Today in sports history: Tiger Woods wins 2007 PGA Championship for 13th major title
Here's a look back at sports happenings on this date in history, Aug. 12:
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Updated2000: Evander Holyfield scores a 12-round unanimous decision over John Ruiz
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2000 β Evander Holyfield scores a 12-round unanimous decision over John Ruiz in Las Vegas to win the vacant WBA heavyweight title.
Boxing promoter Don King, center, poses with Evander Holyfield, left, and John Ruiz during a press conference in Las Vegas Thursday, June 29, 2000. Holyfield will fight Ruiz for the WBA heavyweight title August 12 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)
2007: Tiger Woods wins PGA Championship for 13th career major
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2007 β Tiger Woods captures the PGA Championship to win at least one major for the third straight season and run his career total to 13. Woods closes with a 1-under 69 for a two-shot victory over Woody Austin.
Tiger Woods waves to the crowd during the 89th PGA Golf Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. Tiger won his 13th major tournament with an 8-under-par. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
2008: Michael Phelps ties Mark Spitz, Carl Lewis, others with ninth Olympic gold
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2008 β Michael Phelps wins the 200-meter freestyle for his third gold medal at the Beijing Games. Itβs his ninth career gold which ties Mark Spitz, Carl Lewis, Soviet gymnast Larysa Latynina and Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi for the most ever.
United States' Michael Phelps is congratulated by runner-up South Korea's Park Tae-hwan after winning the gold in the men's 200-meter freestyle finale during the swimming competitions in the National Aquatics Center at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
2011: Tiger Woods finishes outside top 100 for first time ever at major championship
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2011 β Tiger Woods misses the cut at the PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club. With one final bogey for a 3-over 73, Woods finishes out of the top 100 for the first time ever in a major. He is 15 shots behind Jason Dufner and Keegan Bradley.
Tiger Woods reacts after missing a putt on the fourth hole during the second round of the PGA Championship golf tournament Friday, Aug. 12, 2011, at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
2012: Rory McIlroy breaks the PGA Championship record for margin of victory
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2012 β Rory McIlroy breaks the PGA Championship record for margin of victory that Jack Nicklaus set in 1980. McIlroy sinks one last birdie from 25 feet on the 18th hole to give him a 6-under 66 for an eight-shot victory.
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland reacts to his victory after a birdie putt on the 18th green during the final round of the PGA Championship golf tournament on the Ocean Course of the Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, S.C., Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
2012: US narrowly fends off Spain for second straight Olympic gold
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2012 β The U.S. menβs basketball team fights off another huge challenge from Spain, pulling away in the final minutes for a 107-100 victory and its second straight Olympic championship. The victory by the menβs basketball team gives the United States its 46th gold medal in London, the most ever by Americans in a βroadβ Olympics.
United States' LeBron James and Kevin Durant react during the men's gold medal basketball game against Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, in London. USA won 107-100. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
2016: Katie Ledecky caps off historic performance with fourth gold, second world record
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2016 β Katie Ledecky caps off one of the greatest performances in Olympic history with her fourth gold medal and second world record, shattering her own mark in the 800-meter freestyle. Ledecky is the first woman since Debbie Meyer swept the three longer freestyle events at the same Olympics. Meyer took the 200, 400 and 800 at the 1968 Mexico Games.
United States' Katie Ledecky celebrates after setting a new world record and winning the gold after the women's 800-meter freestyle final during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
2017: Usain Bolt ends his stellar career in excruciating pain
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2017 β Usain Bolt ends his stellar career in excruciating pain. The Jamaican great crumples to the track with a left-leg injury while chasing a final gold medal for the Jamaican 4x100-meter relay team at the world championships in London. Having to make up lots of ground on the anchor leg, Bolt suddenly screams and stumbles as he comes down with the first injury he has experienced at a major competition. Britain goes on to beat the United States in a tight finish. Tori Bowie is the unlikely first double gold medalist at the championships, anchoring the U.S. team to the 4x100-meter relay title ahead of Britain and Jamaica. At the same time, Allyson Felix, running the second leg on the winning team, earns a record 15th medal at the world championships in a career going back to 2005.
In this Aug. 12, 2017, file photo, Jamaica's Usain Bolt lies on the track after he injured himself in the 4x100 meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships in London. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland, File)
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