By PGA Tour standards, Shaun Micheel was not a particularly good golfer. After turning professional in 1992, aged 23, the American battled just to stay on the tour for more than a decade, keeping his career afloat with wins at obscure events in Asia and on the development circuit.
Micheel was barely known when he teed it up on the first hole at Oak Hill Country Club for the 2003 PGA Championship, playing in only his third major. To most observers he was just another name on the start list. That name is now forever etched in the 18th fairway, on a plaque which commemorates his trophy-winning shot on the 72nd hole, a seven-iron from 175 yards which finished two inches from the hole.
