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Sunday 15 August 2010PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Kaymer wins PGA Championship
Whistling Straits, Kohler, Wisconsin · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 August 2010 · Martin Kaymer’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,500,000 USD · 92nd PGA Championship; decided by a three-hole aggregate playoff
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 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/24°C · wind 16 km/h SSE, gusts 32 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/24°C · wind 26 km/h SSE, gusts 46 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/23°C · wind 17 km/h SW, gusts 39 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/20°C · wind 25 km/h W, gusts 41 · 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
- Bubba Watson USA · 277Closed with 68 to set the clubhouse target and birdied the first playoff hole, but hit his 6-iron second on the 18th into the creek and lost the three-hole aggregate playoff by one stroke Martin Kaymer wins PGA in playoff (AP via ESPN)
- Dustin Johnson USA · 279Led by one standing on the 72nd tee, then was given a two-stroke penalty for grounding his club in a trampled bunker right of the 18th fairway, turning a bogey 5 into a 7 and a playoff place into T5 Martin Kaymer wins PGA in playoff (AP via ESPN)
156 started · cut +1, 71 made it
Same week
Men's major
PGA Championship
Whistling Straits (Straits Course), Kohler
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Bubba Watson
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 August 2010
I said to my caddie on the sixth hole, I said, "It doesn't really matter what happened today, but it's the first time in my career that I'm leading a major championship."
AP via ESPN
15 August 2010
I don't realize what happened. I just won my first major. I've got goose bumps just talking about it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 August 2010
I play to win a golf tournament. I don't play to lay up and hopefully make a par and tie or win.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Kaymer | 72 · 68 · 67 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Bubba Watson | 68 · 71 · 70 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Zach Johnson | 69 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Rory McIlroy | 71 · 68 · 67 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Steve Elkington | 71 · 70 · 67 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Jason Dufner | 73 · 66 · 69 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Dustin Johnson | 71 · 68 · 67 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Camilo Villegas | 71 · 71 · 70 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Wen-Chong Liang | 72 · 71 · 64 · 73 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Matt Kuchar | 67 · 69 · 73 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Jason Day | 69 · 72 · 66 · 74 | 281 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1984-12-28, Düsseldorf, West Germany; GER; turned pro 2005; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 1; world No. 13 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, 92nd PGA Championship 2010)).
What’s in the bag
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