Live Report -- Sunday

Our on-site writers are filing timely reports throughout the final round of the 92nd PGA Championship. Check back often during the day for more news from Whistling Straits.

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8:12 p.m. - Kaymer wins

Martin Kaymer has won the PGA Championship, making a bogey on the par-4 18th to defeat Bubba Watson by one stroke.

The final playoff hole saw Watson hit his second shot in the water and his fourth shot in a bunker before hitting the pin with his fifth.

"I made a bad swing. You can't get mad at bad swings," Watson told CBS-TV.

7:50 p.m. -- Kaymer battles back

After making birdie with a great 15-foot putt on the par-3 17th, Martin Kaymer has evened his three-hole playoff with Bubba Watson. Watson hit his tee shot to about 45 feet and made par from there.

Now the playoff moves to No. 18. If the pair are tied after this hole, they'll play No. 18 over and over until a champion is crowned.

7:42 p.m. -- Johnson reacts to elimination

While Bubba Watson and Martin Kaymer were playing the first hole of the aggregate playoff, Dustin Johnson was in the locker room. He spoke with David Feherty of CBS-TV.
    
"I don't know if I can describe the feeling," Johnson said. "It never once crossed my mind that I was in a sand trap. The only worse thing that could have happened would have been if I had made that putt." -- Helen Ross

7:40 p.m. -- Watson takes the early edge

Bubba Watson has taken the early advantage in his playoff with Martin Kaymer, making birdie on the par-3 10th to Kaymer's par.

On to the 17th.

7:23 p.m. -- Johnson penalized, eliminated from playoff

Dustin Johnson has just received a two-stroke penalty for grounding his club a bunker on the bank on the right side of the fairway at the 18th hole. Martin Kaymer and Bubba Watson will be in the playoff. Johnson fell all the way to fifth.

7:18 p.m. -- Controversy reigns

Wait. There may be an issue with Dustin Johnson's shot out of the sand to the right of the fairway at the 18th. Was it a bunker? And if so, did he ground his club? A PGA of America official spoke with Johnson after he putted out at the 18th green but no ruling has been made yet.

7:08 p.m. -- Playoff coming

Dustin Johnson, hitting from hard-packed sand, missed the green left and his ball settled down in the rough. He had an uphill lie, though, and he hit a great lob shot to 6 feet.  But Johnson's putt tailed off right and we have a three-man playoff.

6:52 p.m. -- Johnson takes command - maybe

Dustin Johnson may have closed the deal. He just poured in the 12-footer at the 17th hole -- following it with a modest fist-pump -- to take the lead.

All he needs to do is par the 18th and the 26-year-old will have won the Wanamaker Trophy. However, his drive on 18 ended up in the gallery on the deep right.

Martin Kaymer kept his hopes alive, too. He chipped to 12 feet on the 18th hole and made the putt to join Bubba Watson in the clubhouse at 11 under. It all depends on how Johnson plays the 72nd hole. -- Helen Ross

6:45 p.m. -- Time is running out

Rory McIlroy had a 20-footer at the 17th hole that stubbornly refused to fall. So now he has one hole left to join the party.

Martin Kaymer, who is tied with Bubba Watson and Dustin Johnson, has just put his approach into the rough on the bank short and just left of the green at the 18th hole. Johnson's tee shot at the 17th hole found the putting surface and kept rolling, leaving him about 12 feet for the go-ahead birdie.

While all this is going on, Bubba Watson has headed to the range to warm up in case of a playoff. -- Helen Ross

6:37 p.m. -- Missed chances for some

Rory McIlroy missed a golden opportunity at the 16th hole when his 15-footer for birdie slid several feet by the hole. He'll head to the 17th at 10 under and trailing Bubba Watson and Martin Kaymer by one.

Kaymer, the 25-year-old German has just made par at the penultimate hole, so he has one more chance to break the tie with Watson. McIlroy has two.

In the final group of the day, Dustin Johnson hit his second shot at the par 5 into the rough but recovered nicely, hitting his chip to 2 feet for the tying birdie. He'll have two holes left as he tries to win his first major.

Steve Elkington isn't going to have a chance to become the second-oldest major champion, though. He reached the green at the 18th hole but had a 40-footer over a ridge to tie and he left it about 15 feet short. -- Helen Ross 

6:25 p.m. -- Watson the clubhouse leader

Bubba Watson has just parred the difficult 18th hole to post 11 under. He's tied with Martin Kaymer, who has two holes remaining, but Steve Elkington has dropped a shot at the 17th after airmailing the green and eventually missing a 30-footer for par.   

As Watson was in the scorer's trailer, Kaymer favored the right side at the 17th that had claimed so many victims and made the green. -- Helen Ross 

6:18 p.m. -- Three to get ready

And then there were three. Rory McIlroy missed a 5-footer to save par at the 15th hole and dropped out of a tie for the lead. Minutes earlier, Steve Elkington couldn't convert his eagle putt but he tapped in for birdie to join Martin Kaymer and Bubba Watson atop the leaderboard.

If Elkington, who beat Colin Montgomerie in a playoff to win the 1995 PGA, wins he would be the second oldest to ever win a major. But he just hit his tee shot at the par-3 17th over the green. The ball went down a steep bank and landed in the rough above the bunker. Not a fun place to be. -- Helen Ross

6:10 p.m. -- We've seen this before

Interesting sidelight in the final group. Nick Watney took a three-stroke lead into the final round, just as his playing partner, Dustin Johnson had done at the U.S. Open. Johnson ended up shooting an 82 and tying for eighth.

Watney, undone by a double bogey at the first hole and a triple at No. 7, is now 10 over through 14 holes. -- Helen Ross

6:05 p.m. -- The plot thickens

Bubba Watson turned what could have been a big number into a mere bogey at the 17th hole. He missed the green on the intimidating par 3 and the ball settled on a ledge in the rough just below the pilings. He was able to chip on to the back fringe and had a 30-footer to save par. He missed, but tapped in for bogey.

At roughly the same time, though, Martin Kaymer was in the process of missing an 6-footer to save par at the 15th hole. So he and Watson are still tied at 11 under, along with Rory McIlroy.

And Steve Elkington, who is one stroke behind, has a 15-footer for eagle at the 16th hole which would give him sole possession of the lead. -- Helen Ross

5:40 p.m. -- Bubba gets to a tie

A massive, 351-yard drive and a well-played iron at the par-5 16th hole left Bubba Watson with a 30-footer for eagle. The ball stopped inches from the hole but he tapped in for the birdie that put him in a tie for the lead with Martin Kaymer at 12 under. Stay tuned. -- Helen Ross

5:30 p.m. -- Watson inching closer

Birdies on his last two holes had propelled Bubba Watson within a shot of Martin Kaymer's lead at 12 under.

 

The big-hitting Watson has played extremely well of late -- picking up his first PGA TOUR win at the Travelers Championship, shooting a 64 to lead after the first round of last week's World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational and opening with a 68 that left him one behind Matt Kuchar on Thursday at the PGA.

Watson started the final round six strokes behind Nick Watney but has made an eagle, three birdies and just one bogey to vault up the leaderboard. -- Helen Ross

To follow Watson's scorecard, click here.

4:55 p.m. -- Kaymer's steady journey to the top

While everyone around him has had nearly every struggle in the book, Martin Kaymer has found his way to the top of the leaderboard through consistency.

Kaymer is 3 under for the round through 10 holes with three birdies and no bogeys. -- Mark Spoor

4:40 p.m. -- Veterans taking over at Whistling Straits

The veterans are surging to the top of the leaderboard right now at Whistling Straights. Steve Elkington, who won the 1995 PGA Championship, and Zach Johnson, the 2007 Masters winner, both birdied the 10th hole to move within a shot of Martin Kaymer's 11-under lead.

The 47-year-old Elkington is bidding to become the second oldest winner of the PGA Championship. Julius Boros was 48 years, 4 months and 18 days old when he won the PGA in 1968.

It would also be Elkington's first win in 11 years. His last came at the 1999 Doral-Ryder Open. -- Helen Ross

4:26 p.m. -- Tough dip in the water for Watney

Watching Nick Watney's ball veer right into Lake Michigan on the par-3 seventh hole on the way to a disastrous triple bogey, it occurred to us to wonder -- just how big is Lake Michigan? Every time the TV cameras pan toward the water, it looks like an ocean because there is nothing on the horizon but crystal clear water. And with good reason -- the lake is, on average, 60 miles wide. -- Helen Ross  

4:18 p.m. -- Small improvements for Tiger

Tiger Woods comeback appears to still be a work in progress -- but at least he finished under par for four rounds at the 92nd PGA Championship.

 

 

Woods' 73 on Sunday, which included four birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey, was his highest score as he finished 2 under for the tournament. A week ago he had turned in the worst performance of his career in shooting 18 over at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational.

Woods didn't hit a single fairway on the back nine Sunday and only three for the day. He hit 21 of 56 for the week, one fewer than he did in Akron.

The world No. 1 did improve in greens in regulation over last week, though. He hit 10 of 18 on Sunday and 42 of 72 for he week after finding just 35 in four rounds at Firestone. His putting was better, though. Woods took 110 putts, eight fewer than a week ago. -- Helen Ross

3:45 p.m. -- Solid finish for Phil

Phil Mickelson, who caused a stir early in the week when he revealed he was battling psoriatic arthritis, just finished off his best round of the tournament.

 

 

The 67 moved Mickelson to 6 under and should send him off with some momentum as he prepares for the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup. But Lefty will certainly lament the 73s in the first and third rounds that kept him from contending -- and having a shot at the No. 1 spot in the world.

Sunday's 67 was his lowest at the PGA since he shot 65 in the second round when he won at Baltusrol in 2005. In fact, until he did it twice this week, Mickelson had not broken par at the PGA since the fourth round in 2007. -- Helen Ross

3:30 p.m. -- Another shuffle at the top

Looks like you're going to need to stay glued to the TV set or your computer to keep up with all the action during the final round of the PGA Championship.

Martin Kaymer has just replaced Dustin Johnson in a tie with Nick Watney at the top of the leaderboard. Johnson and Jason Day at both 10 under, one stroke off the pace.

There are four players at 9 under and another three at 8 under, including former major champions Jim Furyk, Steve Elkington and Zach Johnson.

In case you were wondering, if there is a playoff, it will be three holes and the low aggregate score wins. If there is a tie at that point, it goes to sudden death.

The three playoff holes are Nos. 10, 17 and 18. If it goes to sudden death, the participants will just keep playing No. 18. -- Helen Ross

2:55 p.m. -- Momentum shift early

It didn't take long for there to be a major change on the leaderboard of the 92nd PGA Championship. 

 

Dustin Johnson, who saw his three-shot lead at the U.S. Open evaporate by the time he was done with the second hole in the final round, is now tied for the lead at Whistling Straits. Here's how it happened.

Nick Watney dumped his second shot in a short greenside bunker. The ball was below his feet and he had to stand outside the bunker to hit it. Watney's third shot went left into rough, he chipped on with his fourth and then missed the 12-footer for bogey.

After Watney made the double bogey, Johnson made a 5-footer for birdie to pull into a tie with Watney at 11 under.

There are a lot of others in the mix now, too. Jason Day and Martin Kaymer, who are playing together, both made birdies at No. 2 to move to 10 under. Rory McIlroy is also where he started the round, 10 under through his first two holes. -- Helen Ross

2:50 p.m. -- Harmon's students doing well

Butch Harmon must be bursting with pride right about now.

His marquee student, Phil Mickelson, is putting together one of the day's best rounds -- although the world No. 2 is going to have to work hard to get into the top 10.

Not to mention, Harmon works with both players in the final group -- Nick Watney, who started Sunday with a three-shot lead, and Dustin Johnson.

The two 20-somethings are looking to win their first major championships. -- Helen Ross

2:14 p.m. -- Too little, too late?

Phil Mickelson has just made consecutive birdies at Nos. 12, 13 and 14 to move to 7 under for the tournament. It's likely a case of too little, too late for Lefty, who had a mathematical chance to take over the No. 1 spot in the world with a fourth-place finish or better at Whistling Straits.

 

If Phil were to go on to finish solo fourth -- and he'd need to extend this current birdie run to have a chance -- Woods would need to finish outside the top 46. Woods is currently 1 over for the day and 2 under for the tournament after a bogey-double bogey stretch as he made the turn. He stands tied for 36th. -- Helen Ross

To see Mickelson's scorecard, click here.

2:00 p.m. -- Beware the Swedish Redneck

Carl Pettersson showed us he could go low four weeks ago when he shot a third-round 60 on the way to winning the RBC Canadian Open.

 

 

The self-proclaimed "Swedish redneck" is off to another good start Sunday in the final round of he PGA Championship, too -- making birdie on his first three holes to move to 7 under. He putted from off the green at the fourth hole and hit the pin but the ball went inches by for his par.

Pettersson will be heading "home" next week to play in the Wyndham Championship. He attended high school in Greensboro, N.C., where the tournament has been played since 1938, and then went to N.C. State in Raleigh, not far from his current home in Cary.

Pettersson's first PGA TOUR victory came in Greensboro in 2008, the year the tournament returned to Sedgefield County Club, which had been its home for most of the event's first 36 years. He shot 21 under that week and appears to be in the same form right now. -- Helen Ross

To see Pettersson's scorecard, click here.

1:22 p.m. --Tiger on the roller coaster

Tiger Woods has played seven holes -- and he's only had one par. Each time time he's made a bogey, though, the world No. 1 has bounced back with a birdie.

 

Woods just rolled in a 20-footer at the par-3 seventh -- his fourth of the round against two bogeys. One of those birdies came at the par-5 second and marked his only birdie in eight tries this week on the two front nine par 5s. -- Helen Ross

To follow Tiger's scorecard, click here.

12:35 p.m. -- Tiger, Phil impressing early

It's unusual for Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson to be among the early starters at a major championship, but that's the case Sunday at Whistling Straights.

They've got plenty of fans in their respective galleries, though, and the top two players in the world aren't disappointing.

Woods, wearing a red and black shirt, birdied his first two holes. The second, at the par 5, came after a brilliant recovery -- from, you guessed it, another drive in the rough -- left him just on the front edge where he two-putted.

His appearance on the leaderboard was short-lived, though. Woods hit over the green at the par-3 third and then chipped about 15 feet by before missing the putt. Woods is back to 4 under for the tournament.

Mickelson just missed a 4-footer for birdie at the sixth hole but he left it the same distance at the par 3 seventh and made the putt. Like Woods, Lefty birdied the second, but he gave that back immediately with a bogey at the third. He did manage to chip in for eagle from behind the green at the fifth, though. 

Mickelson is also 4 under, but he is through seven holes. -- Helen Ross

12:30 p.m. -- Overton sets unusual record

Jeff Overton pumped his fist in celebration upon learning he had set a PGA Championship record Sunday.

It was about the clock, not the scorecard.

 

Playing alone in the first group off at Whistling Straits because Ian Poulter withdrew, Overton went around 18 holes at Whistling Straits in 2 hours, 8 minutes. He made a clutch 7-foot par on the final hole to shoot 79.

Only later did Overton learn he had broken the previous mark by one minute set by Phil Blackmar at Crooked Stick in 1991.

PGA.com contributor Andy Landenberger, asked this week to get as close to the action as possible as one of our on-course Tweeters, took it one step further by serving as the official walking scorer for Overton. Actually, we should call it a running scorer.

Landenberger knew it was going to be a quick round, but never thought he'd be part of a championship record. "He would tee off, then run. Whistling Straits is not really conducive to even walking fast, so that was quite a challenge. I remember saying to the standard bearer, 'Hey, I guess we need to keep up,' and we'd both take off. We're both young, in pretty good shape. But he'd still leave us in the dust.

"His poor caddie Tim was hoofing it as fast as he could, but Jeff was just raring to go. There were some holes where the few fans out there thought he was caddieing for himself because we were all so far back."

The record is not official. But the information came from Kerry Haigh, the championship director for the PGA of America. So somebody is keeping track of this stuff, even if Overton wasn't. -- Staff and wire reports

12:05 p.m. -- Great, but challenging weather for final round

A second straight day of gorgeous weather has settled over Whistling Straits for the final round of the 92nd PGA Championship.

As brilliant as the sunny skies are, though, the weather -- specifically, those stiff breezes -- is sure to impact play.

The wind will flow in from the west and blow at 15-25 mph with occasionally higher gusts.

The final round of a major is enough of a challenge without Mother Nature checking in, so it will be interesting to see how the leaders handle things. -- Helen Ross

10:17 a.m. -- Poulter withdraws

Due to illness, Ian Poulter withdrew from the 92nd PGA Championship prior to the start of Sunday's final round.

After posting even-par 72s in each of the first two rounds, Poulter struggled through a five-over 77 on Saturday. -- Mark Spoor