Tiger Woods' Thrilling Win Over Bob May | 2000 PGA Championship

A lively mix of steamboat tradition and modern high-tech name Home to the Kentucky Derby, the Louisville Slugger and Valhalla Golf Club, home to the first PGA Championship of the new century, the Professional Golfers Association of America presents the latest big tournament of the season The Last Store of Glory the Valhalla Golf Club PGA Championship in Louisville Kentucky the Louisville Slugger Tiger Triples in Valhalla hello everyone, I'm Jim Nantz and welcome to beautiful, windy Valhalla. This course was designed by five-time champion Jack Nicklaus and has seen the course from him like this. Quickly ranked among the best courses in the country for Nicklaus, at the age of 60, he is competing here and also completing an emotional farewell tour through the major

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s that have taken him this year from Augusta National to Pebble Beach and on st.

Andrews' attention at the 82nd PGA Championship is focused on Nicholas' heir apparent and defending great champion Tiger Woods. Woods, 24, number one in the world ranking by an unprecedented margin, is coming off dominating victories in the United States and British Opens that made him the youngest. To capture his career Grand Slam in both starts, he set scoring records to go along with his Masters record with the media's stock of superlatives drying up. Ken Tiger added the PGA record to his collection and became the first since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three Majors. In one year, he says he plays well at Nicklaus courses, 91 of the world's top 100 golfers are here, potential contenders who can block the Tigers' path.

American veterans and former PGA champions like Hal Sutton and Davis Love or Phil Mickelson, still thirsty for their first major. Leading a powerful international group, our Ernie Els, runner-up in the first three majors of the new millennium, Vijay Singh, the Masters champion and 1998 PGA winner, Colin Montgomerie, perennial winner of the European Order of Merit, and Lee Westwood, their current leader, Darren Clarke, who took down. against Woods in the final of the World Match Play Championship and the exciting young Spaniard Sergio García, who chased Woods home last year on the varied par fives of Medina Valhalla, which we will say in this

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, could well be reduced to the achievable par 5 of 542 yards. 18th as he did in 1996, when Mark Brooks birdied this hole at the end of regulation and then again about 20 minutes later in a playoff to defeat Kentucky native Kenny Perry, who will be the next champion to put his name on the historic Wanamaker trophy.

The first round was sunny and summery and the Louisville community came out in full force. Fans began arriving early, but were carried away by the inspiration of 9:13 a.m., listening to Nicholas Woods and singing along, distracted by the death of his mother the day before Nicholas was four over par against this . long par putt on number six, Tiger never before paired with Jack also started slowly and was par up to six, but was making a putt for Eagle on the par 5 seventh, doesn't get any closer than that, a routine birdie for Tiger, feel one. of those patent and good runs that come with a huge night iron, he set up this nice attempt at eight, Nicklaus hit a 6 iron and tricked a

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into turning his clubhead upside down so it looked like they hit the same club that Tiger. down the 418-yard ninth hole, a guided missile of a drive left the

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with a wedge approach and the gratifying result turned with the slope and led to a third consecutive birdie, a birdie on the par-5 10th, which became the fourth in a row. and after a par of 11, he raced into this birdie putt on the difficult 12th to sink to 5 under par in the round in which Woods was advancing.

Masters winner Singh was struggling to find his famous Kentucky bluegrass, which makes for a twisty, rugged terrain and there was a lot of here framing the Bauhaus fairways and greens. Singh failed to get up and down on the 16th, bogey would reduce him to +3 and he would finish with a 77, while a glass from lesser-knowns made an early impact in Edward Frey, a 29-year-old Englishman. living in Las Vegas on the course as a substitute using a small-bodied Englishman to coax this birdie at age 18, a bogey-free 69, put his name on the leaderboard, now you see Scott Dunlap, who has won almost everywhere in the world, except now on the PGA Tour.

Don't you see it, the 37-year-old bachelor is over his head and the deep bunker that runs along the accessible 18th is a good place to miss if you go for the green. Dunlap's blind sand shot went well enough to leave him short. The birdie putt round of 66 for Dunlap today was a lot of fun, I hadn't played in three weeks since the British and there were no really bad expectations in between, fighting a head cult didn't really do much, in the end we all managed just sit down. on the couch trying to recover, so I didn't really know what would happen today, but there's a lot of fun.

Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke also had a lot of fun on Thursday, especially on the par fives, he birdied the four, the husky. A guy who disdains the game's fitness craze emerged from that Popular Front bunker on the 18th and then kept putting for a round of 4-under 68. Jamie goes ahead on the first shot, if there is one, in any tournament, let alone Ibiza, which you know you want. To get off to a good start and you know, I'm certainly very pleased with six years old, a relaxed Davis Love, the third son of the late great PGA teaching professional, Davis Love junior, 3 under par at 13, his big swing looks good at 217 yards, 14, the perennial.

Ryder Cover smartly used a fellow competitor's ball for a carom shot that gave him a birdie kick to go below where he finished a year earlier. Tiger had used his famous tunnel vision to win the 1999 PGA Championship at the majestic Medinah Country Club. It all came down to a battle between 23-year-old Tiger Woods and his potential rival, Sergio Garcia. A fire. Garcia, 19, played dangerously from the exposed roots of a large tree that blocked his path to the 16th green. With youthful exuberance, he ran and scissor-kicked. Garcia found a way to make an incredible par on the 16th, it was now imperative that Woods lead by one hole this eight foot par putt on the 17th, followed by a triumphant walk of eighteen by photo. operation with the Wanamaker Trophy and Woods established himself as the youngest PGA champion since Nicklaus at 63.

Nicklaus and Woods enjoyed each other's company at Valhalla, although Nicklaus was frustrated with his game on the first day when he missed badly on the green on the par 4 17th, but excited. a big mistake with this deep shot from the rough. Salvage par

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also missed the green and had to make a complicated double putt for par. He called it his best part of the day. Woods reached the greenside bunker on the par-5 18th with a 3-wood and an iron and this time needed an up-and-under for birdie. He pity he couldn't see and almost fouled Eagle Nicholas' attempt to close out the birdie.

The five-time PGA champion signed the card for 77 Tiger. He touched up his birdie to tie Scott Dunlap for the lead with a 66, but as my legendary playing partner said, it could have been a 60. I had a hard time concentrating at first and hit the ball very poorly and then didn't really get a much better one, but I really enjoyed watching Tiger more. It's the first time we played competitively and you know, when we played practice rounds before he, you know, hit the shots here, but the focus is that he has the shots that he hit. the absolute control of what he's trying to do, who said, I was very surprised, I felt like I was kind of mixed up, I just went about my business, he was getting all the praise and all the flaws, and I was just imposing and basically I was able to play in peace.

He put in the effort like he always does and that's one of the things I admire about him and he was a real gentleman playing with the lower scores in the first round coming early. Before the wind blew, Phil Mickelson was off to a credible start in pursuit of his first major championship. mark brown's, a professional club from new york state, an elite quartet were grouped at 2 over par, these notables would need a strong second round to survive the cut, the louisville slugger. The museum was the site of the PGA Championship exhibition, a history of the last Major of the season was on display, commemorative plaques, photographs and artifacts of all previous winners were displayed.

Famous golfers demonstrated the shots that made them successful during Tuesday's champions clinic. A large crowd of attentive fans gathered to collect tips there. I say you really go like this from the top, they're trying to create their speed here and everything spins until it makes the club swing harder, well, when you swing it harder, the only thing that happens. Everything is going faster, except the club's boss in 1945, Byron Nelson, won 11 tournaments in a row, a record that is unlikely to be broken. The PGA Match Play Championship at Moraine Country Club in Dayton was number nine on the PGA winning streak with 45.

Yes, I expected to win, it was harder to win the tournament and I thought it would be the way I was playing, although I admit that the good thing is that no one who didn't play well against me because of that. a little better and was lucky to finish strong in all the matches. Lord Byron was as modest as he was successful. More than three inches of rain fell overnight, but brilliant weather greeted the early start of round two. JP Hayes took advantage of the more receptive conditions. he was PAR-5 under par entering the 11th hole, a 168-yard par 3 with a testy elevated green surrounded by deep bunkering.

Hayes is playing well, he feels like he keeps his head down and balls in the hole and he is playing well this week. Look, that birdie gave him a share of the lead. This birdie putt on the short par 4. 13. head down gave Hayes the outright lead at 7 under par. A dirty 35 year old man finished with a 68. He's halfway there, you know it's a lot. of golf clubs, but I am playing well and I would love the opportunity to continue like this. It's fun but there's a lot of work ahead so I'm hoping to remain exciting Myrtle Gill and Scottish co-leader of the first round on Sunday afternoon.

Dunlap showed no signs of disappointment, making this long birdie putt on the par-3 3rd hole and tying for the lead at -7. The imposing international group was doing well. Ernie ELLs of South Africa, second in the first three majors. of the year a problematic situation on the 13th but resolved with a golden shot the birdie improved his position to 2 under par why is the Spaniard García so happy that he needed a good start on Friday and quickly shot one? García birdied the first two holes and then attacked the 208-yard third with an impressive iron shot into the territory of the main birdie. championship a three-time winner on the U.S. tour.

Appleby was positioning He's fine for the weekend, it's the PGA World roster, but it welcomes 48 players from 21 countries, including megastars Garcia and Nick Skirt of England. Greg Norman from Australia. The definitive coverage of their play in the last major of the season was broadcast home by media around the world in a colorful mix of native languages. The television complex with all its high-tech magic was abuzz all week allowing hundreds of millions of viewers in 139 countries watch the championship let's get back to our drama within a drama that the

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hit Jack Summit Tiger the 535-yard second hole with a second 3-iron shot to earn a 40-foot eagle putt, he smartly left it below everything to putt for his birdie, most of his wives play as par fours for the tiger man who went on to share the Nicklaus, 7 under par, managed to make the 36-hole cut and also made birdie number two that , along with an opening birdie, took the best player of all to +3 Bob May, a former California Junior genius who had been splitting his time between the US and the European Tour began to gain ground with this birdie in the eleven to move to 5 under par.

Dunlap's third shot at the par-5 7th pinned all the way and he would hold the birdie putt to move to 8 under and the lead alone, but no lead is safe with this phenomenon following him. Woods reached the rugged 5th hole, a 465-yard par 4 with a 9-iron and then soft into the ten-footer for a birdie that allowed him to briefly celebrate with his caddie and Steve Williams tied for the lead at the 402-yard line. The bold approach on May 15 threatened the cup with the green softened by the storm, players looking for hole spots they would have treated more carefully the day before, and the galleries loved it. she made birdie and was 6 under par Dunlap, whose sister Paige plays on the LPGA Tour, made this birdie and led alone at 9 under par.

His competitive juices flowed as the nearby Ohio River Tiger responded with a two-putt birdie on seven to move the nine under the finesse complemented the power Dunlop was still fueling aheavy coal, had a birdie putt on most of the 10th green, hit it and, to his own surprise as much as everyone else's, was now 10 under par and leading the Tigers' 8-iron tent of the championship . was 12 feet under the hole right where I wanted it on the 8th, this to join Dunlap at 10 under par, those who like fast boats and fast motorcycles found themselves in fast company finishing their 6 under par with rounds of 72 and 66.

I try to try every tournament says if it's a major or not, you know I want to play too and I can't, no matter what tournament it is, you know at the end of the tournament if you're going to win or play well, then you realize which it really is, but if you're okay, try to focus on this, it's a this and that, yeah, I think you just put more extra pressure on yourself. Dunlap's wild drive on the fearsome 467-yard par 4. The 12th cost of a bogey love turned this putt for birdie. on number six to reach 6 under par, but the 1997 BGA winner would bogey the final two holes and finish at 7 under par, meanwhile, the spectator paradise of the 18th green, where Dunlap He had a rollercoaster putt for Eagle, the birdie giving him a two-round total of 10 under par.

I think everyone expects Tiger Woods to win this tournament, so it would be nice if I was the one to continue to push him as we head into late Sunday, but I have a long way to go. Let's get there, the subject of Dunlap's speech played his 8-iron to the picturesque 15th and was a dart for birdie. Woods led the championship at 11 under par and our veteran Fred Funk, the straightest of the drivers, birdied 18 and showed us a new dance step and sleep with a par of 7 under par Nicklaus needed to birdie at the last two holes to make the cut and he had this 13-footer for birdie on 17 Tyger lined up a 40-incher for his par on 17 surprisingly the ball shot out of the cup, it was his only bogey of the day and he fell in a tie for the lead at 10 under par, lazy enough to do it again, did they ever do it on their third shot at 18?

Jack was thinking of nothing but Eagle with a sand. he got into the wind from 72 yards and was so close. Tiger had a lie buried in the front bunker for his third fifteen footer for birdie and a moment this championship will never forget, the stage was left to Jeff, he cut it one last time with It's a burden to play what Jack was obviously an honor and a privilege, but when you're playing it's great to talk to him and enjoy his company, but be honest with yourself. Maybe Fernanda will improve my own game and he will too.

He was kind of cool when he comes on the 18th, listen to him and looking at them, I hit the last shot there and he stiffened up and almost held on, it was cool. I told myself that my sisters are going to be here playing golf and then I started. I played and I played pretty decently and the young man I played with, I mean, when I saw him, I knew he was good, but I'd never played with him in a tournament before and he's a lot better than I thought. It was a unique experience for me to play with him in the last two days and then I think he enjoyed playing with me, Tiger and Jack's past and present champions, step by step.

It is worth remembering once again the eloquence that only CBS's penis and bird can provide a great celebration produced by the best player in the game and the young prodigy whose greatness dares to achieve even more place together competing for the first time as If you were to condense several decades of golf into this singular moment as added weight, the five-time PGA champion carried the emotional burden of the recent loss of a mother, but obedient to his dying wish to play with the twenty-four-year-old heir apparent, openly enjoyed his company this opportunity to impress the master and did so while offering all appropriate courtesies to the hero he had followed and continuing to fully understand that this was his time to advance politely and not abruptly leave aside.

It was good to see modern heroes unconsciously emulate those who once claimed to be all the best. as he laser-gazed the pronounced goals to make his own history on Friday night, the co-stars in the 18th hole sunset and the Bears' golden encore, he proudly authored a lasting memory that reminds us of a talent that has inspired so many. -A gift of distance to play golf, the ball barely missed, but symbolically the shadow had everyone eagled Byard with wishful thinking and then the spotlight turned to his own magical lightning bolt and the opportunity to leave his final impressions as a special genius recognized by the highest source now. it was good that he was what greatness in form forever connected the best squeeze of the century phenomenal indications that will be remembered on a main street of my students the Kentucky Derby Museum in storage Churchill Downs was the site Wednesday before the championship when Nicklaus accepted the PGA Distinguished Service Award presented annually by the PGA of America to recognize major contributions to the game and to society.

PGA President will honor PGA Cellucci for a lifetime of notable achievements, but even more so for the integrity and sportsmanship that he has demonstrated and taught to us all. throughout his career on behalf of the PGA. I am very proud to visit it. Distinguished Service Award. I really enjoyed my participation in the PGA of America, the organization, of course, 25,000 more men and women than I have. I have the greatest admiration. because of the work that they do, the time that they spend particularly with the kids and you know, without their hard work and promotion of the game to introduce millions of millions of people at a grassroots level, we had problems trying to promote this game.

I thank the PGA for the beautiful Distinguished Service Award trophy is valid, but as many of you know, I lost my mother this morning and I was lucky enough not to spend an hour and a half with her on Monday, so I know that It was his wish that I be here tonight. and staying to play tomorrow will be a great day for both of us thanks at the Dallas Athletic Club during a fierce heat wave in 1963 Nicklaus beat Bruce Crampton with a 68 in the final round to join Ben Hogan Byron Nelson and Gene Sarazen as the only winners of the PGA US Open and Masters Dallas were probably 100,210,215.

I remember when we finished the tournament but tried to hold the trophy, there was no possibility of holding that water mechatopia as much as we wanted. no one could get their hands on him he would win the PGA more times Tiger couldn't have shot higher in his two rounds led by one at the 36-hole mark Bob May playing with a special PGA exemption turned in today's best round of 66 Tom kite is senior bass, this group needs a big move on moving day, several big names would make the cut gliding and several wood Masters champions, Vijay Singh, international stars, Nick Price, Greg Norman, Players Championship winner, house Sutton in 1991, PGA champion John Daly, 25.

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PGA Club Professional Championship qualified for an exciting week in Bahama where they fellowshipped and played alongside the stars of the game, most of which were developed under the watchful tutelage of PGA professionals. He won the club professional championship at Oaktree Golf Club in Oklahoma and was thrilled to be in Louisville. These tour pros are their idols, they've seen them on TV and every time you see them up close and personal, they can hit golf balls right next to them. them, I think it would obviously be a tremendous emotion. Mark Brown was 1 under par after the first round with his split-hand putting technique.

I mean, I came here trying to make the cut and I made it, that would be cool and then you know. see how high and go and it was fun to play with them and it's nice to see how they played their games. It was a great experience my first time, but it was Frank Dobbs of Port Saint Lucie Florida who earned the distinction of being the only professional club to make the cut. Saturday was a beautiful day to be outdoors and to score in the third round a Fifty-year-old Tom Watson like May, who received a special invitation, thrilled the morning crowd with four birdies in front and then held this birdie. putt from outside the green on No. 10 to go under par in the tournament.

He had been frustrated lately with making putts straight, but a straighter shot was the cure. This day he birdied the 12th and 14th and the 15th from 35 feet. another birdie 4 under par he needed one more birdie on the last hole the tie the course record of 7 under par 65 Watson has won every major championship except the PGA and with that putt he was then at 5 under par for 54 holes and one participation of the course record I've had a few chances to win here I'm under no illusions that I'll be in the hunt Do you think I can come back 10 strokes behind the pace Tiger Woods' lefties had in the drive?

Phil Mickelson with an eagle chip in the six-under second for the championship and Australian Greg Chalmers, who eagled all the day before, did it again thanks to a spectacular second long shot and joined the fun at 6 under par. called snake. by fellow Aussies Chalmers has played the US tour the past two years since going through the Mickelson qualifying tournament on the par-4, fifth trying to bank on a long birdie putt continues to gain momentum now, at 8 under par , Davis love joined the crowd milling around the On the second hole, an eagle chip came out with an easy birdie to go to 8 under par.

Two-time Masters winner José María Olazábal started the day with even par, but came to the short 6-under 13th. Known for his laser-like iron shots, he followed a 1. iron off the tee with a sand wedge that drove to another birdie hello Pablo was 7 under par and on his way to the record books at the beginning Tiger Woods was the defending champion Scott Dunlap had a 68 in the 1999 PGA, his only previous appearance they were the leading pair on both sides the first hole, The Tigers, three iron shots in the vulnerable second, were left well in the rough, but showed his versatile recovery ability with a spicy pitch, the birdie range, Dunlap chipped for Eagle, showed no signs of nerves. in that fight Tyger from 10 feet for birdie we simply thought he was in trouble minus 12 and the unheralded Dunlap touched up his 4-11 birdie on the 444-yard par 4 16th to Olazábal they approached him with a 6-iron coming off another birdie at 15 and was now 8 under for the round and hit another iron shot of surgical precision, the calm Spaniard then sank birdie putts from 12 feet 9 under Stuart Appleby, a former Australian rules football player, advanced with a birdie on the pair. -3 eighth and was 9 under par in the championship, but the man of the moment was Olaf Havel, who made a long birdie putt over a ridge at 18,462 in the lowest championship round of all time, would two putt for the pair. giving him the course record with a 63 and tying the major record for the lowest round ever.

I would love to have made a 10-under par. I was looking for that 62 when I was playing the last two holes and I guess I came up short, but obviously yes We go please for that man on the par 5 7th, a determined Dunlap made an up and under for birdie and was 12 under par for the championship Tiger just killed the par fives almost Eagles the seventh his two-putt birdie held by one stroke against Dunlap Woods might have taken the US and British Opens, but he wasn't getting away with the last major tournament of the year. The players captured the attention and the five million dollar purse.

Platoons of enthusiastic volunteers gained satisfaction. to help their hometown and their charities, they were everywhere doing anything and everything asked of them without the support of volunteers, our championship would be nothing, we have approximately 3000 volunteers here in Louisville and we have developed a relationship with the community and we hope we do in every community we go to well organized volunteers help out of the press tent and staff tents busy and well stocked with merchandise their good nature scares visitors they stay in Louisville Thomas Bjorn the only Dane to win in Europe on this putt for Eagle on the par 5 10th and was in contention at the par 9 under par Bob May continued to lurk ominously, he was 8 under par after making birdie the night in the bunker of the 10 and May collapsed splendidly for a fourth consecutive birdie 9 under for the championship with the core still seen from last week's rain, it was open season with birdies and tigers 20 feet on 9 propelled him to a lead score of 14 under their huge gallery to find the field position in the tenth place they face.

His third shot on the par 5, Tiger hit a crisp pitch that led to a birdie and a 15-under total forest ran into trouble on the treacherous 12. We hit this 3-wood tee shot into the trees, it would need two more shots alone to reach. on the green, however, his playing partner, Dunlap, was precise in talking to her 5-iron approach, Tiger, with a short putt for bogey, whichhe pushed, took him to a double bogey six and brought him back to reality and a tie for the lead when Dunlap made his birdie. on the same hole they were now 13 under par for the championship mayo, who beat kala montgomery to win the 1999 British Masters, made his birdie putt on 15 and dropped back to third position that's where they were at the end of the third round, it was Dunlap's turn to have trouble on the par-3 14th, even though he had hit the flagpole from the sand, that didn't stop him from taking a bogey back to 12 under par.

May shot a 7 iron on the 16th green and knew what he was going to do, he was at the birdy mark of 12 under par. JP Hayes had participated in the double bogey of the Tigers thanks to this approach he birdied the 15th hole to reach At 10 under par the friendly Greg Chalmers birdied 18 for a 54-hole score of 10 under par. He attributed the low score to ideal conditions and the unprecedented pace that Tiger had set all summer a record 53 players broke par alone in the third round the leader who set the pace failed supremely played on the 15th shaking his approach shot towards the gallery left a magnificent effort from the tall grass still had this putt for par and fell back to 12 under par, suddenly there was a a three-way tie for the lead as the third round neared its end.

Dunlap suffered a strange twist of fate at the 17th when his ball went through a fairway bunker into an awkward lie in the rough, his approach fell short and he bogeyed to lose his share of the lead. Mae missed the fairway on the 18th, the only one he missed all day and couldn't convert his long birdie putt, so he finished even par for the second consecutive 66 and a score of 12 under par that he thought could take him to last matchup with Woods on Sunday. He's obviously the best player in the world right now and yeah, I'm looking forward to if I get the chance to play, it would be great, you know?

It would be a good learning experience and who knows, you know anything can happen. JP Hayes had stayed in the championship long enough to be on the green at eighteen, and he would need fewer putts than any of the other leaders and didn't mind settling. for a two-putt birdie and a free round total of 11 under par, I had some really good shots underneath, you know, under pretty good pressure, there were times where a bad shot could have hurt me a lot, so I was pleased with that and but we're still going to catch him, he, of course, is the majestic young ruler of the game who headed a teenager with Dunlap.

Dunlap hit the driver in the front bunker and needed to get his sand shot closer to make birdie on the final hole. He plays woodwinds wonderfully often. He beat Dunlap by 30 yards and hit a 3-wood 3-wood for an Eagle chance from 40 feet. His approach putt could serve as a prototype. The small birdie putt that remained capped a lopsided round for him at 2-under 70. 11 of 12 par 5s in its 54 total holes, 13 under par. Dunlap's birdie was also good for a 70 matching his playing partner Woods for the day when he was one shot behind at 1200, there's pressure everywhere, I mean obviously he's looking. for places in the history books and then anyone else there within distance, you know, looking for a real first, what you have to do, go out tomorrow and play well, obviously, I had some guys there with a chance to win, but you know, me.

I'm sure the golf course won't be as easy as it was today. I saw the pen locations for tomorrow and they are pretty tough so it will be a pretty good test. Tiger was being crowded to lead 1993 champion Paul. Azinger was threatening Watson and Kite. We're playing like we're 30 years old. Eles is not going to complete a runner-up. Large foreign company. Was Valhalla even mythological? All the Gods were the seed for Mark Brooks' dramatic sudden-death playoff victory. about Kentucky native Kenny Perry, in 1996, Tiger Woods was a teenage amateur watching on TV, both Brooks and Perry were looking for their first major now in 96, we think it was tremendously successful from the standpoint of community enthusiasm, has been even stronger in

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We were able to take what we learned in 96 on the golf course, make some adjustments and it certainly became an even better golf course. We are very excited about Valhalla. We believe that the traditional site that we have been looking for will be a great future. and the next 10 years we will start an Atlanta Athletic Club with two PGAs, it is there at the US Open, we will go to Hazeltine, we will go to Oak Hill to go to Whistling Straits, a new but excellent golf course, the Country Club, we will return to Medina . The great Oakland Hills golf courses have a rich history and a new golf course was inserted occasionally in 1962.

Gary Player stopped a hard charging Bob Goldy. I played in the British Open the week before and I'm Mr. Cutter and I came out of there with my tail between my legs a little bit dejected and then I got to Ronnie Mink of course, I loved an area that I loved and I had a great feeling there and I played very well, I played very well, so that's really a very, very special Tiger Woods, a student of golf history, is prepared to do more of his thing as we begin the final round of the 82nd Championship of the PGA.

He can become the first player since Denny Shoot in 1937 and the 38th to repeat as PGA champion. First. In more than 40 years of stroke play, he would be the only player besides Ben Hogan to win three major professional championships in one year, and if he shoots at least 67, he will add the PGA scoring record to his records in the others. three big ones. the standings are packed with surprise contenders Bob May Scott Dunlap JP Hayes and an international group featuring Australians Greg Chalmers and Stuart Appleby Thomas Bjorn of Denmark and two-time Masters champion José María Olazábal of Spain just five strokes separate Woods and 10th place so far in his Young Woods is in fourth place in major championships, where he maintains the lead through 54 holes, making him the favorite here in this horse race in Kentucky.

Sunday was another mild day that attracted another sold-out gallery. Appleby was trailing by four and intending to advance quickly. He started with birdie on the 446-yard first hole and quickly reached the 10-under bar. Fellow Australian Greg Chalmers was not so lucky in the next group, a wayward drive resulting in a difficult second shot that resulted in a bogey. Chalmers would move into second t9. under Dane Bjorn, who said after the third round that the pressure was on Tiger scored a long putt for Eagle on number two, getting older, settled magnificently for birdie on a must-have birdie hole, was now 10 under par for the championship Scott Dunlap, whose best finish on tour in 2000 had been a tie for third at the Players Championship.

He got up in the woods in the third round, tied it with 70, but started the fourth round with difficulty, his drive on the first hole went to the formidable grosso and he missed the shot. long putt for par that fell to 11 under par Dunlap continued to struggle on the second missing the green and causing another bogey now that he was 10 under par they would be playing for the venerable Wanamaker trophy as well as a first prize of $900,000 for both products. of Southern California's youth golf programs separated by age for seven years embarked on a joint adventure that would prove more than memorable.

Windermere, Florida would be 1999 PBA Independent Champion Tiger Woods. Hey, they were on. JP Hayes was 1 under par for the day, but in trouble at the port, his third shot skipped off the rough ground and slid long and his power-saving putty barely missed the forest of praise at 11 under par and May in the first hole and on number two he made a wonderful up and down from the sand that won. he gave him the lead when Tiger went over the green and then sent again to four feet, he took his share of my birdy from an unusual bogey of -13 on a par 5 for woods;

Well, they both missed birdie putts on three and then Mays drove in the tight fourth flight. accelerate the rough terrain that was reviewed as extremely penal about three feet and open this advantage to tune when Woods can match IBM provided information and scoring systems in place at the 82nd PGA Championship, the big board and thinking pads in the media and hospitality tent. The almost always-in-use tent kept the media and spectators updated on each player's progress Tiger Woods wasn't the only record-setter at Valhalla PGA comm the official PGA Championship website powered by IBM hardware generated the most traffic of his story with more than 76 million page views of his online reporting in-depth coverage included personalized leaderboard with links to the player's BIOS and interviews breaking news and commentary, all powered by IBM Woods was being challenged by an unlikely consortium of surprised contenders hello dad is 1 under par for the day after his 63 on Saturday and faced this birdie putt on No. 7 to get within minus 11, not sure the wind would make his second shot from the fairway on the par-4 6th and a victory had actually fooled him on the green. and - that's a drain, not a cup and it bothered me when he made the bogey, the hole Tiger was able to take advantage of, he left his first putt six feet away and missed that - bogey as May has so far been a more unleashed ger as the fourth round. three holes ahead Appleby made a birdie putt and moved up to 11 under par Tyger settled out of the rough on the par 5 7.

This shot for Eagle would go to 12 under par at the eight-yard line of 166, he hit a slight 7-iron 12 feet behind the hole and made the putt for consecutive birdies and tied for the lead Franklin Langham of Augusta Georgia made a putt at 11:00 for his third consecutive birdie and moved to 12 under par with just two strokes covered seven players as the leaders made the turn hello bobble was still shooting at the flags this was his second shot at the muscular twelfth a par four long enough to be a par five and he retired it just behind the hole this man knows all about the last La pressure of the round Ola bobbles birdie putt took him to 12 under after pars on seven eight nine, the cross putt can on this birdie attempt on ten and again he knows that the head of the woods pars just isn't good enough On this day, however, Woods made a birdie putt of his own and tied it at 14 under May's 8-iron to the par 3.

The 11th was a 25-foot run from the hole, which turned out to be a perfect distance pulling the length. putt for birdie and when Tiger shot from the rough, May led. once again at the 15th under the unwavering can hit an 8 iron from 181 yards at the 12th the gallery shouted to knock it off which in fact overcame the pressure on Tiger who had responded with his approach shot with a 9 iron at 15 feet now. this great putt for birdie what a battle made Maze Hut much more difficult the birdie left the standings unchanged it was starting to smell like match-play the couple pard 13 and this was a maze for the iron on the 14th the world of golf was waiting someone to face Tiger and a Major, but no one thought that someone would be Bob, number 48 in the world rankings.

Tiger at 14t, also a 4 iron. Watch him use the slope artfully for his birdie on the 14th, in the middle, 16 under par and he did it. for his birdie made it interesting, but he continued to lead Woods by one going into the May 15, 7-iron approach to the 15th in the hallway. Almost Dead Woods had misread his first, but charged in with a 15-footer for par. a two-shot swing seemed likely but he didn't reflect on that putt Tiger would say it was the shot that meant the most to him on the final day he had the habit he picked it up but he may lose his golden opportunity to extend the lead the missed opportunity is fundamental in the part 16 and this was the Tigers' second place on the 17th, a 94-yard, 60-degree wedge, 100% dazzling, the putt for the birdie tide may be at the top of the leaderboard with a hole, the gallery in on the 18th he was singing a procession of Close to the contenders who couldn't keep up with the gem of Blazing Woods Bay, but they should be proud.

Stuart Appleby finished at 12 under par. Bjorn, the much improved Dane was at 13 under par. Young Chalmers who missed the cut in his only other PGA finish at -12 as did Ola Popeple after a memorable third round 63 JP Hayes was 7 under par in his best BG and showed Scott Dunlap came in at 9 under par with a disappointing final round 75 the brave fighters who had stood toe-to-toe all afternoon Hearing a prolonged cheer from the large crowd after both reached the green on the 18th with prodigious second shots, May charged in and, concentrating on the line of his long putt over a mound, he ran off the green, he had 15 feet coming back for birdie somehow.

She somehow found the bottom of the cup, a two-putt Olympic birdie.He had birdied the 18th for the first time all week and shot his third straight 66 and put the responsibility squarely on Tiger. Tiger had also been strong with his first putt. and he had to make this slippery 5 feet for birdie or lose the championship and a big surprise an unforgettable clutch putt deserved another Tiger had played the last 12 holes and 7 under par finishing birdie birdie the two competitors elated by their brave fight to the end. shot a stunning 5-under 31 on the back nine, the Wanamaker Trophy would be decided for the first time by a new three-hole playoff format with total strokes, thousands of fans rushed to the 16th hole where it would all begin.

Woods was 4 under par in the week's playoff holes made two under par. May hit his tee shot on 16 and for once failed to reach the green, the ball crossing the fairway into the right field after a two-iron in the fairway hit the 7-iron from 196 yards, a good angle for attack the flag, the forest made a shot that ended in the upper level of the hourglass green lead, the forest from a thick lie can play the only shot it had to affirm the fast green, a throw and run that landed just barely on the putting surface and headed toward the hole as if a telestrator had followed him.

An absolutely magnificent shot to save par, but he would still have his 25 feet for birdie. He may be the most insightful greens reader many of us have ever seen. The putt swung hard. From right to left, a rare burst of emotion from the young superstar, if not the excited crowd, Woods led for the first time from the second hole and headed quickly to the 422-yard line. 17 again struggled off the tee and he pushed it into the bank of the left fairway bunker on his second shot with the 9-iron finding the bunker close to the green, while Tiger drove too far to the right and had to hit an 8-iron under the trees toward the grain, With a little help from the cart path, the ball was over. over the green and a swampy area that is not the most desirable location, both men would have to improvise to get the Tigers' long par putt from the top of the green to skip the pop and head to 7 feet for the par shot from the bunker The moment Pygar would first attempt to save par and then preserve the one-shot advantage, however, May knew that every hit could mean her demise, she knew she had nothing to his pair The crowd waiting for the end at eighteen had fun making the wave as Woods drove down 18 we sailed left and he watched cautiously as he headed towards the trees and pushing the ball came into view again to sneak down the path of the carts and stopping on trampled ground where Tiger would have a clear second shot, it was the The cart's second path on two holes with a struggling leader Maes surprised the Tigers while driving and thinking he was probably in serious trouble, he made an incomplete swing. and took his own tee shot toward the rugoso.

Tigre was in a hurry to meet his fate, his vigorous 6-iron on a scruffy lie missed the thick, rough left fairway this time that had been clear of gallery steps all week Mae came out of deep, unpredictable ground on his second shot and could only advance the ball, in fact, they advanced it too far, none of the players found the fairway on the par 5 tiger, calculating that they had 142 yards to take the blue bunker, their wedge shot was approximately 140 and bounced off the sand. He might have been left behind by one wedged about 25 feet away, he would have to deal with a putt that broke sharply and over a ridge leading out of the valley on the three-tiered green, Tiger exited the front bunker for the third time in the championship. and he made a shot worthy of the best player in the game, maybe that's why he now had to make his birdie putt long or miss and it was anything but quite difficult and his valiant 21 all day was one shot behind Tiger for his fifth nature professional championship and is in the history books as the only man besides Hogan to win three majors in one year. and as the only man to repeat his title as PGA Champion in stroke play two days earlier on that same cutting surface, Nicklaus had passed the torch and now Tiger was reaching out.

He wanted to focus a lot today and you know, show people that I can. I can play here. It's no longer a question. I went out and played a good solid round of golf and just one putt, this is our 82nd PGA Championship and like many of our championships since 1916, this championship has given us exciting times, great wonderful memories of Gough and a great champion on behalf of the PGA of America and all our members who work to make this a lot of fun. I am pleased to introduce you two, you want to make the trophy about the 2000 PGA champion.

Congratulations every time you play against the best, they will emerge victorious against the best. It will always be more satisfying and the last two years of the PGA Championship attracted the best participants and I have been very fortunate to be able to win, but the project is to play and go head to head against the best players. the world, that's what you dream of, that's what you work so hard to be in the position where you're able to do that and then they come out victorious, it was just a bonus. Woods in May broke the PGA Championship scoring record of 17.

Watson, under par, more than justified his special invitation. Mickelson's quest for a major continues. Eles never found his spark at Louisville, while club pro Dobbs did well to make the cut at the toughest course of the year.