{{use mdy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 2011 PGA Championship | image = PGAChampionship2011Logo.svg | image_size = 160 | dates = August 11–14, 2011 | location = [[Johns Creek, Georgia]] | course = [[Atlanta Athletic Club]],<br>Highlands Course | org = [[Professional Golfers' Association of America|PGA of America]] | tour = [[PGA Tour]]<br> [[PGA European Tour]]<br> [[Japan Golf Tour]] | par = 70 | yardage = {{convert|7467|yd}} | field = 156 players, 75 after cut | cut = 144 (+4) | purse = [[United States dollar|$]]8,000,000<br>[[Euro|€]]5,645,086 | winners_share = $1,445,000<br>€1,028,126 | champion = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Keegan Bradley]] | score = 272 (−8), playoff | previous = [[2010 PGA Championship|2010]] | next = [[2012 PGA Championship|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 <!--first-->[[Men's major golf championships|major championship]] in a three-hole playoff over [[Jason Dufner]] on the Highlands Course;<ref name=siag11>{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1189399/index.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119115443/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1189399/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 19, 2013|magazine=Sports Illustrated|last=Shipnuck|first=Alan|title=An All-American win|date=August 22, 2011}}</ref> Dufner won the title [[2013 PGA Championship|two years later]].
[[Television]] coverage was provided in the [[United States]] by [[PGA Tour on CBS|CBS]] and [[TNT (U.S. TV network)|TNT]], and in the [[United Kingdom]] by [[Sky Sports]].
==Venue== {{main|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 PGA Championship|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 PGA Championship|1981]], when [[Larry Nelson]] won by four strokes over [[Fuzzy Zoeller]]. The course also hosted the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] in [[1976 U.S. Open (golf)|1976]], won by [[Jerry Pate]].
==Course layout== {{Golf18|title=The 2011 [[PGA Championship]] at [[Atlanta Athletic Club]], Highlands Course}} {{white18 |name=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}} {{par18|name= | 4 |4 |4 |3 |5 |4 |3 |4 |4 | 35 | 4 |4 |5 |4 |4 |3 |4 |3 |4 | 35 | 70 }} {{end}} Lengths of the course for previous majors: * {{convert|7213|yd}}, par 70 - [[2001 PGA Championship]] * {{convert|7070|yd|0}}, par 70 - [[1981 PGA Championship]] * {{convert|7015|yd}}, par 70 - [[1976 U.S. Open (golf)|1976 U.S. Open]]
==Field== {{Location map |USA |relief = 1 |label = <small>Atlanta </small> |lat = 34.004 |long = -84.193 |caption = Location in the [[United States]] |marksize = 5 |float = |background = |width = 235 }} {{Location map |USA Georgia |relief = 1 |label = <small>Atlanta AC</small> |lat = 34.004 |long = -84.193 |caption = Location in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |marksize = 5 |position = bottom |float = |background = |width = 130 }}
The following qualification criteria were used to select the field.<ref>[http://www.pga.com/openchampionship/2011/players/eligibility_requirements.cfm 93rd PGA Championship - Eligibility Requirements]</ref><ref>[http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2011/players/the_field.cfm 93rd PGA Championship - The Field] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718103755/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2011/players/the_field.cfm |date=2011-07-18 }}</ref> 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 Championship|PGA]] Champions'''<br /> [[Rich Beem]], [[Mark Brooks (golfer)|Mark Brooks]], [[John Daly (golfer)|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 (golfer)|Doug Ford]], [[Al Geiberger]], [[Wayne Grady]], [[David Graham (golfer)|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 (golf)|U.S. Open]] Champions'''<br /> [[Ángel Cabrera]] (3), [[Lucas Glover]] (8,10), [[Graeme McDowell]] (9), [[Rory McIlroy]] (6,8,9,10)
'''3. Last five [[Masters Tournament|Masters]] Champions'''<br /> [[Trevor Immelman]], [[Zach Johnson]] (6,8,9), [[Charl Schwartzel]] (8,10)
'''4. Last five [[The Open Championship|British Open]] Champions'''<br /> [[Stewart Cink]] (8,9), [[Darren Clarke]] (8,10), [[Louis Oosthuizen]]
'''5. Current [[Senior PGA Championship|Senior PGA]] Champion''' *''[[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]] elected not to play.''
'''6. 15 low scorers and ties in the [[2010 PGA Championship]]'''<br /> [[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]]'''<br /> [[Danny Balin]], [[Brian Cairns (golfer)|Brian Cairns]], [[Todd Camplin]], [[Jeff Coston]], [[Sean Dougherty (golfer)|Sean Dougherty]], [[Scott Erdmann]], [[David Hutsell]], [[Faber Jamerson]], [[Marty Jertson]], [[Brad Lardon]], [[Robert McClellan (golfer)|Robert McClellan]], [[Rob Moss]], [[Mike Northern]], [[Dan Olsen (golfer)|Dan Olsen]], [[Steve Schneiter]], [[Mike Small (golfer)|Mike Small]], [[Stuart Smith (golfer)|Stuart Smith]], [[Jeff Sorenson]], [[Bob Sowards]], [[Craig Stevens (golfer)|Craig Stevens]]
'''8. Top 70 leaders in [https://web.archive.org/web/20090213152030/http://www.pgatour.com/r/stats/info/?132 official money standings] from the 2010 [[WGC-Bridgestone Invitational]] to the 2011 [[Greenbrier Classic]]'''<br /> [[Robert Allenby]], [[Arjun Atwal]] (10), [[Aaron Baddeley]] (10), [[Keegan Bradley]] (10), [[Jonathan Byrd (golfer)|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 (golfer)|Steve Marino]], [[Ryan Moore (golfer)|Ryan Moore]], [[Kevin Na]], [[Geoff Ogilvy]], [[Sean O'Hair]] (10), [[Jeff Overton]] (9), [[Ryan Palmer]], [[D. A. Points]] (10), [[John Rollins (golfer)|John Rollins]], [[Andrés Romero]], [[Justin Rose]], [[Rory Sabbatini]] (10), [[Adam Scott (golfer)|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 (golfer)|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]])<br /> [[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]]'''<br /> [[Michael Bradley (golfer)|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).'''<br /> [[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'''<br /> [[Thomas Aiken]], [[Fredrik Andersson Hed]], [[Ricky Barnes]], [[Thomas Bjørn]], [[Grégory Bourdy]], [[Ben Crane]], [[Brian Davis (golfer)|Brian Davis]], [[Jamie Donaldson]], [[Johan Edfors]], [[Ernie Els]], [[Hiroyuki Fujita]], [[Stephen Gallacher]], [[Sergio García]], [[Richard Green (golfer)|Richard Green]], [[Anders Hansen]], [[Tetsuji Hiratsuka]], [[David Horsey (golfer)|David Horsey]], [[Yuta Ikeda]], [[Ryo Ishikawa]], [[Raphaël Jacquelin]], [[Brendan Jones (golfer)|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 (golfer)|Tim Clark]] withdrew due to an elbow injury'' *''[[Nicolas Colsaerts]] withdrew due to an elbow injury.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/34107788/ns/sports-player_news/ |title=Colsaerts likely out of WGC-Bridgestone & PGA |access-date=2011-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012024908/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/34107788/ns/sports-player_news/ |archive-date=2012-10-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>''
==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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/aug/11/us-pga-201 |title=US PGA 2011: day one – as it happened |date=August 11, 2011 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=August 15, 2011}}</ref> 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 PGA Championship|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/aug/11/us-pga-2011-live?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 |title=US PGA 2011: day one – as it happened |date=August 11, 2011 |work=Guardian |access-date=August 15, 2011}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- |align=center|1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Stricker]]||align=center|63||align=center|−7 |- |align=center|2|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jerry Kelly]]||align=center|65||align=center|−5 |- |align=center|3|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Shaun Micheel]]||align=center|66||align=center|−4 |- |align=center|4|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Verplank]]||align=center|67||align=center|−3 |- |rowspan="8" align=center|T5|| {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Brendon de Jonge]]||rowspan="8" align=center|68||rowspan="8" align=center|−2 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Simon Dyson]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bill Haas]] |- | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Anders Hansen]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brandt Jobe]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Davis Love III]] |- | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Matteo Manassero]] |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Senden]] |}
===Second round=== ''Friday, August 12, 2011'' <ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/9563269.stm |title=US PGA day two as it happened |date=August 12, 2011 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=August 15, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/aug/12/us-pga-2011-live |title=US PGA 2011: day two – as it happened |date=August 12, 2011 |work=Guardian |access-date=August 15, 2011}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- |rowspan="2" align=center|T1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Keegan Bradley]]||align=center |71-64=135||rowspan="2" align=center|−5 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jason Dufner]]||align=center |70-65=135 |- |rowspan="4" align=center|T3|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jim Furyk]]||align=center |71-65=136||rowspan="4" align=center|−4 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[D. A. Points]]||align=center |69-67=136 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Senden]]||align=center |68-68=136 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Verplank]]||align=center |67-69=136 |- |rowspan="4" align=center|T7|| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Anders Hansen]]||align=center |68-69=137||rowspan="4" align=center|−3 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brandt Jobe]]||align=center |68-69=137 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brendan Steele]]||align=center |69-68=137 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Stricker]]||align=center |63-74=137 |}
===Third round=== ''Saturday, August 13, 2011'' <ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/9563722.stm |title=Live - US PGA Championship third round |date=August 13, 2011 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=August 15, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/aug/13/us-pga-day-three-live |title=US PGA 2011: day three - as it happened |date=August 13, 2011 |work=Guardian |access-date=August 15, 2011}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- |rowspan="2" align=center|T1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jason Dufner]]||align=center |70-65-68=203||rowspan="2" align=center|−7 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brendan Steele]]||align=center |69-68-66=203 |- |align=center|3|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Keegan Bradley]]||align=center |71-64-69=204||align=center|−6 |- |align=center|4|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Verplank]]||align=center |67-69-69=205||align=center|−5 |- |align=center|5|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Stricker]]||align=center |63-74-69=206||align=center|−4 |- |rowspan="2" align=center|T6|| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Anders Hansen]]||align=center |68-69-70=207||rowspan="2" align=center|−3 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[D. A. Points]]||align=center |69-67-71=207 |- |rowspan="5" align=center|T8|| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Robert Karlsson]]||align=center |70-71-67=208||rowspan="5" align=center|−2 |- | {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Charl Schwartzel]]||align=center |71-71-66=208 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Adam Scott (golfer)|Adam Scott]]||align=center |69-69-70=208 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Senden]]||align=center |68-68-72=208 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[David Toms]]||align=center |72-71-65=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 {{convert|551|yd|adj=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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/golf/2011/0815/pgachampionship.html |title=Bradley lands PGA after play-off win |date=August 14, 2011 |work=RTÉ Sport |access-date=August 15, 2011}}</ref>
At the {{convert|260|yd|0|adj=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 {{convert|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 {{convert|50|ft|0|adj=on}} putt for birdie to get to −8 and cut the lead to one, as Dufner watched from the 17th tee.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/uspga/8695022/US-PGA-2011-live.html |title=US PGA 2011: live |date=August 14, 2011 |work=Daily Telegraph |access-date=August 15, 2011}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/aug/14/us-pga-day-four-live |title=US PGA 2011: day four – as it happened |date=August 14, 2011 |work=Guardian |access-date=August 15, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://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 |title=Keegan Bradley wins his maiden major after beating Jason Dufner in play-off |date=August 14, 2011 |work=Daily Telegraph |access-date=August 15, 2011}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ([[United States dollar|$]]) |- | align=center rowspan="2"|T1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Keegan Bradley]]||71-64-69-68=272||align=center rowspan="2"|−8||align=center rowspan="2"| Playoff |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jason Dufner]]||70-65-68-69=272 |- | align=center|3|| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Anders Hansen]]||68-69-70-66=273||align=center|−7||align=center|545,000 |- | align=center rowspan="3"|T4|| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Robert Karlsson]]||70-71-67-67=275||align=center rowspan="3"|−5||rowspan="3" align=center|331,000 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[David Toms]]||72-71-65-67=275 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Verplank]]||67-69-69-70=275 |- | align=center|7|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Adam Scott (golfer)|Adam Scott]]||69-69-70-68=276||align=center|−4||align=center|259,000 |- | align=center rowspan="2"|T8|| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Luke Donald]]||70-71-68-68=277||align=center rowspan="2"|−3||rowspan="2" align=center|224,500 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Westwood]]||71-68-70-68=277 |- | align=center rowspan="2"|T10|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kevin Na]]||72-69-70-67=278||align=center rowspan="2"|−2||rowspan="2" align=center|188,000 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[D. A. Points]]||69-67-71-71=278 |} Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2011/scoring/index.cfm|publisher=PGA Championship|title=2011 final leaderboard|access-date=June 6, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbssports.com/golf/leaderboard/pga-tour/146676/pga-championship|publisher=CBS Sports|title=2011 PGA Championship: Round 4 leaderboard|access-date=June 6, 2012}}</ref>
====Scorecard==== ''Final round'' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Hole!! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 11 !! 12 !! 13 !! 14 !! 15 !! 16 !! 17 !! 18 |- |Par||4||4||4||3||5||4||3||4||4|| 4||4||5||4||4||3||4||3||4 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Bradley||style="background: Pink;"|−7||−7||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6||−6||style="background: Pink;"|−7||−7||−7||style="background: Pink;"|−8||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7||−7||−7||style="background: Red;"|−9||−9||−9||style="background: Olive;"|−6||style="background: Pink;"|−7||style="background: Pink;"|−8||−8 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Dufner||−7||−7||−7||−7||−7||style="background: Pink;"|−8||−8||style="background: Pink;"|−9||−9||−9||−9||style="background: Pink;"|−10||style="background: Pink;"|−11||−11||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−10||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−9||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8||−8 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Hansen||−3||−3||style="background: Pink;"|−4||−4||−4||style="background: Pink;"|−5||−5||−5||−5||−5||style="background: Pink;"|−6||style="background: Pink;"|−7||−7||−7||−7||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6||style="background: Pink;"|−7||−7 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Karlsson||−2||−2||−2||style="background: Pink;"|−3||−3||style="background: Pink;"|−4||−4||style="background: Pink;"|−5||−5||style="background: Pink;"|−6||−6||style="background: Red;"|−8||−8||−8||−8||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Toms||−2||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−1||style="background: PaleGreen;"|E||E||style="background: Pink;"|−1||style="background: Pink;"|−2||−2||style="background: Pink;"|−3||style="background: Pink;"|−4||−4||style="background: Pink;"|−5||−5||style="background: Pink;"|−6||−6||−6||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5||−5||−5 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Verplank||−5||style="background: Pink;"|−6||−6||−6||−6||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5||−5||−5||−5||−5||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−4||style="background: Red;"|−6||−6||−6||−6||style="background: Pink;"|−7||style="background: Green;"|−5||−5 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Stricker||style="background: Pink;"|−5||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−4||−4||style="background: Green;"|−2||−2||−2||−2||−2||−2||−2||−2||style="background: Pink;"|−3||−3||−3||−3||−3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−2||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−1 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Steele||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6||−6||−6||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−4||−4||−4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−3||−3||−3||−3||style="background: Red;"|−5||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−3||−3||−3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−2||style="background: Green;"|E |} ''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par'' {| class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%" |-<!-- |style="background: Orange;" width=10| |Double Eagle --> |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |style="background: Olive;" width=10| |Triple bogey+ |} <small>Source:</small><ref name=yahscr>{{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/leaderboard/2011/33 |publisher=Yahoo! Sports |title=2011 PGA Championship leaderboard |date=August 14, 2011 |access-date=May 28, 2013}}{{dead link|date=December 2020}}</ref><ref name=espncr>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=983 |publisher=ESPN |title=2011 PGA Championship leaderboard |date=August 14, 2011 |access-date=May 28, 2013}}</ref>
===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 {{convert|45|ft}}, and ran his putt {{convert|15|ft|round=0.5}} past the hole. Bradley knocked his {{convert|20|ft|0|adj=on}} birdie putt {{convert|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/14524821 |title=Keegan Bradley beats Jason Dufner in US PGA play-off |date=August 15, 2011 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=August 15, 2011}}</ref> 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 {{convert|18|ft}} from the cup. Dufner knocked his approach next to Bradley's, about {{convert|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 (golfer)|Ben Curtis]] at the [[2003 Open Championship]] and the first to win a major using a long (belly) [[putter]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/aug/14/rory-mcilroy-painful-pga-championship?intcmp=239 |title=Keegan Bradley wins US PGA play-off to give Americans a major boost |date=August 15, 2011 |work=Guardian |access-date=August 15, 2011}}</ref>
This was the seventh consecutive major championship won by a player who had not previously captured a major title, establishing a new record.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/6861483/keegan-bradley-beats-jason-dufner-playoff-pga-championship |title=Keegan Bradley wins first major title |agency=Associated Press |work=ESPN |date=August 15, 2011 |access-date=August 15, 2011}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ($) |- | align=center |'''1'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Keegan Bradley]]'''|| 3-3-4=10|| align=center |−1|| align=right |1,445,000 |- | align=center |2|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jason Dufner]]|| 4-4-3=11|| align=center |E|| align=right |865,000 |} <!-- *''Playoff held on holes 16, 17, and 18'' -->
====Scorecard==== ''Playoff'' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Hole!! 16 !! 17 !! 18 |- |Par||4||3||4 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Bradley||style="background: Pink;"|−1||−1||−1 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Dufner ||E||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+1||style="background: Pink;"|E |} ''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par'' {| class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%" |-<!-- |style="background: Orange;" width=10| |Double Eagle |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle --> |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey<!-- |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |style="background: Olive;" width=10| |Triple bogey+ --> |} <small>Source:</small><ref name=yahscr/><ref name=espncr/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120112093616/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2011/ 2011 Official site] *[http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2011/tournamentid=2011057/news/index.html Coverage on European Tour's official site] *[http://www.atlantaathleticclub.org Atlanta Athletic Club]
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