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Sunday 20 August 2006PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Woods wins PGA Championship
Medinah Country Club, Medinah, Illinois · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 August 2006 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 51 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,800,000 · winner's share $1,224,000 · 88th PGA Championship; Medinah No. 3 at 7,561 yards, then the longest course in major championship history
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 29 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/16°C · wind 11 km/h SE, gusts 27 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/22°C · wind 8 km/h SE, gusts 29 · 21 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/20°C · wind 18 km/h NNW, gusts 31 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/15°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Shaun Micheel USA · 275The 2003 champion closed with 69, holing a 40-yard pitch at 13 and birdieing 14, but finished five behind after a bogey at the last PGA Championship, August 20, 2006: Shaun Micheel (ASAP Sports)
156 started, 70 made it
Same week
Men's major
PGA Championship
Medinah Country Club (No. 3 Course), Medinah
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Shaun Micheel
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 August 2006
I just had one of those magical days on the greens today. I just felt like if I got the ball anywhere on the green, I could make it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 August 2006
Well, it's still a long way away. It's not something I could get next year. You know, as I said, it took Jack over 20 years to get to his.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 August 2006
I'm not sure even if I would have hit every fairway, I would have been able to catch Tiger. He's too good.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 69 · 68 · 65 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Shaun Micheel | 69 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Sergio Garcia | 69 · 70 · 67 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Adam Scott | 71 · 69 · 69 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Luke Donald | 68 · 68 · 66 · 74 | 276 | −12 |
| 6 | Mike Weir | 72 · 67 · 65 · 73 | 277 | −11 |
| T7 | Steve Stricker | 72 · 67 · 70 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T7 | K.J. Choi | 73 · 67 · 67 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Geoff Ogilvy | 69 · 68 · 68 · 74 | 279 | −9 |
| T9 | Ian Poulter | 70 · 70 · 68 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T9 | Ryan Moore | 71 · 72 · 67 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 51; majors to date: 12; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, 88th PGA CHAMPIONSHIP)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet