2008 PGA Championship Winner and Scores
The 2008 PGA Championship was the 90th time the tournament was played. Padraig Harrington's come-from-behind win made him the first European to claim this major since the 1930s.
Winner: Padraig Harrington, 277
Where it was played: Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Tournament dates: August 7-10, 2008
Leader after first round: Robert Karlsson and Jeev Milkha Singh, 68
Leader after second round: J.B. Holmes, 139
Leader after third round: Ben Curtis, 208
What Happened at the 2008 PGA Championship
Just a month after he won his second consecutive British Open title, Padraig Harrington racked up another major at the 2008 PGA Championship. It was the third major victory of his career, and Harrington also became the first European-born golfer since Tommy Armour in 1930 to win this tournament. His victory here also made Harrington the first Irishman to win the PGA Championship, and the first European golfer to win the British Open and PGA Championship in the same year.Harrington opened with rounds of 71 and 74, which easily made the cut but wasn't scaring the leaders. But in the third round Harrington shot 66, and that moved him into a tie for fourth place. At that point he was three strokes behind leader Ben Curtis.
In the final round, Harrington shot another 66 to finish at 3-under 277, two strokes ahead of the runners-up, Curtis and Sergio Garcia. Curtis, winner of the 2003 British Open, lost his chance at the trophy with bogeys on two of the final four holes. Garcia, who lost a playoff to Harrington in the 2007 British Open, bogeyed two of the last three holes. Harrington finished with a birdie on the 17th hole and a 15-foot par putt on the final hole.
The defending champion, Tiger Woods, did not play, after underdoing knee surgery a couple months earlier. That cost Woods, the 2006 and 2007 PGA champion, the chance at a three-peat.
2008 PGA Championship Final Scores
| Padraig Harrington | 71-74-66-66—277 |
| Sergio Garcia | 69-73-69-68—279 |
| Ben Curtis | 73-67-68-71—279 |
| Henrik Stenson | 71-70-68-72—281 |
| Camilo Villegas | 74-72-67-68—281 |
| Steve Flesch | 73-70-70-69—282 |
| Andres Romero | 69-78-65-72—284 |
| Phil Mickelson | 70-73-71-70—284 |
| Justin Rose | 73-67-74-71—285 |
| Alastair Forsyth | 73-72-70-70—285 |
| Charlie Wi | 70-70-71-74—285 |
| Jeev Singh | 68-74-70-73—285 |
| Ken Duke | 69-73-73-71—286 |
| Aaron Baddeley | 71-71-71-73—286 |
| Stuart Appleby | 76-70-69-72—287 |
| Paul Casey | 72-74-72-69—287 |
| Prayad Marksaeng | 76-70-68-73—287 |
| David Toms | 72-69-72-74—287 |
| Graeme McDowell | 74-72-68-73—287 |
| Brian Gay | 70-74-72-72—288 |
| Robert Karlsson | 68-77-71-72—288 |
| Boo Weekley | 72-71-79-66—288 |
| Angel Cabrera | 70-72-72-74—288 |
| Mark Brown | 77-69-74-69—289 |
| Nicholas Thompson | 71-72-73-73—289 |
| Brandt Snedeker | 71-71-74-73—289 |
| Fredrik Jacobson | 75-71-70-73—289 |
| Retief Goosen | 72-74-69-74—289 |
| Jim Furyk | 71-77-70-72—290 |
| J.B. Holmes | 71-68-70-81—290 |
| Paul Goydos | 74-69-73-75—291 |
| Ian Poulter | 74-71-73-73—291 |
| Geoff Ogilvy | 73-74-74-70—291 |
| Sean O'Hair | 69-73-76-73—291 |
| Ernie Els | 71-75-70-75—291 |
| D.J. Trahan | 72-71-76-72—291 |
| Chris DiMarco | 75-72-72-72—291 |
| Robert Allenby | 76-72-72-71—291 |
| Steve Elkington | 71-73-73-75—292 |
| Steve Stricker | 71-75-77-69—292 |
| Rory Sabbatini | 72-73-73-74—292 |
| Michael Campbell | 73-71-75-74—293 |
| John Senden | 76-72-72-73—293 |
| Tom Lehman | 74-70-75-74—293 |
| Mike Weir | 73-75-71-74—293 |
| Briny Baird | 71-72-73-77—293 |
| Michael Allen | 70-75-71-78—294 |
| Dean Wilson | 73-73-77-71—294 |
| Billy Mayfair | 69-78-75-72—294 |
| Carl Pettersson | 71-74-76-73—294 |
| Charles Howell III | 72-76-77-69—294 |
| Peter Hanson | 71-73-75-76—295 |
| John Merrick | 73-75-70-77—295 |
| Charl Schwartzel | 77-70-73-75—295 |
| Tim Clark | 76-72-73-75—296 |
| Anthony Kim | 70-75-74-77—296 |
| James Kingston | 72-76-74-74—296 |
| Pat Perez | 73-73-79-72—297 |
| Justin Leonard | 74-71-72-80—297 |
| John Mallinger | 72-75-77-74—298 |
| Stephen Marino | 73-74-75-76—298 |
| Chez Reavie | 78-70-78-72—298 |
| Niclas Fasth | 73-73-75-78—299 |
| Corey Pavin | 75-73-73-78—299 |
| Kevin Sutherland | 76-71-77-75—299 |
| Paul Azinger | 72-76-76-75—299 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 71-76-76-76—299 |
| Peter Lonard | 74-74-74-78—300 |
| Hiroyuki Fujita | 77-70-76-77—300 |
| Bubba Watson | 75-73-77-76—301 |
| Richard Green | 71-77-79-76—303 |
| Rocco Mediate | 73-74-72-85—304 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 76-72-81-77—306 |
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