2004 PGA Championship: Vijay Singh wins at Whistling Straits (Straits Course)

Vijay Singh won the 2004 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits (Straits Course) in Kohler, Wisconsin with 280 (−8), beating Chris DiMarco and Justin Leonard in a playoff.

Updated October 23, 2026

See 2004 in Wanamaker Avenue, the PGA Championship room, or every year on the PGA Championship winners list.

Dates: August 12, 2004 to August 15, 2004
Course: Whistling Straits (Straits Course), Kohler, Wisconsin
Edition: 86th PGA Championship
Format: stroke play
Par: 72 · 7,536 yards
Field: 156
Made the cut: 73 (cut at 145)
Purse: $6,250,000 · winner's share $1,125,000
Champion: Vijay Singh · age 41 · Fiji · born Lautoka, Fiji
Champion's title: 2nd PGA Championship
World ranking: No. 3
Winning score: 67-68-69-76 = 280 (−8)
Runners-up: Chris DiMarco, Justin Leonard
54-hole leader: Vijay Singh (204)
Playoff: 3-hole aggregate (holes 10, 17, 18); beat Chris DiMarco; Justin Leonard; Singh 3-3-4 = 10; DiMarco 4-3-unfinished; Leonard 4-3-unfinished; 18 (aggregate settled)
Caddie: Dave Renwick
Low club professional: Chip Sullivan (287)

Winner and runners-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Vijay Singh	67	68	69	76	280	−8
T2	Chris DiMarco	68	70	71	71	280	−8
T2	Justin Leonard	66	69	70	75	280	−8

What happened at the 2004 PGA Championship

Singh's final-round 76 with no birdies was the highest final round ever by a PGA Championship winner.

In the 3-hole aggregate playoff, Singh drove near the 10th green and made the only birdie of the playoff, then parred 17 and 18.

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).

2004 PGA Championship: Vijay Singh wins at Whistling Straits (Straits Course)

Winner and runners-up

What happened at the 2004 PGA Championship

How this was built

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