2011 PGA Championship

November 2019 2011 PGA Championship PGAChampionship2011Logo.svg 160 August 11–14, 2011 Johns Creek, Georgia Atlanta Athletic Club,Highlands Course PGA of America PGA Tour PGA European Tour Japan Golf Tour 70 7467 yd 156 players, 75 after cut 144 (+4) $8,000,000€5,645,086 $1,445,000€1,028,126 USA Keegan Bradley 272 (−8), playoff 2010 2012 The 2011 PGA Championship was the 93rd PGA Championship, held August 11–14, 2011 at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, a suburb northeast of Atlanta. Keegan Bradley won his only major championship in a three-hole playoff over Jason Dufner on the Highlands Course;http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1189399/index.htm https://archive.today/20130119115443/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1189399/index.htm dead January 19, 2013 Sports Illustrated Shipnuck Alan An All-American win August 22, 2011 Dufner won the title two years later. Television coverage was provided in the United States by CBS and TNT, and in the United Kingdom by Sky Sports. Venue Atlanta Athletic Club It was the third PGA Championship held at the Highlands Course of the Atlanta Athletic Club; the last was a decade earlier in 2001. David Toms laid up on the final hole and one-putted for a par to win by one stroke over Phil Mickelson. The first at AAC was in 1981, when Larry Nelson won by four strokes over Fuzzy Zoeller. The course also hosted the U.S. Open in 1976, won by Jerry Pate. Course layout The 2011 PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club, Highlands Course Yardage n/a 454 512 475 219 565 425 184 467 426 3,727 442 457 551 372 468 260 476 207 507 3,740 7,467 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 35 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 35 70 Lengths of the course for previous majors: 7213 yd, par 70 - 2001 PGA Championship 7070 yd 0, par 70 - 1981 PGA Championship 7015 yd, par 70 - 1976 U.S. Open Field USA 1 Atlanta  34.004 -84.193 Location in the United States 5 235 USA Georgia 1 Atlanta AC 34.004 -84.193 Location in Georgia 5 bottom 130 The following qualification criteria were used to select the field.93rd PGA Championship - Eligibility Requirements93rd PGA Championship - The Field https://web.archive.org/web/20110718103755/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2011/players/the_field.cfm 2011-07-18 Each player is listed according to the first category by which he qualified with additional categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses. 1. All former PGA Champions Rich Beem, Mark Brooks, John Daly, Steve Elkington (6), Pádraig Harrington (4,9), Martin Kaymer (6,8,9), Davis Love III, Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson (3,6,8,9,10), Larry Nelson, Vijay Singh (8), David Toms (8,10), Tiger Woods (2,9), Yang Yong-eun (8) Paul Azinger withdrew. The following former champions did not compete: Jack Burke Jr., Dow Finsterwald, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Al Geiberger, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Hubert Green, Don January, John Mahaffey, Bobby Nichols, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Nick Price, Jeff Sluman, Dave Stockton, Hal Sutton, Lee Trevino, Bob Tway, Lanny Wadkins 2. Last five U.S. Open Champions Ángel Cabrera (3), Lucas Glover (8,10), Graeme McDowell (9), Rory McIlroy (6,8,9,10) 3. Last five Masters Champions Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson (6,8,9), Charl Schwartzel (8,10) 4. Last five British Open Champions Stewart Cink (8,9), Darren Clarke (8,10), Louis Oosthuizen 5. Current Senior PGA Champion Tom Watson elected not to play. 6. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2010 PGA Championship Paul Casey (8), Jason Day (8), Jason Dufner (8), Simon Dyson, Dustin Johnson (8,9,10), Matt Kuchar (8,9,10), Liang Wenchong, Bryce Molder, Camilo Villegas, Bubba Watson (8,9,10) 7. 20 low scorers in the 2011 PGA Professional National Championship Danny Balin, Brian Cairns, Todd Camplin, Jeff Coston, Sean Dougherty, Scott Erdmann, David Hutsell, Faber Jamerson, Marty Jertson, Brad Lardon, Robert McClellan, Rob Moss, Mike Northern, Dan Olsen, Steve Schneiter, Mike Small, Stuart Smith, Jeff Sorenson, Bob Sowards, Craig Stevens 8. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational to the 2011 Greenbrier Classic Robert Allenby, Arjun Atwal (10), Aaron Baddeley (10), Keegan Bradley (10), Jonathan Byrd (10), K. J. Choi (10), Brendon de Jonge, Luke Donald (9,10), Rickie Fowler (9), Jim Furyk (9,10), Tommy Gainey, Robert Garrigus (10), Brian Gay, Retief Goosen, Bill Haas (10), Charley Hoffman (10), J. B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, Freddie Jacobson (10), Robert Karlsson, Chris Kirk (10), Martin Laird (10), Spencer Levin, Hunter Mahan (9), Steve Marino, Ryan Moore, Kevin Na, Geoff Ogilvy, Sean O'Hair (10), Jeff Overton (9), Ryan Palmer, D. A. Points (10), John Rollins, Andrés Romero, Justin Rose, Rory Sabbatini (10), Adam Scott (10), John Senden, Webb Simpson, Heath Slocum (10), Brandt Snedeker (10), Scott Stallings (10), Brendan Steele (10), Kevin Streelman, Steve Stricker (9,10), Cameron Tringale, Bo Van Pelt, Jhonattan Vegas (10), Johnson Wagner (10), Nick Watney (10), Charlie Wi, Mark Wilson (10), Gary Woodland (10) 9. Members of the United States and European 2010 Ryder Cup teams (provided they are ranked in the top 100 in the Official World Golf Rankings) Ross Fisher, Peter Hanson, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Edoardo Molinari, Francesco Molinari, Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood 10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2010 PGA Championship Michael Bradley, Harrison Frazar, Rocco Mediate, Scott Piercy 11. Vacancies are filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings). J. J. Henry, Ryuji Imada, Brandt Jobe, Jerry Kelly, Bill Lunde Alternates: Tom Gillis (ranked 76) replaced Paul Azinger. D. J. Trahan (ranked 79) took the spot reserved for WGC-Bridgestone Invitational winner who had already qualified. 12. The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above Thomas Aiken, Fredrik Andersson Hed, Ricky Barnes, Thomas Bjørn, Grégory Bourdy, Ben Crane, Brian Davis, Jamie Donaldson, Johan Edfors, Ernie Els, Hiroyuki Fujita, Stephen Gallacher, Sergio García, Richard Green, Anders Hansen, Tetsuji Hiratsuka, David Horsey, Yuta Ikeda, Ryo Ishikawa, Raphaël Jacquelin, Brendan Jones, Anthony Kim, Kim Kyung-tae, Pablo Larrazábal, Matteo Manassero, Noh Seung-yul, Alex Norén, José María Olazábal, Jerry Pate, Álvaro Quirós, Scott Verplank Tim Clark withdrew due to an elbow injury Nicolas Colsaerts withdrew due to an elbow injury.http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/34107788/ns/sports-player_news/ Colsaerts likely out of WGC-Bridgestone & PGA 2011-08-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20121012024908/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/34107788/ns/sports-player_news/ 2012-10-12 dead Round summaries First round Thursday, August 11, 2011 Steve Stricker set the early lead with a 7-under-par 63, after narrowly missing a putt on his final hole that would have set a new major championship record of 62. Jerry Kelly finished with 65, in what was shaping up to be a good chance for the U.S. to get its first major win since the 2010 Masters Tournament. Pre-tournament favorite Rory McIlroy injured his wrist on the 3rd hole, but was able to grind out an even par round of 70.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/aug/11/us-pga-201 US PGA 2011: day one – as it happened August 11, 2011 BBC Sport August 15, 2011 The defending champion, Martin Kaymer shot a 2-over-par round of 72 to sit 9 shots off the lead, while the champion from 2003, Shaun Micheel shot a 4-under-par round of 66 to be in 3rd place alone. Tiger Woods, despite stating that he felt good about his game before the tournament, shot a 77, to finish +7 and in danger of missing the cut.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/aug/11/us-pga-2011-live?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 US PGA 2011: day one – as it happened August 11, 2011 Guardian August 15, 2011 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Steve Stricker63−7 2 USA Jerry Kelly65−53 USA Shaun Micheel66−44 USA Scott Verplank67−3T5 ZIM Brendon de Jonge68−2 ENG Simon Dyson USA Bill Haas DEN Anders Hansen USA Brandt Jobe USA Davis Love III ITA Matteo Manassero AUS John Senden Second round Friday, August 12, 2011 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/9563269.stm US PGA day two as it happened August 12, 2011 BBC Sport August 15, 2011https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/aug/12/us-pga-2011-live US PGA 2011: day two – as it happened August 12, 2011 Guardian August 15, 2011 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Keegan Bradley71-64=135−5 USA Jason Dufner70-65=135T3 USA Jim Furyk71-65=136−4 USA D. A. Points69-67=136 AUS John Senden68-68=136 USA Scott Verplank67-69=136T7 DEN Anders Hansen68-69=137−3 USA Brandt Jobe68-69=137 USA Brendan Steele69-68=137 USA Steve Stricker63-74=137 Third round Saturday, August 13, 2011 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/9563722.stm Live - US PGA Championship third round August 13, 2011 BBC Sport August 15, 2011https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/aug/13/us-pga-day-three-live US PGA 2011: day three - as it happened August 13, 2011 Guardian August 15, 2011 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Jason Dufner70-65-68=203−7 USA Brendan Steele69-68-66=2033 USA Keegan Bradley71-64-69=204−64 USA Scott Verplank67-69-69=205−55 USA Steve Stricker63-74-69=206−4T6 DEN Anders Hansen68-69-70=207−3 USA D. A. Points69-67-71=207T8 SWE Robert Karlsson70-71-67=208−2 RSA Charl Schwartzel71-71-66=208 AUS Adam Scott69-69-70=208 AUS John Senden68-68-72=208 USA David Toms72-71-65=208 Final round Sunday, August 14, 2011 Third round co-leader Brendan Steele faded quickly with four early bogeys; he shot 77 and ended in a tie for 19th. Steve Stricker birdied the first to pull within a shot of the lead, but a double bogey on 4 led to a final score of 73. Robert Karlsson stormed into contention with an eagle on the 551 yd on par-5 12th hole to pull him to −8 and within a shot of leader Jason Dufner. Anders Hansen also began a late charge and after birdies at 12 and 13 pulled within two shots of Dufner at −7. David Toms also made a charge, birdieing six of nine holes in the middle of the round, but a bogey on 16 dropped him out of contention. Keegan Bradley made an eagle of his own on 12 after knocking the approach to two feet to tie Dufner for the lead at −9. Dufner birdied both 12 and 13 to take a two-shot lead at −11.http://www.rte.ie/sport/golf/2011/0815/pgachampionship.html Bradley lands PGA after play-off win August 14, 2011 RTÉ Sport August 15, 2011 At the 260 yd 0 on par-3 15th hole, Bradley hit his tee shot left of the green, then chipped into the water and was unable to get up and down from drop area. The triple-bogey 6 left him at −6, five shots out of the lead with three holes to play. Following his eagle at 12, Karlsson parred the next three holes but bogeyed the last three to end his chances for a first major. After a bogey by Hansen at 16, Dufner had a five-shot lead at −11 on the 15th tee. He hit his tee shot into the water, but got up-and-down for a bogey to drop to −10. Scott Verplank chipped in for birdie from the bunker on 16 to pull within three shots of the lead. His playing partner Bradley also birdied 16 to pull within three shots. Hansen made a 15-footer (4.5 m) for birdie on 17 to pull to −7, three shots back. Verplank needed to attack the par-3 17th hole, but hit his tee shot from 207 yd off the protecting wall into the water to end his chances of a late charge. Bradley landed his tee shot in the middle of the green. Dufner hit his approach on 16 into the greenside bunker; but again failed to save par and fell to −9. Bradley then sank a 50 ft 0 on putt for birdie to get to −8 and cut the lead to one, as Dufner watched from the 17th tee.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/uspga/8695022/US-PGA-2011-live.html US PGA 2011: live August 14, 2011 Daily Telegraph August 15, 2011 Hansen two-putted for par on 18 and had the clubhouse lead of −7. After hitting on the 17th green, Dufner knocked his first putt well past the hole and bogeyed to fall to −8; his five-stroke lead was gone. After hitting hybrid off the 18th tee, Bradley hit his approach to the center of the green, leaving a long birdie putt. He lagged to one foot and tapped in to post the new clubhouse lead of −8. After Dufner hit driver in the fairway on 18 he hit four iron to the middle of the green. Dufner than lagged his putt to two feet (0.6 m) and tapped in to tie Bradley and force a three-hole playoff.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/aug/14/us-pga-day-four-live US PGA 2011: day four – as it happened August 14, 2011 Guardian August 15, 2011https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/uspga/8701460/US-PGA-Championship-2011-Keegan-Bradley-wins-his-maiden-major-after-beating-Jason-Dufner-in-play-off.html Keegan Bradley wins his maiden major after beating Jason Dufner in play-off August 14, 2011 Daily Telegraph August 15, 2011 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T1 USA Keegan Bradley71-64-69-68=272−8 Playoff USA Jason Dufner70-65-68-69=2723 DEN Anders Hansen68-69-70-66=273−7545,000T4 SWE Robert Karlsson70-71-67-67=275−5331,000 USA David Toms72-71-65-67=275 USA Scott Verplank67-69-69-70=2757 AUS Adam Scott69-69-70-68=276−4259,000T8 ENG Luke Donald70-71-68-68=277−3224,500 ENG Lee Westwood71-68-70-68=277T10 USA Kevin Na72-69-70-67=278−2188,000 USA D. A. Points69-67-71-71=278 Source:http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2011/scoring/index.cfm PGA Championship 2011 final leaderboard June 6, 2012http://www.cbssports.com/golf/leaderboard/pga-tour/146676/pga-championship CBS Sports 2011 PGA Championship: Round 4 leaderboard June 6, 2012 Scorecard Final round Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 Par444354344 445443434USA Bradley−7−7−6−6−7−7−7−8−7−7−7−9−9−9−6−7−8−8USA Dufner−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−9−9−9−9−10−11−11−10−9−8−8DEN Hansen−3−3−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−7−6−7−7SWE Karlsson−2−2−2−3−3−4−4−5−5−6−6−8−8−8−8−7−6−5USA Toms−2−1EE−1−2−2−3−4−4−5−5−6−6−6−5−5−5USA Verplank−5−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−5−5−4−6−6−6−6−7−5−5USA Stricker−5−4−4−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−3−2−1USA Steele−6−6−6−5−4−4−4−3−3−3−3−5−4−3−3−3−2E Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Double Eagle -->EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ Source:https://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/leaderboard/2011/33 Yahoo! Sports 2011 PGA Championship leaderboard August 14, 2011 May 28, 2013December 2020https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=983 ESPN 2011 PGA Championship leaderboard August 14, 2011 May 28, 2013 Playoff The three-hole aggregate playoff was played on the final three holes, with sudden-death to follow in case of a tie. Starting on 16, Dufner's approach shot rolled right by the hole and settled 8 feet behind the cup. Bradley answered by knocking his approach to four feet. After Dufner missed his birdie putt, Bradley made his short birdie putt to take a one shot lead. On the playoff's par-three second hole, Dufner and Bradley both put their tee balls on to the green. Dufner was first to play, from about 45 ft, and ran his putt 15 ft 0.5 past the hole. Bradley knocked his 20 ft 0 on birdie putt 4 ft past the hole. Dufner missed his long comebacker for par and Bradley made his par putt to take a two-shot lead with one hole to play.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/14524821 Keegan Bradley beats Jason Dufner in US PGA play-off August 15, 2011 BBC Sport August 15, 2011 Bradley elected to take hybrid off the tee on 18, as he did in regulation, and found the fairway. Dufner hit driver in the fairway, just as he did in regulation. With a two shot lead Bradley put his approach shot comfortably on the front of the green, leaving it 18 ft from the cup. Dufner knocked his approach next to Bradley's, about 20 ft 0 from the hole. Two strokes down, Dufner needed to make his birdie putt to have any chance to extend the playoff and did just that. Bradley then needed to two-putt for par to win his first major. Bradley lagged the first putt just past the hole, then tapped in for the win. Bradley became the first male player to win in his major debut since Ben Curtis at the 2003 Open Championship and the first to win a major using a long (belly) putter.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/aug/14/rory-mcilroy-painful-pga-championship?intcmp=239 Keegan Bradley wins US PGA play-off to give Americans a major boost August 15, 2011 Guardian August 15, 2011 This was the seventh consecutive major championship won by a player who had not previously captured a major title, establishing a new record.https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/6861483/keegan-bradley-beats-jason-dufner-playoff-pga-championship Keegan Bradley wins first major title Associated Press ESPN August 15, 2011 August 15, 2011 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Keegan Bradley 3-3-4=10−11,445,0002 USA Jason Dufner 4-4-3=11E865,000 Scorecard Playoff Hole 16  17  18 Par434USA Bradley−1−1−1USA Dufner E+1E Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Double EagleEagle -->BirdieBogey Source: References External links 2011 Official site Coverage on European Tour's official site Atlanta Athletic Club 2011 34.004 -84.193 type:event title Category:PGA Championship Category:Golf tournaments in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Sports in Duluth, Georgia PGA Championship PGA Championship PGA Championship