Here’s a look at the players who are competing in the season’s second major of the season and how they qualified for Aronimink Golf Club.
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8/8/05 -- Tiger Woods played, practiced and then left around lunchtime. Ten minutes after his departure, Vijay Singh arrived to do the same.
8/7/05 -- Zach Johnson was just one of several players milling about Baltusrol Golf Club Sunday -- the Sunday before the start of the 87th PGA Championship.
8/6/05 -- His birdie on the final hole was meaningless, and Tiger Woods knew it.
8/6/05 -- The PGA Championship is the last tournament to make the Presidents Cup, which is based on PGA Tour earnings the last two years for Americans.
7/22/05 -- Over the last 17 years, 13 players have made the PGA Championship their maiden major. That list includes Vijay Singh.
6/28/05 -- After a practice round at Baltusrol, defending champion Vijay Singh is convinced the longer hitters are going to have an advantage
6/17/05 -- Andy Bush doesn’t need to watch Tiger Woods and rest of golf’s finest play in the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 to remind him that Baltusrol’s time is coming.
8/16/04 -- Final scores and earnings from Vijay Singh’s victory at the PGA Championship in Kohler, Wis.
8/15/04 -- The world hasn’t seen the last of Whistling Straits, the gem of a golf course that debuted to magnificent reviews during the PGA Championship.
8/15/04 -- Tiger Woods came up empty in a major again, but he’s still the No. 1 ranked player in the world.
8/15/04 -- Justin Leonard thought the Wanamaker Trophy had his name on it when he hit a 5-iron and watched the ball sail over Seven Mile Creek guarding the front of the 18th green.
By MERCER BAGGS
8/15/04 -- Years from now well remember the man who won more so than the manner in which he accomplished his feat.
8/15/04 -- Years from now well remember the man who won more so than the manner in which he accomplished his feat.