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 |