With the start of the PGA Championship at The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island on Thursday, teaching and touring pros alike will vie to hoist the Wanamaker trophy come Sunday evening. But first they'll have to navigate their way through 72 holes of grueling golf competition.
There has been 16 different major winners in the last 16 major championships, meaning that the door is wide open for all players in the field. But all eyes will be fixated on Tiger Woods, who hasn't won a major since the 2008 U.S. Open as he continues towards Jack Nicklaus' record of 19 major titiles.
Woods will tee off early on Thursday with Keegan Bradley and Martin Kaymer, starting their round off the No. 10 tee at 8:30 a.m. ET. As for Ernie Els, fresh off his victory at the British Open, he'll tee off with reigning U.S. Open champ Webb Simpson as well as reigning Masters champion Bubba Watson, starting at 1:20 p.m ET off the front nine.
Phil Mickelson, Davis Love III and Padraig Harrington will go off the front a few groups behind them at 1:40, while Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and Jim Furyk will start off the back nine at 8:10 a.m.
Here are all the complete tee times, all times ET.
| Thursday, 1st tee | |
|---|---|
| Starting time (ET), players | |
| 7:20 a.m.: Kelly Mitchum, D.A. Points, Marcel Siem | |
| 7:30 a.m.: John Senden, Ken Duke, Michael Frye | |
| 7:40 a.m.: Greg Chalmers, Spencer Levin, Michael Thompson | |
| 7:50 a.m.: Thomas Bjorn, Robert Garrigus, Charley Hoffman | |
| 8 a.m.: Lucas Glover, Ben Curtis, Trevor Immelman | |
| 8:10 a.m.: Scott Stallings, Jeev Milkha Singh, Johnson Wagner | |
| 8:20 a.m.: Shaun Micheel, David Toms, John Daly | |
| 8:30 a.m.: Bernd Wiesberger, Ryan Palmer, Robert Karlsson | |
| 8:40 a.m.: Alvaro Quiros, Cameron Tringale, Ryan Moore | |
| 8:50 a.m.: Tommy Gainey, Jason Day, Carl Pettersson | |
| 9 a.m.: Mike Small, Brian Davis, John Huh | |
| 9:10 a.m.: Sean O'Hair, Brian Cairns, Seung-Yul Noh | |
| 9:20 a.m.: Chris Stroud, Marty Jertson, Thongchai Jaidee | |
| Thursday, 10th tee | |
|---|---|
| Starting time (ET), players | |
| 7:20 a.m.: Matteo Manassero, Charles Howell III, Mark Brown | |
| 7:30 a.m.: Pat Perez, Corey Prugh, Martin Laird | |
| 7:40 a.m.: Toru Taniguchi, Rory Sabbatini, Rafael Cabrera-Bello | |
| 7:50 a.m.: Jose Maria Olazabal, Branden Grace, Matt Dobyns | |
| 8 a.m.: Darren Clarke, Ryo Ishikawa, Gary Woodland | |
| 8:10 a.m.: Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Jim Furyk | |
| 8:20 a.m.: Jason Dufner, Paul Casey, Geoff Ogilvy | |
| 8:30 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Martin Kaymer, Tiger Woods | |
| 8:40 a.m.: Louis Oosthuizen, Ian Poulter, Steve Stricker | |
| 8:50 a.m.: Lee Westwood, Bill Haas, Angel Cabrera | |
| 9 a.m.: Stewart Cink, Peter Hanson, Tim Clark | |
| 9:10 a.m.: Jeff Coston, Bud Cauley, Robert Rock | |
| 9:20 a.m.: Joost Luiten, Alan Morin, Thomas Aiken | |
| Thursday, 1st tee | |
|---|---|
| Starting time (ET), players | |
| 12:30 p.m.: Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, George McNeill, Frank Bensel | |
| 12:40 p.m.: Brendon de Jonge, Danny Balin, Hiroyuki Fujita | |
| 12:50 p.m.: John Rollins, Kyle Stanley, Francesco Molinari | |
| 1 p.m.: Charl Schwartzel, Rickie Fowler, Nicolas Colsaerts | |
| 1:10 p.m.: Hunter Mahan, Adam Scott, Sergio Garcia | |
| 1:20 p.m.: Bubba Watson, Webb Simpson, Ernie Els | |
| 1:30 p.m.: Luke Donald, Brandt Snedeker, Zach Johnson | |
| 1:40 p.m.: Padraig Harrington, Phil Mickelson, Davis Love III | |
| 1:50 p.m.: Scott Piercy, Graeme McDowell, Matt Kuchar | |
| 2 p.m.: Justin Rose, Paul Lawrie, Nick Watney | |
| 2:10 p.m.: K.J. Choi, Simon Dyson, Scott Verplank | |
| 2:20 p.m.: Mitch Lowe, Jeff Overton, Blake Adams | |
| 2:30 p.m.: William McGirt, Paul Scaletta, Robert Allenby | |
| Thursday, 10th tee | |
|---|---|
| Starting time (ET), players | |
| 12:30 p.m.: Bryce Molder, Matt Every, Bob Sowards | |
| 12:40 p.m.: Sang Moon Bae, Darrell Kestner, David Lynn | |
| 12:50 p.m.: Marcus Fraser, Jamie Donaldson, Doug Wade | |
| 1 p.m.: Jonathan Byrd, Anders Hansen, Aaron Baddeley | |
| 1:10 p.m.: Thorbjorn Olesen, Fredrik Jacobson, Jimmy Walker | |
| 1:20 p.m.: Miguel Angel Jimenez, K.T. Kim, Bo Van Pelt | |
| 1:30 p.m.: Y.E. Yang, Rich Beem, Vijay Singh | |
| 1:40 p.m.: Charlie Wi, Pablo Larrazabal, Chez Reavie | |
| 1:50 p.m.: Retief Goosen, Mark Brooks, Roger Chapman | |
| 2 p.m.: Alexander Noren, Mark Wilson, George Coetzee | |
| 2:10 p.m.: Marc Leishman, Ted Potter Jr., Brian Gaffney | |
| 2:20 p.m.: Michael Hoey, Kevin Na, Rod Perry | |
| 2:30 p.m.: Brendan Jones, Bill Murchison, J.J. Henry |
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