Dates | August 9–12, 2007 |
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Location | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Course(s) | Southern Hills Country Club |
Organized by | PGA of America |
Tour(s) |
PGA Tour PGA European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
Par | 70 |
Length | 7,131 yards (6,521 m) |
Field | 156 players, 72 after cut |
Cut | 145 (+5) |
Prize fund |
$7,000,000 €5,007,922 |
Winner's share | $1,260,000 €914,040 |
Tiger Woods | |
272 (−8) | |
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The 2007 PGA Championship was the 89th PGA Championship, played August 9–12 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Defending champion Tiger Woods won his fourth PGA Championship and 13th major title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Woody Austin.
Similar to the upgrades it received prior to the 2001 U.S. Open, Southern Hills underwent extensive renovations to prepare for the 2007 PGA Championship, including new greens and renovated bunkers, as well as an upgrade to the clubhouse. A major heatwave gripping the United States impacted playing conditions significantly. The high temperature for the four days of the tournament reached 101, 99, 99, and 102. Joking about the heat after hooking one of his drives into the trees, Colin Montgomerie said "at least it's in the shade".
It was the seventh major championship and fourth PGA Championship at Southern Hills; the three previous winners were (1970), Raymond Floyd (1982) and Nick Price (1994). The U.S. Open winners were Tommy Bolt (1958), Hubert Green (1977), and Retief Goosen (2001).
Lengths of the course in previous major championships: