Even though Kiawah Island golf Aug 9 - 12 PGA Championship Live

Even though Kiawah Island has a lot more sand.

In a decision that the PGA of America said was consistent with past tournaments on the Ocean Course, all sandy areas have been declared "through the green." In layman terms, that means no bunkers at Kiawah Island for the final major of the year.

Aug 9 - 12 PGA Championship Live

Several holes have what look to be sand traps that run all the way down fairways or stretch behind the greens. There are some cases where the sand areas are surrounded by grass, making them look like a regular bunker. But they won't be considered bunkers. Players will be able to ground their clubs and even take practice swings, which would be a two-shot penalty if those areas were treated like real bunkers.

PGA Championship Live

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PGA Championship Live- Kiawah Island

Location:Kiawah Island - The Ocean Course

Kiawah Island, South Carolina     Keegan Bradley

Date: Aug 9 - 12, 2012
Venue: Firestone CC-South Course Akron, Ohio
Purse: $8,000,000

 

Now we're talking. The golf world barrels into the final Major of the year, this week's US PGA Championship at Kiawah Island, with drama, big names, crazed stares, emphatic fist pumps, more tragedy and, of course, biorhythms.

All were on display in a memorable World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone in Ohio. While Keegan Bradley should be massively praised for his Sunday 64, his steely up-and-down for par from a bunker on the 72nd hole and for adding a WGC title to last year's US PGA Championship, you know I'm homing in on the biorhythms.

After all, this is the week Deadheads around the world celebrated what would have been the late Jerry Garcia's 70th birthday. And here comes a wild-eyed kid from New England, oozing intensity and summoning his best at the most important moments, citing "biorhythms" in both his Saturday night press conference, and again live on CBS with Peter Kostis moments after securing his big win. I'm seeing a connection here.