Martin Kaymer won the 2010 PGA Championship but lasted in the top spot only eight weeks.
It eclipsed by one stroke Jack Nicklaus's record for margin of victory at a PGA Championship.
After the PGA Championship two weeks ago, Woods was ranked 108th in the FedEx Cup standings.
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He finished tied for fifth that week and won the PGA Championship the next.
Padraig Harrington also relegated Garcia to runner up in this year's U.S. PGA Championship.
The 2017 PGA Championship will be played at Quail Hollow for the first time.
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Elsewhere in the world of sports, the Senior PGA Championship is being played this weekend in Michigan.
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In 7 of the last 15 years, the Sunday Nielsen rating at the PGA Championship exceeded 6.0.
But the U.S. PGA Championship, which comes under the auspices of the PGA Tour, would allow it.
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McIlroy is the most recent major winner of the pursuers, having won the PGA Championship last August.
The 2012 PGA Championship winner Webb Simpson was four under for the following a final round 71.
Dufner, runner-up at the PGA Championship last August, carded a two-under 70, go with his opening round 69.
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American Keegan Bradley won the PGA Championship in a playoff against Jason Dufner at the Atlanta Athletic Club.
The final major of the year, the PGA Championship takes place at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin next month.
The youngest to ever compete in the PGA Championship: Japanese player, Ryo Ishikawa, who played the 2 009 tournament.
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Only Kaymer has won a major title with the 2010 PGA Championship crown.
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"I'm a little tired of it, " 2010 PGA championship winner Kaymer told CNN.
Before the 2004 PGA Championship, Dye was called in to construct a road on the course for an ambulance.
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He finished second at the PGA Championship and World Matchplay, both at Wentworth.
Dennis Watson's winning score at the 2007 Senior PGA Championship was nine-under par.
Historically, golf was a dead zone after the PGA Championship in August.
The last player to be penalized at a major was Gregory Bourdy in the 2010 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
The 37-year-old Cabrera, who won the PGA Championship at Wentworth in 2005, will take on American Mahan in the semi-final.
He needs a good finish soon as his five-year exemption for winning the PGA Championship at Wentworth expires in November.
The PGA Championship, the last golf major of the year, starts on Thursday at the Ocean Course in Kiawah.
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The last time that happened at a major was in 2009 at the PGA Championship, when Tiger shockingly lost to Y.
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He's in the PGA Championship, gets to start next year in Hawaii and earned a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour.
When Khan won the PGA Championship in 2010, he rallied from a seven shot deficit in the final round with another 66.
He was there doing a few minor tweaks to the Straits Course, which, over the summer, had hosted its second PGA Championship.
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