The South Carolina course hosts its first Major since the 2012 PGA ChampionshipThe iconic 17th hole at Kiawah (Getty Images)Kiawah Island Ocean …. Into the wind, however, this becomes a three-shot hole. PGA TOUR. 7, 579 yards, par 4: Depending on the wind, players will have to decide whether to carry a natural dune area that creeps into the fairway from the right, or simply play left of it. PGA Championship 2021: Rory McIlroy's revival, Jordan Spieth's resurgence among 10 storylines at Kiawah McIlroy, Spieth and Dustin Johnson are among the stars with increased attention this week What is paspalum? 3. It's a very unique golf course, and it will take a lot of patience, discipline and absolutely world-class ball-striking to claim a trophy this weekend. 1991 Ryder Cup: In addition to Rory McIlroy laying waste to a great field back at the 2012 PGA Championship, this course also hosted a Ryder Cup exactly 30 years ago. There are two seemingly contrasting styles going on here. 12, 484 yards, par 4: This hole is 72 yards longer than in 2012. USA TODAY. A long, shallow waste bunker guards the second shot on the right, with a deeper waste bunker down the left side of a green that is perched high on a dune ridge. "... and so we just tweaked it a little bit and enlarged that green, so there's some hole locations all along the water now," Sherman told Geoff Shackelford in this terrific interview. The 103rd PGA Championship continues Saturday on the Ocean Course. May 20, 2021; Kiawah Island, South Carolina, USA; Corey Conners places his ball on the 18th green during the first round of the PGA Championship golf tournament. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: golf | pageType: stories | Created for the 1991 Ryder Cup, the Atlantic Ocean is a stone’s throw away and it was designed with Scottish and Irish links-style courses in mind. Any shot missing long or right will likely find the sand. The green is open at the front, with a rolling collar area providing some room if the approach misses to the left. (Getty Images) The unpredictable par 72 measures at 7,876 yards for the 2021 PGA Championship, making it the longest in Major Championship course in history. Land worth begging for: When the Dyes built the golf course, Pete former immediately fell in love with this stretch of land along the Atlantic Ocean. It likely will not be as big of a story as, say, kikuyu grass would be, but you'll hear plenty about it this week. 6, 490 yards, par 4: The fairway is framed by three wind-pruned live oak trees. No. 'Zinger.O'Meara.Our favorite moments from the '91 @RyderCup for your viewing pleasure👇 pic.twitter.com/9tGSekRvKf. It is a Pete and Alice Dye creation with notable hosting duties at the 1991 Ryder Cup, 1997 World Cup of Golf, 2003 World Cup of Golf, and the 2012 PGA Championship. A links-y Sawgrass? 5, 207 yards, par 3: The course turns back to the west at this point. Rory rolled by eight, but the rest of the board is like a mad lib of random players from that era. The 17th is a nightmare: All 221-yard par-3s tend to be difficult, but some of the horror stories from the 1991 Ryder Cup are tough to read. The 2021 PGA Championship will be played at the course from May 20-23. Rory McIlroy’s tee shot was stuck in a limb in the third round. No. No. 16, 581 yards, par 5: Players will have to carry the tee shot over a pond to reach a fairway with the higher shelf on the right side. No. 4, 484 yards, par 4: This is considered the toughest hole on the outward nine and is 26 yards longer than in 2012. 8, 197 yards, par 3: This par 3 gets more difficult the farther back the hole location is on the green. Length, though, isn’t the most challenging aspect of the 103rd PGA Championship, which will boast the longest course in major championship history, 135 yards more than the 2017 U.S. Open at Erin Hills. A deep and dangerous waste area borders the left of the green. The fairway was tightened in 2019, making the aggressive line to the right more difficult. 6. 5. The PGA Championship took place at this course in 2012 when it broke the record with a total distance of 7,876 yards. Granted, some of those winners are much more likely than others, … In May of 2021, the strongest international field in golf will return to The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort for the 2021 PGA Championship. Others have difficulty bred into them. The same is true of the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, which will host this week's PGA Championship. No. 1, 396 yards, par 4: A gentle start to the championship, though it features one of the narrowest fairways on the golf course, with a waste area to the right and thick dune grass on the left. This week's host venue is The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort. New course in Dallas for last stop before PGA Championship. 2. Golf Channel, All Rights Reserved. Kiawah Island Ocean Course Guide: PGA Championship 2021. Freddie. Visually, it looks like it should be a course in Kansas or Nebraska or somewhere like that, but if there was, you know, a massive ocean in Kansas or Nebraska. After a drop, he still made par. The key is to find the right section of the green or face a long and difficult two-putt. 14, 238 yards, par 3: The course turns back to the east and plays directly along the beach, the start of five dramatic finishing holes. And it is truly a rarity in golf in the United States that you get such natural, dramatic land right on one of the coasts. And it has not gotten easier. The first is that the course is links-y, which it certainly looks to be with all the rolling dunes, its proximity to the ocean and its figure-eight routing. World No. 15, 466 yards, par 4: A straightforward hole, though the tee shot must find the fairway for an approach to a green that runs diagonally away to the right. All Rights Reserved. The back portion of the green is hidden from the tee, and the green slopes from front to back, making this hole play more difficult with the wind. No. The 103rd PGA Championship will be contested with a limited number of spectators on-site, May 17-23, 2021. No. No. "If the grass is good and healthy, it's pretty much bulletproof," said Jeff Stone, superintendent of the Ocean Course. The 2021 PGA Championship, by contrast, has 156 possible winners. 18, 505 yards, par 4: With the Atlantic on the right, the best tee shot will hug the right side of the fairway. 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Here's a look at third-round tee times. The PGA Championship returns to Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course for a second time, nine years after Rory McIlroy’s dominant eight-shot victory at the famed Pete Dye design. No. The green is 44 yards deep, but due to the shape and angle, there’s only about 15 yards on which to land the ball. The green is open at the front, but protected on both sides by more sand. It can handle it, and as long as your grass is healthy, it can take it. May 15, 2021 at 2:18 PM. Waste areas are left and back of this small green, which is set in a natural dune area. May 11, 2021 at 2:39 p.m. UTC. The PGA Championship 2021 takes place at the wonderfully named Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in South Carolina. PGA Championship 2021 Course. The approach to the green is open, though it is protected by two deep waste areas on the left. Here are the dates, broadcast schedule and more things to know about the 2021 PGA Championship at PGA The Ocean Course on Kiawah Island, SC. No. Privacy Policy. Matt Slocum, Associated Press Former Utah resident Tony Finau has some work to do if he hopes to finish in the top 10 of another major golf tournament, let alone win his first. Golfweek's Steve Dimeglio breaks down the host course for the 2021 PGA championship. 7. The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, site of the 2021 PGA Championship, is a lesson in the anatomy of a difficult course. Corey Conners of Canada used back-to-back birdies late in the first round to grab a two-shot lead at the 103rd PGA Championship on Thursday at the Ocean Course in … I'm not sure if it's instructive, but I do think one thread here – and this is something you hear a lot of folks talk about, including Rory himself -- is that, if it's windy (and it almost certainly will be), you'll have players with elite short games (Patrick Reed, Cameron Smith etc.) Golf Digest - Derek Duncan • 21h. 17, 223 yards, par 3: The target appears narrow, fiercely guarded by water short and to the right, with two deep waste areas to the left. With the Stono River Inlet and Folly Beach to their backs, plays will hit to a green in the shape of an hourglass, running away from them diagonally to the right. Players look out toward the rolling surf in the Atlantic from the tee box, even though it is the farthest point from the ocean on the course. It will be the second major championship at the Ocean Course; nine years earlier, the 2012 PGA Championship was won by Rory McIlroy. 10, 447 yards, par 4: A tee shot down the left-center to the crest of the fairway sets up an approach to a green that is set below them in the dunes. This is perhaps not as meaningful as it seems given the way technology has increased to match the length of courses (200 yards is probably pretty easily erased in the last nine years), but it's still worth noting that this is the longest of the 456 majors that have ever been played in the history of this sport. Here are the top five. May 18, 2021, 12:01 a.m. ET on Thursday with Patrick Rada, Adam Long and Cameron Tringale teeing off on the 1st hole at Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course. Especially on a course with a scorecard that can stretch to as long as 7,876 yards. PGA Championship 2021: What the Ocean Course teaches us about overcoming a challenging layout. The safe shot is center of his narrow, deep green. 13, 497 yards, par 4: The canal down the right side comes into play on the tee shots and continues all the way to the hole. 3, 390 yards, par 4: The shortest par 4 can be deceptive. A good drive will leave a short iron to a green tucked in a natural dune area. The elevated green is open from the right and runs away to the back left. Tread lightly. BY Golf Channel Digital — May 17, 2021 at 8:00 AM. Instant access to the latest news, videos and photos from around the world of golf. This is hard enough in normal conditions, but when wind is whipping off the Atlantic Ocean, you can forget about it. The original tree was removed in 2015 due to disease and replaced two years ago. Players should take aim at the center oak with a slight draw to eliminate problems from a waste area and a small pond to the left. The 2012 PGA Championship: I can't get over the final leaderboard from that 2012 PGA Championship. The defending champion is Collin Morikawa. Course - Staysure PGA Seniors Championship 2021 - Legends Tour. The tee essentially is a small island, and players drive over a marsh to what looks to be a wide fairway. It ticks all the boxes of a top-shelf championship golf course and fits nicely into all the top-whatever lists (24th on Golf Digest's list of top 100 in North America and 14th on Golfweek's list of best modern courses in the U.S.). No. This time around, there will be limited spectators, but the same rules apply on such a daunting layout. Off the tee, players should avoid deep waste areas down the right side of the fairway. The 2021 PGA Championship makes a return to the iconic Pete Dye design hugging South Carolina's marshy coastline May 17-23. "It likes to be mowed a lot, and it likes to be mowed low. As those who live near … Into the wind, most players won’t be able to reach the lower level of the fairway and will face an approach over 200 yards to the narrow, protected green. “There’s nowhere to bail,’’ he said. In a course update since the 2012 PGA Championship, a new bulkhead was built around the 17th that makes for some even nastier pin positions, according to architect Scot Sherman. A hole-by-hole look at the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, site of the 103rd PGA Championship to be played May 20-23: Getty Images. The Course. It's such a stiff blade of grass, the mower wants to sit on top of it anyway, so you can mow them down pretty tight.". The elevated green is framed by tall live oaks just off the front left corner, and the green gets narrower as it extends away from the players. April 12, 2021. Other than the Masters at Augusta National, every major championship brings the nuance and intrigue of a course that is seen, at most, every 5-7 years by the general golf public. To get the best angle, though, the tee shot should favor a plateau on the left side of the fairway. PGA Championship Live: The 2021 PGA Championship is the forthcoming 103rd PGA Championship, to be held from May 20–23 at Kiawah Island Golf Resort's Ocean Course in Kiawah Island, South Carolina. 6-keys: media/spln/golf/reg/free/stories, at play great this week. Expect to see players attack the flag in the front and play it safe when it’s in the back. Players will face a large waste area to the left front of the green, and a deeper, steep-faced waste area to the back. A large waste area from tee-to-green ends with a steep face that cuts into the middle of the hourglass. Unless the big hitters can get home in two, it’s better to lay back from the green to avoid the large waste area left of the green. It's stickier than most, which means that sometimes fairways and greens can player slower than is preferred at major championships. This should yield plenty of birdies. Siri, show me terrifying golf holes pic.twitter.com/ReYMFPHgIP. section: | slug: 2021-pga-championship-seven-things-to-know-about-the-unique-ocean-course-at-kiawah-island | sport: golf | route: article_single.us | Copyright © 1996 - 29 - 01 Aug 2021. 1. 2021 PGA Championship: Seven things to know about the unique Ocean Course at Kiawah Island This track being played this week will nearly touch 8,000 yards By Kyle Porter 2021 No. All golf courses are difficult for those playing poorly. Halfway through the PGA Championship, Phil Mickelson is atop the leaderboard shooting a 69 on the second day of the tournament. The Ocean Course’s 155 slope rating is the highest in the country according to the United States Golf Association. Watch the 2021 PGA Championship beginning Thursday with Rounds 3-4 streaming live over the weekend on CBSSports.com, the CBS Sports App and Paramount+. The 2021 PGA Championship is the forthcoming 103rd PGA Championship, scheduled for May 20–23 at Kiawah Island Golf Resort's Ocean Course in Kiawah Island, South Carolina. 4. The field is set for this event, played at Kiawah Island Golf Resort's Ocean Course in Kiawah Island, S.C. By Associated Press. The elevated green is set between two sand ridges. Players go from the widest fairway to the narrowest approach. Against the wind, players might choose to bail out left of the green and try to save par from an extended collar area. This should be an easy birdie opportunity when the wind is at the players’ back. Check out the updated PGA Championship schedule for how to watch the year's second major all week long. The landing area for the tee shot is generous. The risk might be too great if players can get there in two. Covering the impact of coronavirus on the sports world. Alan Blondin ablondin@thesunnews.com. No. The defending champion is Collin Morikawa. The decision to play golf’s only all-professional major championship with limited attendance was made in coordination with the State of South Carolina, MUSC Health, and CDC guidelines, with the health and well-being of all involved as the top priority. Getty Images. 11, 593 yards, par 5: This likely will play as a three-shot hole except for when the wind is at the back. KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — The P.G.A. By signing up, you agree to the The object is simply to find the green, which so many players couldn’t do on the final day of the 1991 Ryder Cup. No. Players must decide how far down the canal they can carry their tee shots. In May of 2021, the strongest international field in golf will return to The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort for the 2021 PGA Championship. Going long: This will officially be the longest PGA Championship and major championship in terms of scorecard yardage. Pete and Alice Dye's design was constructed 30 years ago, and this will be the third monumental event on its grounds. The green is open in the front, but a variety of collection areas and swales and waste areas to the left and right will make for a difficult up-and-down. In fact, it was originally built after being awarded the 1991 Ryder Cup, which went on to be probably the biggest inflection point in the storied history of that event and maybe the best Ryder Cup of all time. Defending PGA champion Collin Morikawa said he was hitting 5-woods at 17 in the practice rounds. Take a look at some answers to frequently asked questions about the PGA Championship, the second major of the year. That allows the best view of the green, which is elevated similarly to the fairway plateau and is guarded by the “Rory” tree. No. Precision is key to successfully pass the 17th hole at Kiawah Island. No. Terms of Service St. Andrews, Pinehurst and Olympic Club are golf courses we hear a lot about, but they are not necessarily courses we see all that often. If you like storylines entering a golf major championship, the 2021 PGA Championship at the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island is the tournament for you. Longer hitters might get an advantage if they carry the crest of the hill and reach the lower level of the fairway, giving them a shorter approach. With such a course and such a history comes plenty to know even before the first shots are hit at the PGA Championship this week. Championship is returning this week to the Ocean Course, a daunting place rich in golf lore. Designed by Alice and Pete Dye to host the 1991 Ryder Cup, The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort winds naturally through windswept dunes along the coast of South Carolina. Less club might be used off the tee to avoid a downhill lie for the second shot. © 2004-2021 CBS Interactive. 1 Dustin Johnson became the first top-ranked player to miss the cut in consecutive majors since Greg Norman. Because if nobody is hitting already-difficult-to-hit greens, short-game magicians should shine. Depending on the wind, the second shot to a large green can be played with nearly every club in the bag, from a hybrid to an 8-iron. ET. The green is elevated and very exposed to the wind, and any miss will leave a severe uphill chip to try to save par. 2, 557 yards, par 5: This will be another good scoring opportunity, depending on the wind. "When I first walked the land, I fell in love with the site," Pete Dye said on his website.  "This narrow, two-and-a-half mile beachfront had beautiful ocean views on one side and vast saltwater marshes on the other.  I would have bent down on my knees and begged for the opportunity to build there.". The green is closely guarded on the right by a canal, with dunes and thick native grasses framing the left and rear. Tony Finau fired a 2-over-par 74 on Thursday, May 20, 2021, in the first round of the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island, South Carolina.
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