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2003 PGA Championship: Shaun Micheel wins at Oak Hill Country Club (East)

Shaun Micheel won the 2003 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club (East) in Rochester, New York with 276 (−4), by 2 strokes over Chad Campbell.

Updated October 23, 2026

See 2003 in Wanamaker Avenue, the PGA Championship room, or every year on the PGA Championship winners list.

Dates
August 14, 2003 to August 17, 2003
Course
Oak Hill Country Club (East), Rochester, New York
Edition
85th PGA Championship
Format
stroke play
Par
70 · 7,134 yards
Field
156
Made the cut
70 (cut at 148)
Purse
$6,000,000 · winner's share $1,080,000
Champion
Shaun Micheel · age 34 · United States · born Orlando, Florida
Champion's title
1st PGA Championship
World ranking
No. 169
Winning score
69-68-69-70 = 276 (−4) · won by 2 strokes
Runner-up
Chad Campbell
54-hole leaders
Shaun Micheel, Chad Campbell (206)
Caddie
Bob Szczesny

Winner and runner-up

Pos.PlayerR1R2R3R4TotalTo par
1Shaun Micheel69686970276−4
2Chad Campbell69726572278−2

What happened at the 2003 PGA Championship

Micheel's 175-yard 7-iron from the first cut on the 72nd hole stopped two inches from the cup.

Micheel, ranked 169th in the world and winless on tour, won his first and only PGA Tour event.

How this was built

Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's PGA Championship data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.

Data: pga.json (the PGA Championship room's data: Tables 1A–1H).

Sources

  1. Golf Compendium 2003
  2. Sports Illustrated 2003
  3. Today's Golfer past champions
  4. BetMGM winner payouts
  5. Today's Golfer purse history
  6. PGA of America club pros who made the cut
  7. PGA of America 2003 leaderboard
  8. PGA of America 2013 media guide, p. 27
  9. PGA of America 2012 media guide, p. 148
  10. Sports Illustrated 2005, Micheel