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The 2004 PGA Championship was the 86th PGA Championship, played August 12–15 at the Straits Course of the Whistling Straits complex in Haven, Wisconsin (postal address Kohler).〔(2004 PGA Championship Official Site )〕 The purse was $6.25 million and the winner's share was $1.125 million. Vijay Singh, the 1998 champion, earned his third and final major title in a three-hole aggregate playoff, defeating Justin Leonard and Chris DiMarco. At the time Singh, age 41, was third in the world rankings; the win moved him to #2 and he ascended to the top spot three weeks later, displacing Tiger Woods. It was the first major championship at the expansive Straits Course, designed by Pete Dye and opened in 1998, which allowed high attendance and was highly profitable for the PGA of America. It set records with over 94,400 tickets sold and an overall attendance of 320,000 for the week. The overall economic impact was $76.9 million, shattering the previous record of $50.4 million in 2002, and nearly doubling that of 2003. The PGA Championship returned just six years later, in 2010, displacing the more confined Sahalee Country Club near Seattle, which hosted in 1998, Singh's first major win. The admittance at Sahalee in 1998 was capped at 25,000 per day by the PGA of America, In early 2005, its chief executive officer, Jim Awtrey, cited the proximity to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver as the main reason for the retraction, and that Sahalee was targeted for 2012 to 2015 for another PGA Championship.〔〔 Whistling Straits was awarded the 2010 event days later. The PGA of America has yet to commit to a return to Sahalee before 2020, or any other venue in the West. ==Field== #All former PGA Champions. #Winners of the last five U.S. Opens. #Winners of the last five Masters. #Winners of the last five British Opens. #The 2003 Senior PGA Champion. #The low 15 scorers and ties in the 2003 PGA Championship. #The 25 low scorers in The 2004 PGA Club Professional Championship. #The 70 leaders in official money standings. #Members of the 2002 United States Ryder Cup Team. #Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour from the 2003 PGA Championship to the 2004 PGA Championship (does not include pro-am and team competitions). #The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above. #The total field will be a maximum of 156 players. Vacancies will be filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings). (''Full eligibility list'' ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2004 PGA Championship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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