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PGA GrAnd SlAm of Golf

KeeGAn BrAdleyGloryS firSt Shot

ernie els 2010 PGA Grand slam of Golf Champion

2011 mAjor Golf ChAmPionShiPS

75tH MAsters Winner: Charl schwartzel 111tH u.s. OPeN Winner: rory Mcilroy 140tH OPeN CHAMPiONsHiP Winner: Darren Clarke 93rD PGA CHAMPiONsHiP Winner: Keegan Bradley
Keegan Bradley, 2011 PGA Champion

Nobody saw Keegan Bradley coming, except perhaps his father, Mark, a PGA Professional who elected to remain secluded in front of a television in a condominium in Jackson, Wyo., watching his son march into major championship lore. From his vantage point, with nobody around to add to his own tension, Mark Bradley saw his 25-year-old son cap an unforgettable, frenzied final hour of the 93rd PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club. Trailing by five strokes with just three holes to play, Keegan Bradley looked glazed when his chip shot ran across the 15th green and into the water, leading to a triple bogey. At that point, he reminded himself that his dream wasnt over, especially with a crucible of finishing holes left to play at Atlanta Athletic Clubs Highlands Course. I kept telling myself. Dont let that hole define this whole tournament, said Bradley. That

mental slap led to one of the most stunning turnarounds in major championship history. Bradley stepped up to make back-to-back birdies, including a 35-footer at 17 that caused the gallery to erupt. That massive putt accompanied a collapse by Jason Dufner, who appeared unflappable all weekend and had the experience of sharing fifth in the Championship a year ago. But Dufner hit his tee shot in the water on the 15th for the first of three straight bogeys that dropped him into a three-hole aggregate score playoff with the surging Bradley. Bradley hammered his drive on the 16th hole to open the playoff and noticed something in the fairway his divot from regulation play less than an hour earlier. Keegan told me later that he had seen his divot and it kind of calmed him, said Mark Bradley.
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2011 PGA GrAnd SlAm of Golf

DAtes: October 17-19 site: Port Royal Golf Course, Bermuda Purse: $1.35 million 2010 CHAMPiON: Ernie Els televisiON: First round October 18, TNT | 4-7 p.m. ET & PT second round October 19, TNT | 4-8 p.m. ET & PT
TNTs prime-time broadcast of the event reaches a worldwide audience of 88.9 million U.S. homes and international viewers in more than 100 countries.

2011 PGA ChAmPion KeeGAn BrAdley

nearly a century to win a major championship in his first try. He joined Francis Ouimet (1913 U.S. Open) and Ben Curtis (2003 Open Championship) in that exclusive club. Bradley the first major champion to use a belly putter is also one of five PGA Champions (following Jack Burke Jr., Dave Marr, Davis Love III and Rich Beem) who is the son of a PGA Professional. It seems like a dream, and I hope its real, Bradley said at the champagne toast in the clubhouse with a gleam in his eye. This was the best conditioned golf course that Ive seen in my life. If I could make one suggestion, you might cut the rough down back of the 15th hole! The 93rd PGA Championship featured 100 of the top 102 worldranked players, and 68 international competitors representing 20 countries. Bradley entered the Championship as the No. 108 in the world, yet ended Americas longest drought in the majors, a streak that had reached six. Bradley closed regulation play with a 2-under-par 68 and matched Dufner at 8-under-par 272. Dufner, who entered the final round tied for first with Brendan Steele, posted a 69. Denmarks Anders Hansen was a stroke back in third after a 66, and 2001 Champion David Toms (67), Swedens Robert Karlsson (67), who suffered three straight bogeys after coming within a stroke of the lead, shared fourth with Scott Verplank (70) at 275. Dufner was the only player in the field to reach 11-under-par and had played that four-hole finish in 3-under for the week never once making a bogey until the final round.

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2011 PGA CHAMPION kEEGAN BRAdlEy

Everybody has struggled on them, Dufner said of the final four holes. Unfortunately, I had the lead and I struggled on them that was the deciding factor, and Keegan made a couple birdies there, and I made a couple bogeys. Dufner seemed to have the Wanamaker Trophy in his grasp as he stood on the 15th tee with a four-stroke lead over Anders Hansen, who was in the process of making bogey. Then he pushed his tee shot into the water right of the green. He rallied by making a 12-foot bogey putt and hit his drive in the middle of the 16th fairway. Moments later, Bradley hit his approach to eight feet at 16 and made birdie. Playing one group back, Dufner hit his approach into the right bunker, blasted out to 10 feet and made bogey, his lead now trimmed to two strokes. Dufner arrived on the 17th tee in time to watch Bradley rattle in a 35-foot birdie putt, which led to the latter pumping his fist as his caddie stood behind the hole holding the flag over his head with both arms. Dufner then hit to the middle of the green but ran his first putt 10 feet by the hole and three-putted for bogey, forcing a tie. Until his stunning Sunday, Bradley was best known as the nephew of World Golf Hall of Famer Pat Bradley. He won earlier this year at the HP Byron Nelson Championship in a playoff, again after the leader faded on the closing holes. Bradley said that he hopes his PGA Championship isnt his lone shining moment.

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I had texted him on Saturday, By the way, its Hogans birthday today. He and I are big Hogan disciples, and I kind of think that played a little role in helping him. When Bradley made the putt, it was his first outright lead of the day. He added a two-putt par at 17 and then reached the 471-yard 18th hole that had played havoc with most of the field all week. Dufner applied the pressure by hitting his approach to within 20 feet. Bradley hit his 6-iron approach, and told his father later that he lost sight of the ball. The roar of the crowd by the 18th green, who saw the ball settle just inside of Dufners ball, quickly erased any lingering doubt. Though Dufner made his final putt, Bradley followed and had a short tap-in to close and become only the third player in

the PGA GrAnd SlAm of Golf troPhy

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2011 ChAmPionS
CHArl sCHWArtzel, 75tH Masters Champion
With his final putt from 20 feet curling into the side of the cup for a 6-under 66, the best finishing round at the Masters in 22 years, Charl Schwartzel closed out a two-stroke triumph over Adam Scott and Jason Day and earned the first berth into the 2011 PGA Grand Slam of Golf. Schwartzel paved a path to victory that few first-time major champions have matched by becoming the first to capture the green jacket with four straight closing birdies. Schwartzel will be making his first appearance in Bermuda.

rOry MCilrOy, 111tH u.s. Open Champion

Rory McIlroy, whose dominating, record-breaking week at Congressional Country Club catapulted him to his first major championship, was the second to earn a berth in the 2011 PGA Grand Slam of Golf. McIlroy shot 16-underpar 268, eight strokes better than Jason Day, and four shots better than the U.S. Open scoring record, formerly held by four players, including Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus. McIlroy will be making his first appearance in the PGA Grand Slam of Golf.

DArreN ClArKe, 140tH Open Champion

Darren Clarke held off challenges by playing partner Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson early in the final round of the 140th Open Championship at Royal St. Georges, for a 5-under-par 275 total, to become the second native of Northern Ireland to capture a major championship this year. In doing so, Clarke earned the third berth in the 2011 PGA Grand Slam of Golf. Clarke, who will be competing in his first PGA Grand Slam of Golf, is the first player in his 40s to win a major since Vijay Singh captured the 2004 PGA Championship.

KeeGAN BrADley, 93rD PGA Champion

Keegan Bradley looked done after a triple bogey on the 15th hole of the final round at Atlanta Athletic Club dropped him far off the pace. But the resilient rookie immediately birdied the next two holes, caught Jason Dufner and won the 93rd PGA Championship in a three-hole playoff, earning the fourth and final berth in the 2011 PGA Grand Slam of Golf. Bradley, who will be competing in his first PGA Grand Slam of Golf, is only the third player in at least 100 years to win a major championship in his first try.

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PGA GrAnd SlAm of Golf~2011 mAjor ChAmPionS PointS liSt oCtoBer 1719, 2011
MASTERS
Charl Schwartzel RANK 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th T9th T9th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th T17th T17th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th PLAYER Ernie Els Phil Mickelson Y.E. Yang Trevor Immelman David Toms Davis Love III Zach Johnson Jim Furyk Tiger Woods Geoff Ogilvy Martin Kaymer Lucas Glover Louis Oosthuizen Angel Cabrera Graeme McDowell Fred Couples Tom Watson Tom Lehman Retief Goosen Stewart Cink Padraig Harrington Todd Hamilton Paul Lawrie Shaun Micheel 45.5 54.5 59 51 * * 51 100 100 * * * 85 * 59 * * * * * * * * PoINtS PLACE T27th T20th T15th T24th * * T24th T4th T4th * * * 7th * T15th * * * * * * * *

U.S. OPEN
Rory McIlroy PoINtS 19.5 106.25 * * 64 42 * * * 36 33 72.5 * 60 * * * 50 * 28.5 15 * * PLACE T54th T3rd * * T11th T30th * * * T39th T42nd T9th * T14th * * * T23rd * T45th T60th * *

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Darren Clarke PoINtS 137.5 57.5 35.5 * 70 57.5 25.5 * * 63 63 21 * * * 53 53 * 42.5 * * 9.5 * PLACE T2nd T16th T38th * T9th T16th T48t h * * T12th T12th T54th * * * T22nd T22nd * T30th * * T66th *

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Keegan Bradley PoINtS 54 6 61 100 3.5 16 34.5 * * * * * * * * * * * * 10 * * 1.5 PLACE T19th T69th T12th T4th T72nd T59th T39th * * * * * * * * * * * * T64th * * T74th TOTAL
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PGA GrAND slAM OF GOlF, DeFeNDiNG CHAMPiON

256.5 224.25 155.5 151 137.5 115.5 111 100 100 99 96 93.5 85 60 59 53 53 50 42.5 38.5 15 9.5 1.5

In the event of an injury or a dual winner in a major Championship, The PGA of America has developed a formula to complete the PGA Grand Slam of Golf field. The Defending Champion receives the initial invitation, then the Major Champions Points List is used to complete the field. This equation incorporates active past major winners and how they compete in this years major events. The point system awards 150 points for a 2nd place finish in a major event, 125 for 3rd, 110 for 4th, 100 for 5th, 90 for 6th, 85 for 7th, all the way thru 70th place, which receives 6 points.