Golf
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All Roads Lead to Kiawah as the PGA Kicks Off the 2012 Season!
PGA tour professionals have a long road ahead of them as the 2012 competitive season officially kicked off earlier this month at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Hawaii. The journey will lead golfers thousands of miles all over the country for the next eight months as they compete in more than 35 tournaments that will eventually lead them to the 2012 PGA Championship on Kiawah’s Ocean Course this August.
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Golf International Discusses Why Kiawah May Be The Best Golf Community In America
In the January/February 2012 issue of Golf International magazine, Peter Swain noted, “one island, seven courses, beautiful scenery and wildlife, private beaches, soigné spas, several great clubhouses exuding Southern charm, palatial homes, brilliant tennis facilities and, in The Sanctuary, probably the best golf resort hotel in the US – it’s easy to see why Kiawah is a legend.”
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The Countdown to Kiawah’s 2012 PGA Championship Begins
When Keegan Bradley earned his PGA card back in November at the Nationwide Tour Championship at another Charleston area golf course, he probably couldn’t imagine that eight months later, he would be competing in his first PGA Championship – let alone winning it. But that’s exactly what he accomplished on Sunday at the 2011 championship as he beat Jason Dufner in an exciting three-hole playoff.
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Kiawah Golfers Prepare to Compare Their Games with the Best players in the World
When you approach the first tee during the PGA Challenge on The Ocean Course August 1-7, 2011, your excellent adventure begins. In your mind’s eye, you’ll time-travel a year into the future to August 9-12, 2012, when the best golfers in the world will stand where you’re standing to begin play in the PGA Championship. Hole after hole, you’ll experience the same conditions the greats of golf will encounter, including greens speeds, rough lengths, and rough lines with tees set at the PGA indicated length of a mind-numbing 7,606 yards.
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Kiawah Golfers Prepare to Compare Their Games with the Best players in the World
When you approach the first tee during the PGA Challenge on The Ocean Course August 1-7, 2011, your excellent adventure begins. In your mind’s eye, you’ll time-travel a year into the future to August 9-12, 2012, when the best golfers in the world will stand where you’re standing to begin play in the PGA Championship. Hole after hole, you’ll experience the same conditions the greats of golf will encounter, including greens speeds, rough lengths, and rough lines with tees set at the PGA indicated length of a mind-numbing 7,606 yards.
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PGA Championship Looking For 3,000 Volunteers
In August 2012, an expected 50,000 visitors will descend upon Charleston and Kiawah Island as the 2012 PGA Championship takes on Kiawah’s famous Ocean Course. With 94% of tickets already sold, there is another way to get involved and watch some of the world’s best professional golfers compete for the PGA’s top spot.
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Carol Preisinger Named the LPGA Southeast Sectional President
Congratulations are in order to Carol Preisinger, the Kiawah Island Club’s Director of Golf Instruction! Preisinger, a Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Master Professional, has been named the LPGA Teaching and Club Professional Southeast Sectional President, a two-year term that oversees more than 300 LPGA Teaching and Club Professionals throughout the Southeast region.
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2012 PGA Championship Tickets Sales Breaks Records
Excitement surrounding the 2012 PGA Championship at Kiawah has officially kicked into high gear as ticket sales, which began in mid-November, surpassed the PGA’s previous record for sales for any PGA Championship in history!
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2012 PGA Championship Tickets Available Soon
Attention, golf fans! Tickets for the 2012 PGA Championship at the Ocean Course on Kiawah Island are scheduled to go on sale beginning Monday, November 15.
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Ocean Course Tweaked for 2012 PGA
In August 2012, The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island will host the 94th PGA championship and will become only the fifth course to host each of The PGA of America’s major championships—the Ryder Cup (1991), the Senior PGA Championship (2007), and the PGA Championship (2012). In preparation for the upcoming tournament, PGA officials have requested a slight tweak to the closing hole of the course to ensure it is played as designer Pete Dye intended.
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