| 2012 PGA Championship | |
Rory McIlroy won the 2012 PGA Championship by a tournament-record eight strokes, earning his second career major championship victory. Coincidentally, McIlroy's first win in a major - the 2011 U.S. Open - was also by eight strokes.
McIlroy opened the tournament with a 67, then struggled to a 75 in Round 2. That 75 didn't hurt him too badly, though, as the field scoring average in Round 2 was near 78, the highest average score ever in a PGA Championship.
The only thing that got in McIlroy's way (other than the tree) was the weather on Saturday at South Carolina's Ocean Course. A heavy band of thunderstorms stopped third-round play, requiring many golfers to complete the round on Sunday morning.
Tiger Woods was one competitor who lost ground in that third round, and Woods fell farther behind in the final round, eventually finishing tied for 11th. When McIlroy won, he reached his second career major at a younger age than Tiger, by four months.
Journeyman David Lynn, who received a special invitational from the PGA of America to play, wound up in second play. Defending champion Keegan Bradley was among those tied for third.
McIlroy wound up posting three rounds of 67 or better to go with that second-round 75, finishing at 13-under 275.
He broke the record for largest margin of victory in a PGA Championship. Jack Nicklaus had been the recordholder with a 7-stroke win at the 1980 PGA Championship.
2012 PGA Championship Scores
Results from the 2012 PGA Championship golf tournament played at the par-72 Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, South Carolina:
| Rory McIlroy | 67-75-67-66--275 | $1,445,000 |
| David Lynn | 73-74-68-68--283 | $865,000 |
| Keegan Bradley | 68-77-71-68--284 | $384,500 |
| Justin Rose | 69-79-70-66--284 | $384,500 |
| Ian Poulter | 70-71-74-69--284 | $384,500 |
| Carl Pettersson | 66-74-72-72--284 | $384,500 |
| Blake Adams | 71-72-75-67--285 | $226,000 |
| Jamie Donaldson | 69-73-73-70--285 | $226,000 |
| Peter Hanson | 69-75-70-71--285 | $226,000 |
| Steve Stricker | 74-73-67-71--285 | $226,000 |
| Tiger Woods | 69-71-74-72--286 | $143,286 |
| Geoff Ogilvy | 68-78-70-70--286 | $143,286 |
| Ben Curtis | 69-77-73-67--286 | $143,286 |
| Bubba Watson | 73-75-70-68--286 | $143,286 |
| Tim Clark | 71-73-73-69--286 | $143,286 |
| Graeme McDowell | 68-76-71-71--286 | $143,286 |
| Adam Scott | 68-75-70-73--286 | $143,286 |
| Bo Van Pelt | 73-73-67-74--287 | $99,667 |
| Padraig Harrington | 70-76-69-72--287 | $99,667 |
| John Daly | 68-77-73-69--287 | $99,667 |
| Jimmy Walker | 73-75-67-73--288 | $72,667 |
| Robert Garrigus | 74-73-74-67--288 | $72,667 |
| Seung-Yul Noh | 74-75-74-65--288 | $72,667 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 70-79-70-69--288 | $72,667 |
| Joost Luiten | 68-76-75-69--288 | $72,667 |
| Pat Perez | 69-76-71-72--288 | $72,667 |
| Marc Leishman | 74-72-71-72--289 | $51,900 |
| Jason Dufner | 74-76-68-71--289 | $51,900 |
| Thorbjorn Olesen | 75-74-71-69--289 | $51,900 |
| Miguel Angel Jimenez | 69-77-72-71--289 | $51,900 |
| Trevor Immelman | 71-72-70-76--289 | $51,900 |
| Greg Chalmers | 70-76-72-72--290 | $42,625 |
| John Senden | 73-74-72-71--290 | $42,625 |
| Bill Haas | 75-73-69-73--290 | $42,625 |
| Luke Donald | 74-76-74-66--290 | $42,625 |
| Rich Beem | 72-76-72-71--291 | $34,750 |
| Y.E. Yang | 73-74-74-70--291 | $34,750 |
| Marcel Siem | 72-73-71-75--291 | $34,750 |
| Phil Mickelson | 73-71-73-74--291 | $34,750 |
| Fredrik Jacobson | 71-75-73-72--291 | $34,750 |
| Vijay Singh | 71-69-74-77--291 | $34,750 |
| Jim Furyk | 72-77-70-73--292 | $25,750 |
| J.J. Henry | 72-77-70-73--292 | $25,750 |
| Aaron Baddeley | 68-75-74-75--292 | $25,750 |
| Gary Woodland | 67-79-75-71--292 | $25,750 |
| David Toms | 72-78-72-70--292 | $25,750 |
| Martin Laird | 71-74-79-68--292 | $25,750 |
| Paul Lawrie | 73-75-71-74--293 | $18,625 |
| Ernie Els | 72-75-73-73--293 | $18,625 |
| Dustin Johnson | 71-79-72-71--293 | $18,625 |
| Thomas Bjorn | 70-79-74-70--293 | $18,625 |
| Retief Goosen | 73-75-75-70--293 | $18,625 |
| Scott Piercy | 68-78-79-69--294 | $16,810 |
| Francesco Molinari | 70-75-74-75--294 | $16,810 |
| Sang-Moon Bae | 72-78-71-73--294 | $16,810 |
| Darren Clarke | 73-76-72-73--294 | $16,810 |
| Brendon de Jonge | 71-78-72-73--294 | $16,810 |
| K.J. Choi | 69-77-75-73--294 | $16,810 |
| Charl Schwartzel | 70-77-74-74--295 | $16,100 |
| Ryo Ishikawa | 69-77-79-70--295 | $16,100 |
| Kyung-Tae Kim | 69-77-77-73--296 | $15,900 |
| Ken Duke | 71-78-74-74--297 | $15,650 |
| Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | 67-78-75-77--297 | $15,650 |
| Chez Reavie | 74-76-73-74--297 | $15,650 |
| George McNeill | 71-76-80-70--297 | $15,650 |
| Alexander Noren | 67-80-73-78--298 | $15,350 |
| Marcus Fraser | 74-75-78-71--298 | $15,350 |
| John Huh | 72-78-79-70--299 | $15,150 |
| Toru Taniguchi | 72-76-78-73--299 | $15,150 |
| Zach Johnson | 72-73-76-79--300 | $15,000 |
| Matt Every | 72-76-74-82--304 | $14,900 |
| Cameron Tringale | 69-78-77-82--306 | $14,800 |
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