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Irelands Padraig Harrington has won the PGA Championship to secure back to back majors, he beat Sergio Garcia and Ben Curtis to the title.

At the end of the day, it was Padriag Harrington walking away with the 90th PGA Championship title. After a difficult first two rounds with a total of 12 bogeys combined, the Irish native was able to pull off a score of 3 under par with 13 combined birdies in his third and fourth rounds.
Losing his third round lead at about halfway through the 18 holes, Ben Curtis of the United States finishes in a tie for second with Spain’s Sergio Garcia, both shooting 1 under par.
In the lead before the 16th hole, Garcia bogeyed on both the 16th and 18th to give Harrington the victory. Throughout the fourth round, Garcia shot very consistently, shooting par on 13 of the 18 holes.
Swedens Fredrik Jacobson tied for 24th, but can brag about his hole-in-one eagle shot at the 13th hole at Oakland Hills. The eagle came just after a bogey on holes 10 and 12 and a double bogey on ninth hole.

Final Leaderboard

COUNTRY ROUND 4 SCORE AFTER
1 Harrington Ire 66 -3 18
2 Garcia Spa 68 -1 18
2 Curtis US 71 -1 18
4 Villegas Col 68 +1 18
4 Stenson Swe 72 +1 18
6 Flesch US 69 +2 18
7 Mickelson US 70 +4 18
7 Romero Arg 72 +4 18
9 Forsyth Sco 70 +5 18
9 Wi Kor 74 +5 18
9 Rose Eng 71 +5 18
9 JM Singh Ind 73 +5 18
13 Baddeley Aus 73 +6 18
13 Duke US 71 +6 18
15 Appleby Aus 72 +7 18
15 Toms US 74 +7 18
15 McDowell NI 73 +7 18
15 Casey Eng 69 +7 18
15 Marksaeng Tha 73 +7 18
20 Gay US 72 +8 18

The US PGA Championship 2008 was played at Oakland Hills CC USA in Michigan

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