| 2010 PGA Championship | |
The 2010 PGA Championship was a tournament that meandered through several days of fog delays and darkness-halted play before finishing in bright sunshine and blustery winds on a compelling final day.
The victor who emerged was Martin Kaymer, earning his first major championship win and becoming only the second golfer from Germany to win a major. There were plenty of storylines through the final round, however, before the plot reached it denoument with Kaymer's win:
Then there was long bomber Bubba Watson, who blasted his way around Whistling Straits. When Watson birdied the 16th, he reached 12-under to share the lead. He fell back to 11-under with a bogey at the 17th, and parred the 18th to post 11-under.
Kaymer reached 12-under with a birdie on the 10th, and held the solo lead for long stretches. A bogey on 15 dropped him to 11-under, and he parred in to match Watson's score.
Dustin Johnson was in the final group, watching Watney's implosion. Which couldn't have been comfortable for Johnson given that he had blown up in the final round of the U.S. Open just a couple months earlier.
But after an up-and-down front nine, Johnson recorded birdies on the 13th, 16th and 17th holes to reach 12-under, which gave him a 1-stroke lead heading to the final hole. He bogied that one, though, falling to 11-under and setting up a 3-way playoff.
Except that in playing the 18th hole, Johnson committed a rules violation, grounding his club in a bunker outside the fairway prior to his approach to the green. It was a controversial ruling, because that bunker was outside the ropes, fans had been walking in it all week, and fans were standing in it even as Johnson played the shot. Johnson later said he didn't realize he was in a bunker, and no rules officials alerted him. Alas, it led to a 2-stroke penalty, dropping Johnson out of the playoff.
So Kaymer and Watson played on in a 3-hole, cumulative-stroke playoff. Watson took the lead on the first extra hole, but Kaymer made a great birdie putt on the second to tie it. Then, after Watson's approach to the third playoff green found water, Kaymer chipped his ball forward out of rough rather than risk his own shot over water. He played for five and got a five, and when Watson's blast out of a back bunker hit the flagstick but stayed out, Kaymer had the Wanamaker Trophy in his hands.
2010 PGA Championship Scores
Results from the 2010 PGA Championship golf tournament played at the par-72 Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisc. (x-won playoff):
| x-Martin Kaymer | 72-68-67-70--277 | $1,350,000 |
| Bubba Watson | 68-71-70-68--277 | $810,000 |
| Zach Johnson | 69-70-69-70--278 | $435,000 |
| Rory McIlroy | 71-68-67-72--278 | $435,000 |
| Jason Dufner | 73-66-69-71--279 | $270,833 |
| Steve Elkington | 71-70-67-71--279 | $270,833 |
| Dustin Johnson | 71-68-67-73--279 | $270,833 |
| Camilo Villegas | 71-71-70-68--280 | $210,000 |
| Wen-Chong Liang | 72-71-64-73--280 | $210,000 |
| Jason Day | 69-72-66-74--281 | $175,800 |
| Matt Kuchar | 67-69-73-72--281 | $175,800 |
| Simon Dyson | 71-71-68-72--282 | $138,050 |
| Paul Casey | 72-71-70-69--282 | $138,050 |
| Phil Mickelson | 73-69-73-67--282 | $138,050 |
| Bryce Molder | 72-67-70-73--282 | $138,050 |
| Robert Karlsson | 71-71-71-70--283 | $110,050 |
| D.A. Points | 70-72-70-71--283 | $110,050 |
| Stewart Cink | 77-68-66-73--284 | $84,733 |
| Ernie Els | 68-74-69-73--284 | $84,733 |
| Stephen Gallacher | 71-69-72-72--284 | $84,733 |
| Steve Stricker | 72-72-68-72--284 | $84,733 |
| Charl Schwartzel | 73-69-72-70--284 | $84,733 |
| Nick Watney | 69-68-66-81--284 | $84,733 |
| J.B. Holmes | 72-66-77-70--285 | $58,600 |
| Carl Pettersson | 71-70-71-73--285 | $58,600 |
| Simon Khan | 69-70-71-75--285 | $58,600 |
| Jim Furyk | 70-68-70-77--285 | $58,600 |
| David Horsey | 72-71-69-74--286 | $46,700 |
| Troy Matteson | 72-72-70-72--286 | $46,700 |
| Tiger Woods | 71-70-72-73--286 | $46,700 |
| Bo Van Pelt | 73-67-72-74--286 | $46,700 |
| Seung-yul Noh | 68-71-72-75--286 | $46,700 |
| Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | 70-73-73-71--287 | $37,133 |
| Ryan Palmer | 71-68-75-73--287 | $37,133 |
| Heath Slocum | 73-72-68-74--287 | $37,133 |
| Edoardo Molinari | 71-72-70-74--287 | $37,133 |
| David Toms | 74-71-67-75--287 | $37,133 |
| Francesco Molinari | 68-73-71-75--287 | $37,133 |
| Brian Davis | 71-72-69-76--288 | $25,933 |
| Adam Scott | 72-73-71-72--288 | $25,933 |
| Justin Leonard | 73-69-73-73--288 | $25,933 |
| K.J. Choi | 74-69-71-74--288 | $25,933 |
| Ben Crane | 73-68-73-74--288 | $25,933 |
| Tim Clark | 72-71-70-75--288 | $25,933 |
| Hunter Mahan | 74-71-68-75--288 | $25,933 |
| Vijay Singh | 73-66-73-76--288 | $25,933 |
| Brandt Snedeker | 75-70-67-76--288 | $25,933 |
| Kyung-Tae Kim | 70-72-71-76--289 | $16,971 |
| Darren Clarke | 74-70-72-73--289 | $16,971 |
| Martin Laird | 70-74-72-73--289 | $16,971 |
| Marc Leishman | 71-73-72-73--289 | $16,971 |
| Shaun Micheel | 73-69-76-71--289 | $16,971 |
| Charles Howell III | 69-74-72-74--289 | $16,971 |
| Brendon de Jonge | 74-66-74-75--289 | $16,971 |
| Tom Lehman | 74-70-73-73--290 | $15,750 |
| Davis Love III | 73-72-72-73--290 | $15,750 |
| Retief Goosen | 76-68-74-72--290 | $15,750 |
| Gregory Bourdy | 70-70-75-76--291 | $15,750 |
| Kevin Na | 74-71-71-75--291 | $15,750 |
| Rickie Fowler | 73-71-70-77--291 | $15,750 |
| Peter Hanson | 71-71-71-78--291 | $15,750 |
| Rhys Davies | 71-71-75-75--292 | $14,717 |
| Chad Campbell | 70-70-78-74--292 | $14,717 |
| Fredrik Andersson Hed | 74-71-74-73--292 | $14,717 |
| Ryan Moore | 69-76-72-76--293 | $14,450 |
| Brian Gay | 72-70-71-80--293 | $14,450 |
| D.J. Trahan | 72-73-74-75--294 | $14,300 |
| Stuart Appleby | 72-73-73-77--295 | $14,150 |
| Rob Labritz | 73-71-74-77--295 | $14,150 |
| Ross McGowan | 73-72-71-81--297 | $14,000 |
| Jeff Overton | 74-71-74-79--298 | $13,900 |
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