Kiawah Island Golf Resort Ocean Course in South Carolina Phil Mickelson pga 2021

Description

The Ocean Course is the most famous course at Kiawah Island, and was designed by
Pete
and
Alice Dye
.
[6]
The course was designed so that players have a view of the shoreline of the
Atlantic Ocean
, but also to expose golfers to the often-strong winds in the area.
[6]
The Ocean Course has been consistently named as one of the best courses in the world by several publications such as
Golf Digest
and
Golf Magazine
as well as being named a "Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary" by
Audubon International
. As of 2010, the Ocean Course was rated 25th in
Golf Digest
'
s 100 Greatest Golf Courses in America.
[7]
The Ocean Course is a par 72 course and from the championship
tees
, it stretches to 7,876 yards (7,202 m) with a
slope rating
of 155 and a
course rating
of 79.1,
[2]
the highest in the country, according to the
United States Golf Association
. Because of its large slopes, numerous bunkers, and challenging
Bermuda grass
, it was named the toughest course in America in 2010 by
Golf Digest
.
[8]
The Ocean Course was featured in the
2000
film
The Legend of Bagger Vance
.
[9]
In October 2008, the Ocean Course became the first course to be available to play in the online
video game
that was developed by
World Golf Tour
. Helicopters equipped with cameras and GPS tracking devices were used to photograph and record the entire course to produce a geographically accurate simulation.
The
2021 PGA Championship
was the 103rd
PGA Championship
, being held from May 20–23 at
Kiawah Island Golf Resort
's Ocean Course on
Kiawah Island, South Carolina
. It was the second
major championship
at the Ocean Course; the
2012 PGA Championship
was won by
Rory McIlroy
. Having been held without spectators in
2020
, in February 2021, the
PGA of America
announced that 10,000 fans would be admitted on each day of the PGA Championship in 2021.
[1]
Phil Mickelson
won his second PGA Championship, and sixth
major
, by two strokes ahead of runners-up
Brooks Koepka
and
Louis Oosthuizen
. At age 50, Mickelson is the oldest player to win a major.