2012 PGA Championship: Rory the Winner
Winner: Rory McIlroy, 275
Where it was played: Kiawah Island Resort (The Ocean Course), Kiawah Island, South Carolina
Tournament dates: August 9-12, 2012
Leader after first round: Carl Pettersson, 66
Leader after second round: Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh and Carl Pettersson, 140
Leader after third round: Rory McIlroy, 209
Notable Notes: Rory McIlroy won his second major championship at this tournament, and just like at his first — the 2011 U.S. Open — McIlroy won by eight strokes.
McIlroy was two strokes behind at the midway mark, but by the end of the third round held a 3-stroke lead. But a final-round 66 pushed him well out front of the field. The 8-stroke margin of victory was a new PGA Championship tournament record.
Final Scores
| Rory McIlroy | 67-75-67-66—275 |
| David Lynn | 73-74-68-68—283 |
| Keegan Bradley | 68-77-71-68—284 |
| Justin Rose | 69-79-70-66—284 |
| Ian Poulter | 70-71-74-69—284 |
| Carl Pettersson | 66-74-72-72—284 |
| Blake Adams | 71-72-75-67—285 |
| Jamie Donaldson | 69-73-73-70—285 |
| Peter Hanson | 69-75-70-71—285 |
| Steve Stricker | 74-73-67-71—285 |
| Tiger Woods | 69-71-74-72—286 |
| Geoff Ogilvy | 68-78-70-70—286 |
| Ben Curtis | 69-77-73-67—286 |
| Bubba Watson | 73-75-70-68—286 |
| Tim Clark | 71-73-73-69—286 |
| Graeme McDowell | 68-76-71-71—286 |
| Adam Scott | 68-75-70-73—286 |
| Bo Van Pelt | 73-73-67-74—287 |
| Padraig Harrington | 70-76-69-72—287 |
| John Daly | 68-77-73-69—287 |
| Jimmy Walker | 73-75-67-73—288 |
| Robert Garrigus | 74-73-74-67—288 |
| Seung-Yul Noh | 74-75-74-65—288 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 70-79-70-69—288 |
| Joost Luiten | 68-76-75-69—288 |
| Pat Perez | 69-76-71-72—288 |
| Marc Leishman | 74-72-71-72—289 |
| Jason Dufner | 74-76-68-71—289 |
| Thorbjorn Olesen | 75-74-71-69—289 |
| Miguel Angel Jimenez | 69-77-72-71—289 |
| Trevor Immelman | 71-72-70-76—289 |
| Greg Chalmers | 70-76-72-72—290 |
| John Senden | 73-74-72-71—290 |
| Bill Haas | 75-73-69-73—290 |
| Luke Donald | 74-76-74-66—290 |
| Rich Beem | 72-76-72-71—291 |
| Y.E. Yang | 73-74-74-70—291 |
| Marcel Siem | 72-73-71-75—291 |
| Phil Mickelson | 73-71-73-74—291 |
| Fredrik Jacobson | 71-75-73-72—291 |
| Vijay Singh | 71-69-74-77—291 |
| Jim Furyk | 72-77-70-73—292 |
| J.J. Henry | 72-77-70-73—292 |
| Aaron Baddeley | 68-75-74-75—292 |
| Gary Woodland | 67-79-75-71—292 |
| David Toms | 72-78-72-70—292 |
| Martin Laird | 71-74-79-68—292 |
| Paul Lawrie | 73-75-71-74—293 |
| Ernie Els | 72-75-73-73—293 |
| Dustin Johnson | 71-79-72-71—293 |
| Thomas Bjorn | 70-79-74-70—293 |
| Retief Goosen | 73-75-75-70—293 |
| Scott Piercy | 68-78-79-69—294 |
| Francesco Molinari | 70-75-74-75—294 |
| Sang-Moon Bae | 72-78-71-73—294 |
| Darren Clarke | 73-76-72-73—294 |
| Brendon de Jonge | 71-78-72-73—294 |
| K.J. Choi | 69-77-75-73—294 |
| Charl Schwartzel | 70-77-74-74—295 |
| Ryo Ishikawa | 69-77-79-70—295 |
| Kyung-Tae Kim | 69-77-77-73—296 |
| Ken Duke | 71-78-74-74—297 |
| Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | 67-78-75-77—297 |
| Chez Reavie | 74-76-73-74—297 |
| George McNeill | 71-76-80-70—297 |
| Alexander Noren | 67-80-73-78—298 |
| Marcus Fraser | 74-75-78-71—298 |
| John Huh | 72-78-79-70—299 |
| Toru Taniguchi | 72-76-78-73—299 |
| Zach Johnson | 72-73-76-79—300 |
| Matt Every | 72-76-74-82—304 |
| Cameron Tringale | 69-78-77-82—306 |
