THIS WEEK on the PGA TOUR: PGA Championship
COURSE: The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort (South Carolina)
ARCHITECT: Pete and Alice Dye
YARDS/PAR: 7,876 yards/Par 72
PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: TBD (Previously $11,000,000/$1,980,000 in 2020)
DEFENDING Champion (August 2020) - Collin Morikawa - (2020 Leaderboard)
PAST RESULTS: (link)
PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 600
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @PGAChampionship
OFFICIAL SITE: (PGA Tour on the PGA Championship) - (Official Tournament Site)
TV COVERAGE: Thursday and Friday, May 20 and 21: 1:00pm to 7:00pm (EDT) on ESPN. On Saturday, May 22 and Sunday, May 23 - ESPN’s coverage runs from 10:00am to 1:00pm (EDT), then CBS takes over from 1:00pm to 7:00pm (EDT).
STREAMING: ESPN will stream coverage online and ESPN+ ($) will provide Featured Groups and Featured Holes. See: (link)
ONLINE and RADIO COVERAGE: Beginning at 1pm (EDT) on Thursday, May 20 and continuing through the completion of each day’s play, hear live hole-by-hole coverage co-produced by SiriusXM and Westwood One. PGA Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92) or online on PGATour.com. For additional information, see: Sirius XM Blog
How to Watch: (PGATourCom)
Welcome to PGA Tour Brunch - 1st Look at PGA Championship
The 2021 PGA Championship is the 34th of 50 events on the PGA Tour. It is organized by the PGA of America. The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort is set-up at 7,876 yards.
Collin Morikawa won his first major championship title at the 2020 PGA Championship and will attempt to become the eighth player to successfully defend his title. The most recent was Brooks Koepka, 2018/2019. In 2020, Morikawa became the third-youngest to win the PGA Championship since WWII, behind Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.
Five players have won the Career Grand Slam and Jordan Spieth can become the sixth with a win on the Ocean Course. Spieth won the 2015 Masters Tournament, 2015 U.S. Open and 2017 Open Championship. He is making his fifth start in the PGA Championship since the 2017 Open (T-28/2017, T-12/2018, T-3/2019, T-71/2020).
The 2021 PGA Championship will be played at the Pete and Alice Dye-designed Ocean Course at Kiawah for the second time in tournament history and first since 2012. In 2012, Rory McIlroy won the tournament by eight strokes, the largest margin of victory in PGA Championship history. McIlroy is making his first start since the Wells Fargo Championship, where he earned his 19th PGA Tour victory and his first of the season.
Special PGA Championship Discount:
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PGA Championship Tee Times begin Thursday at 7:00am (EDT) through 2:42pm (EDT).
Weather: Kiawah Island can be windy! Thursday’s forecast is for sunny skies and 53-degrees but winds will blow 26 mph NW. No chance of rain.
PGATourBrunch will be posting at 7:00am (EDT) this Thursday and Friday.
Next Week: Charles Schwab Challenge (Colonial, Fort Worth, Texas)
Field Update:
Vijay Singh (WD) / Wyndham Clark (in)
The Field - (link)
PGA Championship Odds
Rory McIlroy 11-1
Justin Thomas 14-1
Jon Rahm 14-1
Jordan Spieth 16-1
Bryson DeChambeau 16-1
Dustin Johnson 18-1
Xander Schauffele 22-1
Viktor Hovland 25-1
Daniel Berger 30-1
Collin Morikawa 30-1
Brooks Koepka 33-1
Hideki Matsuyama 33-1
Patrick Cantlay 35-1
Webb Simpson 35-1
Cameron Smith 35-1
Patrick Reed 35-1
Tony Finau 35-1
Scottie Scheffler 40-1
Sam Burns 40-1
Tyrrell Hatton 45-1
Will Zalatoris 50-1
Tommy Fleetwood 50-1
Paul Casey 50-1
Abraham Ancer 50-1
Matthew Fitzpatrick 55-1
Sung-Jae Im 60-1
Joaquin Niemann 60-1
Louis Oosthuizen 60-1
Marc Leishman 60-1
Justin Rose 66-1
Shane Lowry 66-1
Sergio Garcia 66-1
Corey Conners 66-1
Adam Scott 70-1
Keegan Bradley 70-1
Brian Harman 80-1
Gary Woodland 80-1
Max Homa 80-1
Matt Wallace 80-1
Garrick Higgo 80-1
Jason Day 80-1
Si-Woo Kim 80-1
Charl Schwarzel 90-1
Bubba Watson 90-1
Robert Macintyre 100-1
Jason Kokrak 100-1
Lee Westwood 100-1
Harris English 100-1
Matt Kuchar 100-1
Billy Horschel 125-1
Rickie Fowler 125-1
Cameron Tringale 125-1
Kyoung-Hoon Lee 125-1
Cameron Champ 125-1
Charley Hoffman 150-1
Branden Grace 150-1
Russell Henley 150-1
Christiaan Bezuidenhout 150-1
Kevin Na 150-1
Alex Noren 150-1
Matt Jones 150-1
Stewart Cink 150-1
Ian Poulter 150-1
Emiliano Grillo 150-1
Aaron Wise 150-1
Ryan Palmer 175-1
Chris Kirk 175-1
Francesco Molinari 200-1
Kevin Kisner 200-1
Cameron Davis 200-1
Martin Kaymer 200-1
Sebastian Munoz 200-1
Thomas Pieters 200-1
Harold Varner 200-1
Kevin Streelman 200-1
Victor Perez 200-1
Zach Johnson 200-1
Brendon Todd 200-1
Phil Mickelson 200-1
Carlos Ortiz 200-1
Joel Dahmen 250-1
Dylan Frittelli 250-1
Bernd Wiesberger 250-1
Brendan Steele 250-1
Henrik Stenson 250-1
John Catlin 250-1
Danny Willett 250-1
Talor Gooch 250-1
Sam Horsfield 250-1
Dean Burmester 250-1
Erik Van Rooyen 250-1
Lanto Griffin 250-1
Denny McCarthy 300-1
Harry Higgs 300-1
Thomas Detry 300-1
Antoine Rozner 300-1
Maverick McNealy 300-1
Martin Laird 300-1
Steve Stricker 300-1
Andy Sullivan 300-1
Tom Lewis 300-1
Tom Hoge 300-1
Mackenzie Hughes 300-1
Byeong Hun An 300-1
Adam Hadwin 300-1
Rasmus Hojgaard 300-1
Jazz Janewattananond 350-1
Jim Herman 400-1
Kalle Samooja 400-1
J.T. Poston 400-1
Brandon Stone 400-1
Padraig Harrington 400-1
George Coetzee 400-1
Sami Valimaki 400-1
Kurt Kitayama 400-1
Aaron Rai 400-1
Jimmy Walker 500-1
Rikuya Hoshino 500-1
Peter Malnati 500-1
Robert Streb 500-1
Brian Gay 500-1
Adam Long 500-1
Chan Kim 500-1
Hudson Swafford 500-1
Daniel Van Tonder 500-1
Richy Werenski 500-1
Takumi Kanaya 500-1
Jason Scrivener 500-1
Chez Reavie 500-1
Lucas Herbert 500-1
Brett Walker 500-1
Jason Dufner 500-1
Y.E. Yang 1000-1
John Daly 1000-1
Brad Marek 2000-1
Sonny Skinner 2000-1
Peter Ballo 2000-1
Patrick Rada 2000-1
Greg Koch 2000-1
Alex Beach 2000-1
Stuart Smith 2000-1
Danny Balin 2000-1
Rich Beem 2000-1
Mark Geddes 2000-1
Rob Labritz 2000-1
Frank Bensel 2000-1
Omar Uresti 2000-1
Ben Polland 2000-1
Larkin Gross 2000-1
Derek Holmes 2000-1
Ben Cook 2000-1
Tim Pearce 2000-1
Joe Summerhays 2000-1
Shaun Micheel 2000-1
Tyler Collet 2000-1
What They’re Saying:
Koepka to Play Through the Pain (ESPN)
“Look Out” for Bob MacIntyre (The Scotsman via MSN)
The First Look (PGATourCom)
Power Rankings (PGATourCom)
Horses for the Ocean Course (PGATourCom)
Who Has a Chance at PGA (ESPN)
#SportsBiz, Sports Gambling and Golf Industry News
PGA Tour player reps to meet with Super League at Kiawah Island (Golf Channel)
PGA of America “Ready to Have a Party” at Ryder Cup (ESPN)
Expert Picks - (PGATourCom)
Sleeper Picks - (PGATourCom)
Predictions, Odds for PGA Championship - (CBS Sports HQ)
Ranking the Field at PGA (CBS Sports)
Value Picks (Golf Digest)
On This Day in Golf History:
May 19, 1946 - Ben Hogan shot a final round (65) to win the first edition of the Colonial National Invitational Tournament in Fort Worth, Texas, defeating Harry Todd by two strokes. Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
