-66-67=275
	Louis Oosthuizen	70-67-67-71=275
	Charl Schwartzel	72-68-69-66=275
	Adam Scott	71-69-66-69=275
	Marc Warren	71-71-66-67=275
	Lee Westwood	65-72-69-69=275
	Bernd Wiesberger	68-68-65-74=275
T24	Jamie Donaldson	69-70-66-71=276	−8	84,000
	Justin Rose	70-72-67-67=276
26	Joost Luiten	68-69-69-71=277	−7	78,000
T27	Bill Haas	71-68-68-71=278	−6	71,000
	Jerry Kelly	67-74-70-67=278
	Kenny Perry	72-69-69-68=278
T30	Alexander Lévy	69-71-68-71=279	−5	62,000
	Thorbjørn Olesen	71-71-70-67=279
	Danny Willett	68-73-66-72=279
T33	Daniel Summerhays	70-72-68-70=280	−4	54,500
	Nick Watney	69-69-70-72=280
T35	Jonas Blixt	71-70-68-72=281	−3	44,920
	Sergio García	70-72-66-73=281
	Hideki Matsuyama	71-72-70-68=281
	Vijay Singh (c)	71-68-73-69=281
	Richard Sterne	70-69-72-70=281
T40	Jason Bohn	71-71-71-69=282	−2	33,500
	Brendon de Jonge	70-70-72-70=282
	Luke Donald	70-72-68-72=282
	Brian Harman	71-69-69-73=282
	Ryan Moore	73-68-67-74=282
	Koumei Oda	74-68-71-69=282
T46	Scott Brown	71-70-70-72=283	−1	25,375
	Branden Grace	73-70-68-72=283
	Matt Jones	68-71-72-72=283
	Robert Karlsson	71-69-74-69=283
	Marc Leishman	71-71-72-69=283
	Shane Lowry	68-74-74-67=283
	Graeme McDowell	73-70-71-69=283
	Edoardo Molinari	66-73-71-73=283
	Geoff Ogilvy	69-71-71-72=283
	Pat Perez	71-71-71-70=283
	Chris Wood	66-73-70-74=283
	Fabrizio Zanotti	71-70-71-71=283
T58	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño	71-70-72-71=284	E	20,850
	Billy Horschel	71-68-69-76=284
	Francesco Molinari	71-71-71-71=284
	Ian Poulter	68-73-71-72=284
	Patrick Reed	70-71-70-73=284
	Brendan Steele	71-70-73-70=284
T64	J. B. Holmes	68-72-69-78=287	+3	18,950
	Kevin Stadler	71-70-72-74=287
	Chris Stroud	70-73-73-71=287
	Bubba Watson	70-72-73-72=287
68	Shawn Stefani	68-75-72-73=288	+4	18,400
T69	Freddie Jacobson	72-69-73-75=289	+5	18,033
	Zach Johnson	70-72-70-77=289
	Colin Montgomerie	70-72-72-75=289
72	Brendon Todd	70-73-75-75=293	+9	17,800
73	Rafa Cabrera-Bello	69-71-74-80=294	+10	17,700
CUT	Tim Clark	70-74=144	+2
	Erik Compton	71-73=144
	Tommy Fleetwood	73-71=144
	Pádraig Harrington (c)	73-71=144
	Ryan Helminen	73-71=144
	Russell Henley	69-75=144
	Charley Hoffman	70-74=144
	Martin Kaymer (c)	70-74=144
	Scott Piercy	73-71=144
	Gary Woodland	72-72=144
	Matt Every	73-72=145	+3
	Russell Knox	75-70=145
	Johan Kok	78-67=145
	Anirban Lahiri	72-73=145
	Davis Love III (c)	72-73=145
	Ben Martin	74-71=145
	Noh Seung-yul	68-77=145
	Kevin Streelman	69-76=145
	Brian Stuard	71-74=145
	Tom Watson	72-73=145
	Steven Bowditch	74-72=146	+4
	Keegan Bradley (c)	74-72=146
	Jamie Broce	74-72=146
	Paul Casey	74-72=146
	Roberto Castro	73-73=146
	Stuart Deane	75-71=146
	Harris English	74-72=146
	Ross Fisher	73-73=146
	David Hearn	74-72=146
	Ryo Ishikawa	72-74=146
	Chris Kirk	74-72=146
	Kevin Na	74-72=146
	Rory Sabbatini	75-71=146
	Hideto Tanihara	74-72=146
	Yang Yong-eun (c)	75-71=146
	Stewart Cink	72-75=147	+5
	George Coetzee	73-74=147
	Stephen Gallacher	70-77=147
	Chesson Hadley	74-73=147
	Charles Howell III	73-74=147
	Webb Simpson	73-74=147
	Eric Williamson	74-73=147
	Darren Clarke	79-69=148	+6
	John Daly (c)	76-72=148
	Kim Hyung-sung	73-75=148
	Pablo Larrazábal	79-69=148
	George McNeill	73-75=148
	Jordan Spieth	71-77=148
	Tiger Woods (c)	74-74=148
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	72-77=149	+7
	Rod Perry	74-75=149
	John Senden	75-74=149
	Scott Stallings	71-78=149
	Thomas Bjørn	75-75=150	+8
	Thongchai Jaidee	71-79=150
	Will MacKenzie	76-74=150
	Steve Schneiter	72-78=150
	Bob Sowards	75-75=150
	Michael Block	77-74=151	+9
	K. J. Choi	72-79=151
	John Huh	78-73=151
	Jason Kokrak	78-73=151
	Shaun Micheel (c)	72-79=151
	Brian Norman	78-74=152	+10
Rich Beem (c)	74-79=153	+11
Rob Corcoran	76-77=153
Mark Brooks (c)	78-79=157	+15
Matteo Manassero	80-77=157
Jim McGovern	83-74=157
Dave McNabb	77-80=157
David Hronek	81-77=158	+16
Jerry Smith	80-78=158
Dave Tentis	79-79=158
Frank Esposito Jr.	83-78=161	+19
Aaron Krueger	84-77=161
Dustin Volk	81-82=163	+21
Matt Pesta	79-89=168	+26
WD	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	72
	Ben Crane	74
	Boo Weekley	80
	Ángel Cabrera	82
	Jason Dufner (c)
DQ	Cameron Tringale[a]	69-71-71-69=280	−2

Source: ^[16]

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: ^[16]

Notes

References

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