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PGA Championship: Third-round notebook
Play was suspended at 2:16 p.m. due to threatening conditions and was later called for the day after heavy thunderstorms. Play will resume on Sunday morning at 7:15 a.m. All players currently on the course will return to their spots and complete the third round. The final three pairings, which did not start play on Saturday, will play at the following times:
- 7:20 a.m. David Toms, Henrik Stenson
- 7:30 a.m. Ben Curtis, Justin Rose
- 7:40 a.m. J.B. Holmes, Charlie Wi
The third round is expected to be complete by 11:50 AM. At that point, players will be re-paired for the final round in threesomes, teeing off of Nos. 1 and 10. Final-round tee times will run between 12:20 p.m. and 2:20 p.m.
Of the 25 players who managed to complete their third rounds, 2008 Zurich Classic of New Orleans champion Andres Romero was the only one who managed to break par with a round of 5-under 65.
Romero's third-round 65 tied the Oakland Hills competitive course record, which is shared by eight other players: Tom Lehman (1996 U.S. Open
-- 3rd Round), Denis Watson (1985 U.S. Open
-- 2nd Round), Andy North (1985 U.S. Open
-- 2nd Round), Chen Tze-Chung (1985 U.S. Open
-- 1st Round), David Graham (1979 PGA Championship
-- 4th Round), Alan Tapie (1979 PGA Championship
-- 2nd Round) and George Archer (1964 Carling World Open
-- 1st Round).
At the time of suspension, Camilo Villegas had just bogeyed the par-4 14th to move from 5-under to 4-under on his round. Villegas began his round tied for 35th and had moved up into a tie for eighth when play was called for the day.
Through the first three major championships of 2008, the winners have been from three different countries. If an American-born player does not win the PGA Championship, it will mark the first time since 1994 that at least two of the four major championships have not been won by American players (1994: Jose Maria Olazabal
-- The Masters; Ernie Els
-- U.S. Open; Nick Price
-- British Open, PGA Championship).
Phil Mickelson has only one top-10 finish in his last nine starts in major championships (tied for fifth at 2008 Masters Tournament). This is his longest stretch of major championships played without at least two top 10s since he turned professional in 1992.
The winner of the PGA Championship has come out of the last pairing in the final round each of the last 12 years. Steve Elkington (1995) was the last PGA Championship winner not to play in the final group on Sunday, as he was tied for fifth entering the final round. In 2008, all three major championship winners have played in the final pairing
-- here's a look at the 2008 majors and where the eventual winner stood through 54 holes.
| 54-hole leaders in 2008 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament | 54-hole leader | Winner | Winner's position through 54 holes |
| Masters | Trevor Immelman | Trevor Immelman | 1st (2 ahead of Snedeker) |
| U.S. Open | Tiger Woods | Tiger Woods | 1st (1 ahead of Westwood) |
| British Open | Greg Norman | Padraig Harrington | 2nd (2 behind Norman) |
Ernie Els, with career PGA Championship earnings of $1,366,815, has the most winnings at this event of any player yet to have captured the title. He has now made the cut 13 times in 16 starts at the PGA Championship and has four top 10s and eight top 25s to his name. He finished in the top five in three of the last four years, including a solo-third finish in 2007.
| 54-Hole Leaders to win the PGA Championship (since 1958) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Player | 54-Hole Standing | Winning Margin |
| 2007 | Tiger Woods | 3 over Ames | Won by 2 over Austin |
| 2006 | Tiger Woods | Tied w/ Donald | Won by 5 over Micheel |
| 2005 | Phil Mickelson | Tied w/ Love III | Won by 1 over Elkington, Bjorn |
| 2004 | Vijay Singh | 1 over Leonard | Won in playoff over Leonard,DiMarco |
| 2003 | Shaun Micheel | Tied w/ Campbell | Won by 2 over Campbell |
| 2001 | David Toms | 2 over Mickelson | Won by 1 over Mickelson |
| 2000 | Tiger Woods | 1 over Dunlap, May | Won in playoff over May |
| 1999 | Tiger Woods | Tied w/ Weir | Won by 1 over Garcia |
| 1998 | Vijay Singh | Tied w/ Stricker | Won by 2 over Stricker |
| 1997 | Davis Love III | Tied w/ Leonard | Won by 5 over Leonard |
| 1994 | Nick Price | 3 over Haas | Won by 6 over Pavin |
| 1991 | John Daly | 3 over Knox, Stadler | Won by 3 over Lietzke |
| 1990 | Wayne Grady | 2 over Couples, Stewart | Won by 3 over Couples |
| 1985 | Hubert Green | 3 over Trevino | Won by 2 over Trevino |
| 1984 | Lee Trevino | 1 over Wadkins | Won by 4 over Player, Wadkins |
| 1983 | Hal Sutton | 2 over Crenshaw | Won by 1 over Nicklaus |
| 1982 | Raymond Floyd | 5 over Haas, Norman | Won by 3 over Wadkins |
| 1981 | Larry Nelson | 4 over Zoeller | Won by 4 over Zoeller |
| 1980 | Jack Nicklaus | 3 over Hinkle | Won by 7 over Bean |
| 1975 | Jack Nicklaus | 4 over Crampton | Won by 2 over Crampton |
| 1974 | Lee Trevino | 1 over Nicklaus, Cole | Won by 1 over Nicklaus |
| 1973 | Jack Nicklaus | 1 over Rudolph, Iverson | Won by 4 over Crampton |
| 1972 | Gary Player | 1 over Casper | Won by 2 over Aaron, Jamieson |
| 1970 | Dave Stockton | 3 over Floyd | Won by 2 over Murphy, Palmer |
| 1969 | Raymond Floyd | 5 over Player, Greene, Henry | Won by 1 over Player |
| 1966 | Al Geiberger | 4 over Wysong | Won by 4 over Wysong |
| 1965 | Dave Marr | Tied w/ Aaron | Won by 2 over Casper, Nicklaus |
| 1964 | Bobby Nichols | 1 over Palmer | Won by 3 over Nicklaus, Palmer |
| 1962 | Gary Player | 2 over Bayer, McCallister | Won by 1 over Goalby |








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