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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8/15/04 -- Chris DiMarco and Chris Riley faced knee-knocking pressure in the last round of the PGA Championship. And what did they get for their efforts? More of the same.
8/15/04 -- Vijay Singh didn’t make a birdie in his final-round 76 at Whistling Straits, but he made one in a playoff and it was good enough to capture the 86th PGA Championship.
8/14/04 -- Tiger Woods was desperate to make birdies and catch up to the leaders, but he was running out of holes. And it was only Saturday.
8/14/04 -- Pursuing his second major victory of the season at the PGA Championship, the Masters champ moved into a five-way tie for third place Saturday with a 5-under 67.
8/14/04 -- The heartbreak might have begun a day early for Ernie Els. The runner-up at the Masters and the British Open, and in the final group at the U.S. Open before a closing-round meltdown, Els made the turn Saturday tied for the lead in the third round of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
8/14/04 -- The galleries came to the double dogleg fifth hole at the PGA Championship hoping to see Tiger Woods make a run at another major. Instead they got Briny Baird.
8/14/04 -- Scott Verplank stood at 5 under through four holes Friday when his luck -- and foot -- turned, leading to bogeys on four of the next six holes and a double bogey on 11 that left him with a 76.
8/14/04 -- Vijay Singh birdied four of his final 13 holes for a 3-under 69 and sole possession of the lead entering the final round of the 86th PGA Championship.
8/13/04 -- Phil Mickelson’s run up the leaderboard Friday ended on one hole -- the par-5 fifth hole called the ‘Snake.’
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8/13/04 -- Jerry Kelly walked off his final green Friday and started applauding the gallery, tapping his heart to show his Wisconsin fans how much their support meant to him.
8/13/04 -- Briny Baird looks at the big names on the leaderboard and wonders whether he has a chance to claim his first PGA Tour victory.