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2006 PGA Championship

2006 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 17–20, 2006
LocationMedinah, Illinois
Course(s)Medinah Country Club
No. 3 Course
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,561 yards (6,914 m)
Field156 players, 70 after cut[1]
Cut144 (E)
Prize fund$6,800,000
Winner's share$1,224,000
Champion
United States Tiger Woods
270 (−18)
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The 2006 PGA Championship was the 88th PGA Championship, played August 17–20 at Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois, a suburb northwest of Chicago.[2] Tiger Woods won his third PGA Championship and twelfth major title, five shots ahead of runner-up Shaun Micheel, the 2003 champion. It was consecutive major wins for Woods, after taking The Open Championship at Hoylake four weeks earlier.

The No. 3 Course was the longest to date in major championship history. Medinah previously hosted the tournament in 1999, when Woods captured his first PGA Championship. The purse was $6.8 million with a winner's share of $1.224 million.

This was the last appearance for two-time winner Nick Price.

  1. ^ "Tournament Info for: 2006 PGA Championship". PGA of America. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  2. ^ "2006 PGA Championship Official Site". Archived from the original on 2007-01-04. Retrieved 2007-07-27.