Golf
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Keegan Bradley Takes On The Ocean Course at the PGA Championship Media Day
As anyone who bolts for the nearest HDTV when a PGA event comes on can tell you—it’s been an exciting season on the tour so far. As the Majors kick off, the thrills will just keep coming, as all roads lead to Kiawah Island and the 94th PGA Championship, August 6–12.
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Six Great Historical Moments of the PGA Championship
As we start the five month countdown to the 94th PGA Championship on Kiawah’s Ocean Course this August, we’d like to take a look back and highlight some of the greatest moments in PGA Championship history.
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2012 PGA Championship—A New Kiawah Island Golf Story
A new chapter in Kiawah Island history is being written this August – where will you capture all the action during the 2012 PGA Championship?
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The Ocean Course: A Public Course in a Private Setting
Professional golf’s four major tournaments are mostly played on private, members-only courses, giving the average golfer only rare opportunities to play the same fairways as the professionals. That isn’t the case at The Ocean Course, home of the 2012 PGA Championship, and one of just 15 public courses to ever host the esteemed tournament. Here, everyone is welcomed to a world-class golf experience.
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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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Ocean Course Labeled “Toughest” as Preparations Continue for PGA Championship
Earlier this month, Golf Digest announced that Kiawah’s Ocean Course was once again named the toughest golf course in America. The announcement comes at a perfect time as the 2012 PGA Championship on the Ocean Course is now just months away. A collection of the greatest golfers on the earth will soon have to prove their skills against each other, as well as against the tough conditions and design of the Pete Dye-designed course.
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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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