The 2012 PGA Championship was a windswept affair for several days, but Rory McIlroy only wavered once with a Friday 75. Otherwise the Ocean Course on Kiawah Island belonged to the Ulsterman, who won by eight shots over David Lynn for his second major title.
McIlroy earned the $1.445 million winner's share of the $8 million purse.
2012 PGA Championship leaderboard and final results and prize money payouts
| POS | PLAYER | TO PAR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | TOTAL | MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rory McIlroy | -13 | 67 | 75 | 67 | 66 | 275 | $1,445,000 |
| 2 | David Lynn | -5 | 73 | 74 | 68 | 68 | 283 | $865,000 |
| T3 | Justin Rose | -4 | 69 | 79 | 70 | 66 | 284 | $384,500 |
| T3 | Keegan Bradley | -4 | 68 | 77 | 71 | 68 | 284 | $384,500 |
| T3 | Ian Poulter | -4 | 70 | 71 | 74 | 69 | 284 | $384,500 |
| T3 | Carl Pettersson | -4 | 66 | 74 | 72 | 72 | 284 | $384,500 |
| T7 | Blake Adams | -3 | 71 | 72 | 75 | 67 | 285 | $226,000 |
| T7 | Jamie Donaldson | -3 | 69 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 285 | $226,000 |
| T7 | Peter Hanson | -3 | 69 | 75 | 70 | 71 | 285 | $226,000 |
| T7 | Steve Stricker | -3 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 71 | 285 | $226,000 |
| T11 | Ben Curtis | -2 | 69 | 77 | 73 | 67 | 286 | $143,286 |
| T11 | Bubba Watson | -2 | 73 | 75 | 70 | 68 | 286 | $143,286 |
| T11 | Tim Clark | -2 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 69 | 286 | $143,286 |
| T11 | Geoff Ogilvy | -2 | 68 | 78 | 70 | 70 | 286 | $143,286 |
| T11 | Graeme McDowell | -2 | 68 | 76 | 71 | 71 | 286 | $143,286 |
| T11 | Tiger Woods | -2 | 69 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 286 | $143,286 |
| T11 | Adam Scott | -2 | 68 | 75 | 70 | 73 | 286 | $143,286 |
| T18 | John Daly | -1 | 68 | 77 | 73 | 69 | 287 | $99,667 |
| T18 | Padraig Harrington | -1 | 70 | 76 | 69 | 72 | 287 | $99,667 |
| T18 | Bo Van Pelt | -1 | 73 | 73 | 67 | 74 | 287 | $99,667 |
| T21 | Louis Oosthuizen | E | 70 | 79 | 70 | 69 | 288 | $72,667 |
| T21 | Joost Luiten | E | 68 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 288 | $72,667 |
| T21 | Robert Garrigus | E | 74 | 73 | 74 | 67 | 288 | $72,667 |
| T21 | Pat Perez | E | 69 | 76 | 71 | 72 | 288 | $72,667 |
| T21 | Seung-yul Noh | E | 74 | 75 | 74 | 65 | 288 | $72,667 |
| T21 | Jimmy Walker | E | 73 | 75 | 67 | 73 | 288 | $72,667 |
| T27 | Thorbjorn Olesen | 1 | 75 | 74 | 71 | 69 | 289 | $51,900 |
| T27 | Miguel Angel Jimenez | 1 | 69 | 77 | 72 | 71 | 289 | $51,900 |
| T27 | Jason Dufner | 1 | 74 | 76 | 68 | 71 | 289 | $51,900 |
| T27 | Marc Leishman | 1 | 74 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 289 | $51,900 |
| T27 | Trevor Immelman | 1 | 71 | 72 | 70 | 76 | 289 | $51,900 |
| T32 | John Senden | 2 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 71 | 290 | $42,625 |
| T32 | Greg Chalmers | 2 | 70 | 76 | 72 | 72 | 290 | $42,625 |
| T32 | Bill Haas | 2 | 75 | 73 | 69 | 73 | 290 | $42,625 |
| T32 | Luke Donald | 2 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 290 | $42,625 |
| T36 | Freddie Jacobson | 3 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 72 | 291 | $34,750 |
| T36 | Rich Beem | 3 | 72 | 76 | 72 | 71 | 291 | $34,750 |
| T36 | Phil Mickelson | 3 | 73 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 291 | $34,750 |
| T36 | Y.E. Yang | 3 | 73 | 74 | 74 | 70 | 291 | $34,750 |
| T36 | Marcel Siem | 3 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 75 | 291 | $34,750 |
| T36 | Vijay Singh | 3 | 71 | 69 | 74 | 77 | 291 | $34,750 |
| T42 | J.J. Henry | 4 | 72 | 77 | 70 | 73 | 292 | $25,750 |
| T42 | Jim Furyk | 4 | 72 | 77 | 70 | 73 | 292 | $25,750 |
| T42 | Aaron Baddeley | 4 | 68 | 75 | 74 | 75 | 292 | $25,750 |
| T42 | Gary Woodland | 4 | 67 | 79 | 75 | 71 | 292 | $25,750 |
| T42 | David Toms | 4 | 72 | 78 | 72 | 70 | 292 | $25,750 |
| T42 | Martin Laird | 4 | 71 | 74 | 79 | 68 | 292 | $25,750 |
| T48 | Paul Lawrie | 5 | 73 | 75 | 71 | 74 | 293 | $18,625 |
| T48 | Ernie Els | 5 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 73 | 293 | $18,625 |
| T48 | Dustin Johnson | 5 | 71 | 79 | 72 | 71 | 293 | $18,625 |
| T48 | Thomas Bjorn | 5 | 70 | 79 | 74 | 70 | 293 | $18,625 |
| T48 | Retief Goosen | 5 | 73 | 75 | 75 | 70 | 293 | $18,625 |
| T48 | Scott Piercy | 5 | 68 | 78 | 78 | 69 | 293 | $18,625 |
| T54 | Francesco Molinari | 6 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 75 | 294 | $16,810 |
| T54 | Brendon de Jonge | 6 | 71 | 78 | 72 | 73 | 294 | $16,810 |
| T54 | Sang-Moon Bae | 6 | 72 | 78 | 71 | 73 | 294 | $16,810 |
| T54 | Darren Clarke | 6 | 73 | 76 | 72 | 73 | 294 | $16,810 |
| T54 | K.J. Choi | 6 | 69 | 77 | 75 | 73 | 294 | $16,810 |
| T59 | Charl Schwartzel | 7 | 70 | 77 | 74 | 74 | 295 | $16,100 |
| T59 | Ryo Ishikawa | 7 | 69 | 77 | 79 | 70 | 295 | $16,100 |
| 61 | Kyung Kim | 8 | 69 | 77 | 77 | 73 | 296 | $15,900 |
| T62 | Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | 9 | 67 | 78 | 75 | 77 | 297 | $15,650 |
| T62 | Chez Reavie | 9 | 74 | 76 | 73 | 74 | 297 | $15,650 |
| T62 | Ken Duke | 9 | 71 | 78 | 74 | 74 | 297 | $15,650 |
| T62 | George McNeill | 9 | 71 | 76 | 80 | 70 | 297 | $15,650 |
| T66 | Alexander Noren | 10 | 67 | 80 | 73 | 78 | 298 | $15,350 |
| T66 | Marcus Fraser | 10 | 74 | 75 | 78 | 71 | 298 | $15,350 |
| T68 | Toru Taniguchi | 11 | 72 | 76 | 78 | 73 | 299 | $15,150 |
| T68 | John Huh | 11 | 72 | 78 | 79 | 70 | 299 | $15,150 |
| 70 | Zach Johnson | 12 | 72 | 73 | 76 | 79 | 300 | $15,000 |
| 71 | Matt Every | 16 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 82 | 304 | $14,900 |
| 72 | Cameron Tringale | 18 | 69 | 78 | 77 | 82 | 306 | $14,800 |
| MC | Hiroyuki Fujita | CUT | 72 | 79 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Nicolas Colsaerts | CUT | 73 | 78 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Anders Hansen | CUT | 72 | 79 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Sergio Garcia | CUT | 76 | 75 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Webb Simpson | CUT | 79 | 72 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Davis Love III | CUT | 72 | 79 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | George Coetzee | CUT | 73 | 78 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Ted Potter, Jr. | CUT | 74 | 77 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Robert Allenby | CUT | 75 | 76 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Johnson Wagner | CUT | 75 | 76 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Bernd Wiesberger | CUT | 72 | 79 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Thomas Aiken | CUT | 72 | 79 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Bob Sowards | CUT | 75 | 77 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Jonathan Byrd | CUT | 73 | 79 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Hunter Mahan | CUT | 72 | 80 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Mark Wilson | CUT | 76 | 76 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | William McGirt | CUT | 73 | 79 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Rafael Cabrera Bello | CUT | 71 | 81 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Robert Karlsson | CUT | 74 | 78 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Ryan Moore | CUT | 73 | 79 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Jason Day | CUT | 72 | 80 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Lee Westwood | CUT | 75 | 77 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Stewart Cink | CUT | 74 | 78 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Bryce Molder | CUT | 75 | 78 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | Simon Dyson | CUT | 73 | 80 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | Charles Howell III | CUT | 76 | 77 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | Matteo Manassero | CUT | 71 | 82 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | Branden Grace | CUT | 74 | 79 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | Scott Stallings | CUT | 74 | 79 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | Thongchai Jaidee | CUT | 73 | 80 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | Jeff Coston | CUT | 74 | 79 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | John Rollins | CUT | 72 | 82 | MC | MC | 154 | $0 |
| MC | Rickie Fowler | CUT | 74 | 80 | MC | MC | 154 | $0 |
| MC | Matt Kuchar | CUT | 72 | 82 | MC | MC | 154 | $0 |
| MC | Brendan Jones | CUT | 76 | 78 | MC | MC | 154 | $0 |
| MC | Michael Thompson | CUT | 73 | 81 | MC | MC | 154 | $0 |
| MC | Mike Small | CUT | 76 | 78 | MC | MC | 154 | $0 |
| MC | Chris Stroud | CUT | 73 | 81 | MC | MC | 154 | $0 |
| MC | Darrell Kestner | CUT | 75 | 80 | MC | MC | 155 | $0 |
| MC | Brandt Snedeker | CUT | 77 | 78 | MC | MC | 155 | $0 |
| MC | Nick Watney | CUT | 73 | 82 | MC | MC | 155 | $0 |
| MC | Jeff Overton | CUT | 74 | 81 | MC | MC | 155 | $0 |
| MC | Rory Sabbatini | CUT | 73 | 82 | MC | MC | 155 | $0 |
| MC | Lucas Glover | CUT | 77 | 78 | MC | MC | 155 | $0 |
| MC | Shaun Micheel | CUT | 72 | 83 | MC | MC | 155 | $0 |
| MC | Bud Cauley | CUT | 80 | 75 | MC | MC | 155 | $0 |
| MC | Alan Morin | CUT | 74 | 81 | MC | MC | 155 | $0 |
| MC | Danny Balin | CUT | 77 | 79 | MC | MC | 156 | $0 |
| MC | Roger Chapman | CUT | 78 | 78 | MC | MC | 156 | $0 |
| MC | Spencer Levin | CUT | 78 | 78 | MC | MC | 156 | $0 |
| MC | Angel Cabrera | CUT | 76 | 80 | MC | MC | 156 | $0 |
| MC | Charlie Wi | CUT | 79 | 78 | MC | MC | 157 | $0 |
| MC | Pablo Larrazabal | CUT | 77 | 80 | MC | MC | 157 | $0 |
| MC | Rod Perry | CUT | 75 | 82 | MC | MC | 157 | $0 |
| MC | Kelly Mitchum | CUT | 76 | 81 | MC | MC | 157 | $0 |
| MC | Charley Hoffman | CUT | 81 | 76 | MC | MC | 157 | $0 |
| MC | Ryan Palmer | CUT | 71 | 86 | MC | MC | 157 | $0 |
| MC | Kyle Stanley | CUT | 80 | 78 | MC | MC | 158 | $0 |
| MC | Mitch Lowe | CUT | 79 | 79 | MC | MC | 158 | $0 |
| MC | Tommy Gainey | CUT | 77 | 81 | MC | MC | 158 | $0 |
| MC | Martin Kaymer | CUT | 79 | 79 | MC | MC | 158 | $0 |
| MC | Brian Cairns | CUT | 75 | 83 | MC | MC | 158 | $0 |
| MC | Jeev Milkha Singh | CUT | 76 | 83 | MC | MC | 159 | $0 |
| MC | Alvaro Quiros | CUT | 76 | 83 | MC | MC | 159 | $0 |
| MC | Frank Bensel | CUT | 84 | 76 | MC | MC | 160 | $0 |
| MC | Mark Brooks | CUT | 78 | 82 | MC | MC | 160 | $0 |
| MC | D.A. Points | CUT | 73 | 87 | MC | MC | 160 | $0 |
| MC | Jose Maria Olazabal | CUT | 74 | 86 | MC | MC | 160 | $0 |
| MC | Matt Dobyns | CUT | 81 | 79 | MC | MC | 160 | $0 |
| MC | Brian Gaffney | CUT | 76 | 85 | MC | MC | 161 | $0 |
| MC | Paul Scaletta | CUT | 75 | 87 | MC | MC | 162 | $0 |
| MC | Brian Davis | CUT | 75 | 87 | MC | MC | 162 | $0 |
| MC | Marty Jertson | CUT | 80 | 82 | MC | MC | 162 | $0 |
| MC | Robert Rock | CUT | 76 | 86 | MC | MC | 162 | $0 |
| MC | Corey Prugh | CUT | 78 | 85 | MC | MC | 163 | $0 |
| MC | Mark Brown | CUT | 78 | -0 | MC | MC | 78 | $0 |
| MC | Paul Casey | CUT | 79 | 85 | MC | MC | 164 | $0 |
| MC | Bill Murchison Jr. | CUT | 82 | -0 | MC | MC | 82 | $0 |
| MC | Michael Frye | CUT | 79 | 90 | MC | MC | 169 | $0 |
| MC | Doug Wade | CUT | 83 | 93 | MC | MC | 176 | $0 |
| WD | Sean O'Hair | WD | 72 | WD | WD | WD | 72 | $0 |
| WD | Scott Verplank | WD | 37 | WD | WD | WD | 37 | $0 |
| WD | Kevin Na | WD | 59 | WD | WD | WD | 59 | $0 |
| DQ | Michael Hoey | DQ | 78 | 70 | DQ | DQ | 148 | $0 |
| MC | William Murchison, III | CUT | 82 | MC | MC | MC | 82 | $0 |
| MC | Bill Murchison III | CUT | 82 | 86 | MC | MC | 168 | $0 |
