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  1. January 19th, 2012

    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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  2. August 18th, 2011

    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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  3. June 16th, 2011

    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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  4. June 5th, 2011

    Kiawah Golfers Prepare to Compare Their Games with the Best players in the World

    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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  5. April 28th, 2011

    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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  6. December 15th, 2010

    2012 PGA Championship Tickets Sales Breaks Records

    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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  7. November 17th, 2010

    2012 PGA Championship Tickets Available Soon

    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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  8. August 9th, 2010

    Ocean Course Tweaked for 2012 PGA

    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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  9. July 29th, 2010

    PGA Championship to be state’s largest sporting event ever

    By Allyson Bird
    The Post and Courier

    Monday, July 26, 2010

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  10. March 8th, 2010

    Kiawah Island Golf Resort Hosts National Pro Am

    PGA club professionals and golfers from all across the U.S. recently teed it up during the Kiawah Island Golf Resort National Pro Am that began on February 28 and wrapped on March 4, 2010. The 72-hole, stroke-play event, sponsored by Club Car, was held on four of Kiawah Island Golf Resort's championship courses—Pete Dye’s world-famous Ocean Course, Jack Nicklaus’ Turtle Point, Gary Player’s Cougar Point, and Tom Fazio’s Osprey Point.

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