2003 PGA Championship Winner and Scores
The 2003 PGA Championship was the 85th edition of the tournament. It produced a surprise winner, arguably one of the lesser-known major champions in golf history.
Winner: Shaun Micheel, 276
Where it was played: Oak Hill Country Club (East Course), Rochester, New York
Tournament dates: August 14-17, 2003
Leader after first round: Rod Pampling and Phil Mickelson, 66
Leader after second round: Shaun Micheel, 137
Leader after third round: Chad Campbell and Shaun Micheel, 206
What Happened at the 2003 PGA Championship
The 2003 PGA Championship, played at Oak Hill Country Club, was the year of the "who's that?" champion who pulled off the "did you see that?" shot to win the Wanamaker Trophy.Shaun Micheel was virtually unknown before winning this tournament. He had never won on the PGA Tour entering this major — and he never won again on the PGA Tour after this. He entered the tournament at No. 169 in the world rankings. But he battled Chad Campbell (then also seeking his first PGA Tour victory) throughout the day in the final pairing.
Micheel and Campbell reached the final hole with Micheel at 3-under and Campbell at 2-under, the 1-stroke margin because Micheel bogeyed the 17th. Micheel's drive on No. 18 found the first cut of rough and left him 175 yards from the cup. From there he hit a 7-iron that will live on as one of the great pressure shots in golf history.
Micheel's ball tracked the flagstick its entire flight, hit the 72nd green, took a few short hops, and came this close to dropping into the cup. When the ball stopped, it was only two inches from the cup. Micheel tapped it in to win the 2003 PGA Championship by two strokes over Campbell.
Greg Norman, twice runner-up in the PGA but never a winner (he did win two British Opens), played this major for the final time, missing the cut.
Where were the biggest stars? Phil Mickelson shared the first-round lead, but then had a pair of 75s and finished in a tie for 23rd place. Tiger Woods got no lower than 72 in any of his rounds and tied for 39th.
2003 PGA Championship Final Scores
| Shaun Micheel | 69-68-69-70—276 |
| Chad Campbell | 69-72-65-72—278 |
| Timothy Clark | 72-70-68-69—279 |
| Alex Cejka | 74-69-68-69—280 |
| Jay Haas | 70-74-69-69—282 |
| Ernie Els | 71-70-70-71—282 |
| Loren Roberts | 70-73-70-71—284 |
| Fred Funk | 69-73-70-72—284 |
| Mike Weir | 68-71-70-75—284 |
| Niclas Fasth | 76-70-71-68—285 |
| Kenny Perry | 75-72-70-68—285 |
| Charles Howell III | 70-72-70-73—285 |
| Billy Andrade | 67-72-72-74—285 |
| Scott McCarron | 74-70-71-71—286 |
| Tim Herron | 69-72-74-71—286 |
| Rod Pampling | 66-74-73-73—286 |
| Robert Gamez | 70-73-70-73—286 |
| Rocco Mediate | 72-74-71-70—287 |
| Jim Furyk | 72-74-69-72—287 |
| Carlos Franco | 73-73-69-72—287 |
| Kevin Sutherland | 69-74-71-73—287 |
| Toshimitsu Izawa | 71-72-71-73—287 |
| Stuart Appleby | 74-73-71-70—288 |
| Luke Donald | 73-72-71-72—288 |
| Adam Scott | 72-69-72-75—288 |
| Phil Mickelson | 66-75-72-75—288 |
| Geoff Ogilvy | 71-71-77-70—289 |
| Woody Austin | 72-73-69-75—289 |
| David Toms | 75-72-71-72—290 |
| Todd Hamilton | 70-74-73-73—290 |
| Peter Lonard | 74-74-69-73—290 |
| Padraig Harrington | 72-76-69-73—290 |
| Frank Lickliter II | 71-72-71-76—290 |
| Jesper Parnevik | 73-72-72-74—291 |
| J.L. Lewis | 71-75-71-74—291 |
| Fred Couples | 74-71-72-74—291 |
| Lee Janzen | 68-74-72-77—291 |
| Vijay Singh | 69-73-70-79—291 |
| Joe Durant | 71-76-75-70—292 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 73-71-76-72—292 |
| Robert Allenby | 70-77-73-72—292 |
| Tiger Woods | 74-72-73-73—292 |
| Hal Sutton | 75-71-67-79—292 |
| Briny Baird | 73-71-67-81—292 |
| Angel Cabrera | 71-76-72-74—293 |
| Duffy Waldorf | 70-75-72-76—293 |
| Tom Pernice Jr. | 70-71-72-80—293 |
| Ben Crane | 73-73-76-72—294 |
| Trevor Immelman | 74-70-77-73—294 |
| Shigeki Maruyama | 75-72-73-74—294 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 74-74-76-71—295 |
| Brian Gay | 74-74-75-72—295 |
| Jose Coceres | 73-68-78-76—295 |
| Len Mattiace | 74-70-75-76—295 |
| Gary Evans | 74-74-71-76—295 |
| Chris DiMarco | 74-71-78-73—296 |
| Bernhard Langer | 75-72-75-75—297 |
| Scott Hoch | 75-72-73-77—297 |
| Bob Estes | 71-76-73-77—297 |
| Aaron Baddeley | 69-77-73-78—297 |
| Billy Mayfair | 76-72-78-72—298 |
| Eduardo Romero | 77-71-76-74—298 |
| Phil Tataurangi | 72-71-78-77—298 |
| Ian Poulter | 72-75-72-79—298 |
| Jonathan Kaye | 74-73-72-79—298 |
| Paul Casey | 79-69-75-76—299 |
| Bob Burns | 72-76-70-82—300 |
| Rory Sabbatini | 71-75-75-81—302 |
| K.J. Choi | 74-74-80-76—304 |
| Michael Campbell | 74-71-80-79—304 |
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