2010 PGA Championship Winner and Results
The 2010 PGA Championship was the tournament's 92nd edition. There was a controversial penalty late in the final round that directly affected the outcome. The winner emerged only after a playoff.
Winner: Martin Kaymer, 277
Where it was played: Whistling Straits, Kohler, Wisconsin
Tournament dates: August 12-15, 2010
Leader after first round: Matt Kuchar, 67
Leader after second round: Matt Kuchar, 136
Leader after third round: Nick Watney, 203
What Happened in the 2010 PGA Championship
Martin Kaymer beat Bubba Watson in a 3-hole, aggregate-score playoff, but it's the guy who was missing from the playoff for whom this major is often remembered.Watson posted 11-under first, then Kaymer tied him with a 15-foot par save on the 72nd hole. Meanwhile, Dustin Johnson birdied the 16th and 17th holes to take a one-stroke lead going to the final hole. Johnson bogeyed the 72nd hole, though, apparently falling into a tie with Watson and Kaymer. But as Johnson was walking off the 18th green, he was informed by rules officials of a penalty he incurred while playing the 18th hole.
Johnson hit his drive off the 18th tee into a sandy area and did not recognize that he was in a bunker. So when he grounded his club in that bunker, he committed a 2-stroke penalty. Many believed the design of Whistling Straits, with tiny pockets of sand everywhere, was unfair to Johnson in this instance. But players had been clearly informed before the tournament started that sandy areas were to be treated as bunkers. Regardless of the controversy, the end result was that it was a two-man playoff rather than a three-man playoff, the penalty dropping Johnson back to a tie for fifth place.
In the 3-hole playoff, Watson opened with a birdie to take a one-stroke lead, but Kaymer birdied the next hole to get the players back to even. On the third playoff hole, the par-4 18th hole, Kaymer bogeyed — but that was enough for the win after Watson hit an errant drive and then hit into water, making double bogey.
The playoff scores were 4-2-5—11 for Kaymer, 3-3-6—12 for Watson. The win was Kaymer's sixth on the PGA Tour. He later added another major championship title at the 2014 U.S. Open.
Nick Watney held a 3-stroke lead going into the final round, but blew up with an 81. Corey Pavin, 1995 U.S. Open winner, made his final start in any of the major championships here, missing the cut.
2010 PGA Championship Final Scores
| x-Martin Kaymer | 72-68-67-70—277 |
| Bubba Watson | 68-71-70-68—277 |
| Zach Johnson | 69-70-69-70—278 |
| Rory McIlroy | 71-68-67-72—278 |
| Jason Dufner | 73-66-69-71—279 |
| Steve Elkington | 71-70-67-71—279 |
| Dustin Johnson | 71-68-67-73—279 |
| Camilo Villegas | 71-71-70-68—280 |
| Wen-Chong Liang | 72-71-64-73—280 |
| Jason Day | 69-72-66-74—281 |
| Matt Kuchar | 67-69-73-72—281 |
| Simon Dyson | 71-71-68-72—282 |
| Paul Casey | 72-71-70-69—282 |
| Phil Mickelson | 73-69-73-67—282 |
| Bryce Molder | 72-67-70-73—282 |
| Robert Karlsson | 71-71-71-70—283 |
| D.A. Points | 70-72-70-71—283 |
| Stewart Cink | 77-68-66-73—284 |
| Ernie Els | 68-74-69-73—284 |
| Stephen Gallacher | 71-69-72-72—284 |
| Steve Stricker | 72-72-68-72—284 |
| Charl Schwartzel | 73-69-72-70—284 |
| Nick Watney | 69-68-66-81—284 |
| J.B. Holmes | 72-66-77-70—285 |
| Carl Pettersson | 71-70-71-73—285 |
| Simon Khan | 69-70-71-75—285 |
| Jim Furyk | 70-68-70-77—285 |
| David Horsey | 72-71-69-74—286 |
| Troy Matteson | 72-72-70-72—286 |
| Tiger Woods | 71-70-72-73—286 |
| Bo Van Pelt | 73-67-72-74—286 |
| Seung-yul Noh | 68-71-72-75—286 |
| Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | 70-73-73-71—287 |
| Ryan Palmer | 71-68-75-73—287 |
| Heath Slocum | 73-72-68-74—287 |
| Edoardo Molinari | 71-72-70-74—287 |
| David Toms | 74-71-67-75—287 |
| Francesco Molinari | 68-73-71-75—287 |
| Brian Davis | 71-72-69-76—288 |
| Adam Scott | 72-73-71-72—288 |
| Justin Leonard | 73-69-73-73—288 |
| K.J. Choi | 74-69-71-74—288 |
| Ben Crane | 73-68-73-74—288 |
| Tim Clark | 72-71-70-75—288 |
| Hunter Mahan | 74-71-68-75—288 |
| Vijay Singh | 73-66-73-76—288 |
| Brandt Snedeker | 75-70-67-76—288 |
| Kyung-Tae Kim | 70-72-71-76—289 |
| Darren Clarke | 74-70-72-73—289 |
| Martin Laird | 70-74-72-73—289 |
| Marc Leishman | 71-73-72-73—289 |
| Shaun Micheel | 73-69-76-71—289 |
| Charles Howell III | 69-74-72-74—289 |
| Brendon de Jonge | 74-66-74-75—289 |
| Tom Lehman | 74-70-73-73—290 |
| Davis Love III | 73-72-72-73—290 |
| Retief Goosen | 76-68-74-72—290 |
| Gregory Bourdy | 70-70-75-76—291 |
| Kevin Na | 74-71-71-75—291 |
| Rickie Fowler | 73-71-70-77—291 |
| Peter Hanson | 71-71-71-78—291 |
| Rhys Davies | 71-71-75-75—292 |
| Chad Campbell | 70-70-78-74—292 |
| Fredrik Andersson Hed | 74-71-74-73—292 |
| Ryan Moore | 69-76-72-76—293 |
| Brian Gay | 72-70-71-80—293 |
| D.J. Trahan | 72-73-74-75—294 |
| Stuart Appleby | 72-73-73-77—295 |
| Rob Labritz | 73-71-74-77—295 |
| Ross McGowan | 73-72-71-81—297 |
| Jeff Overton | 74-71-74-79—298 |
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