2010 PGA Championship: Martin Kaymer wins at Whistling Straits (Straits Course)

Martin Kaymer won the 2010 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits (Straits Course) in Kohler, Wisconsin with 277 (−11), beating Bubba Watson in a playoff.

Updated October 23, 2026

See 2010 in Wanamaker Avenue, the PGA Championship room, or every year on the PGA Championship winners list.

Dates: August 12, 2010 to August 15, 2010
Course: Whistling Straits (Straits Course), Kohler, Wisconsin
Edition: 92nd PGA Championship
Format: stroke play
Par: 72 · 7,507 yards
Field: 156
Made the cut: 72
Purse: $7,500,000 · winner's share $1,350,000
Champion: Martin Kaymer · age 25 · Germany · born Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Champion's title: 1st PGA Championship
World ranking: No. 13
Winning score: 72-68-67-70 = 277 (−11)
Runner-up: Bubba Watson
54-hole leader: Nick Watney (203) · Martin Kaymer was 4 strokes back
Playoff: 3-hole aggregate (holes 10, 17, 18); beat Bubba Watson; Kaymer 4-2-5 = 11; Watson 3-3-6 = 12; 18 (aggregate settled)
Caddie: Craig Connelly
Low club professional: Rob Labritz (295)

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Martin Kaymer	72	68	67	70	277	−11
2	Bubba Watson	68	71	70	68	277	−11

What happened at the 2010 PGA Championship

Dustin Johnson was given a two-stroke penalty for grounding his club in a sandy area on the 72nd hole, which dropped him from a playoff spot to T5.

54-hole leader Nick Watney shot a final-round 81 after starting the day three ahead.

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).

2010 PGA Championship: Martin Kaymer wins at Whistling Straits (Straits Course)

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 2010 PGA Championship

How this was built

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