2011 PGA Championship Winner and Scores
The 2011 PGA Championship was the tournament's 93rd edition. Keegan Bradley came from five strokes behind with three holes to play to tie and force a playoff, then won that playoff to take the trophy.
Winner: Keegan Bradley, 272
Where it was played: Atlanta Athletic Club (Highlands Course), Johns Creek, Georgia
Tournament dates: August 11-14, 2011
Leader after first round: Steve Stricker, 63
Leader after second round: Keegan Bradley and Jason Dufner, 135
Leader after third round: Jason Dufner and Brendan Steele, 203
What Happened at the 2011 PGA Championship
PGA Tour rookie Keegan Bradley defeated Jason Dufner in a 3-hole, aggregate-score playoff to win the 2011 PGA Championship. Bradley played the three extra holes in 1-under par to Dufner's score of even-par.Bradley and Dufner, at the start of the championship week, were unlikely choices to be combatants in a playoff for the major title. Bradley was a 25-year-old rookie, albeit one who had won earlier in the season and was playing well entering the tournament. But he was the 108th-ranked player in the world rankings. Dufner was 34 years old, winless on the PGA Tour, and entered the 2011 PGA Championship ranked No. 80.
But no big names stepped up to challenge the pair, and Bradley himself seemed to play his way out of the running when he triple-bogeyed the 15th hole of the final round. At that point, Dufner had a 5-stroke lead with three holes to play.
But Bradley rebounded with birdies at the 16th and 17th holes, while Dufner bogeyed the 15th, 16th and 17th holes. And that brought them back into a tie. Both players parred the final hole of regulation, which sent them into the 3-hole, aggregate playoff.
Bradley birdied the first playoff hole, then Dufner bogeyed the second. That gave Bradley a 2-stroke edge. On the third of the three aggregate holes, Dufner birdied, but Bradley's par won him the playoff and the PGA Championship.
Bradley used a long putter during the 2011 PGA Championship, and became the first golfer to win a major using a long putter. He also was the first golfer since Ben Curtis at the 2003 British Open to win in his first appearance in a major. Bradley is the nephew of LPGA Hall of Famer Pat Bradey, a 31-time winner on the LPGA Tour, including six major championships.
The tournament was played at Atlanta Athletic Club, and two former major winners at that site used the 2011 PGA Championship as their farewells to major golf. Jerry Pate, winner of the 1976 U.S. Open, and Larry Nelson, winner of the 1981 PGA Championship, both missed the cut. Tiger Woods also missed the cut, only the third missed cut in a major in his career.
2011 PGA Championship Final Scores
| p-Keegan Bradley | 71-64-69-68—272 (3-3-4—10) |
| Jason Dufner | 70-65-68-69—272 (4-4-3—11) |
| Anders Hansen | 68-69-70-66—273 |
| Scott Verplank | 67-69-69-70—275 |
| David Toms | 72-71-65-67—275 |
| Robert Karlsson | 70-71-67-67—275 |
| Adam Scott | 69-69-70-68—276 |
| Luke Donald | 70-71-68-68—277 |
| Lee Westwood | 71-68-70-68—277 |
| Kevin Na | 72-69-70-67—278 |
| D.A. Points | 69-67-71-71—278 |
| Steve Stricker | 63-74-69-73—279 |
| Charl Schwartzel | 71-71-66-71—279 |
| Sergio Garcia | 72-69-69-69—279 |
| Bill Haas | 68-73-69-69—279 |
| Gary Woodland | 70-70-71-68—279 |
| Trevor Immelman | 69-71-71-68—279 |
| Nick Watney | 70-71-68-70—279 |
| Phil Mickelson | 71-70-69-70—280 |
| Hunter Mahan | 72-72-66-70—280 |
| Matt Kuchar | 71-71-68-70—280 |
| Ryan Palmer | 71-70-69-70—280 |
| Brian Davis | 69-73-69-69—280 |
| John Senden | 68-68-72-72—280 |
| Brendan Steele | 69-68-66-77—280 |
| Spencer Levin | 71-70-68-72—281 |
| Bubba Watson | 74-68-70-69—281 |
| Mark Wilson | 69-71-71-70—281 |
| Robert Allenby | 72-70-71-68—281 |
| Charles Howell III | 72-68-73-68—281 |
| Jerry Kelly | 65-73-74-69—281 |
| Scott Piercy | 71-68-71-71—281 |
| Brendon de Jonge | 68-72-69-72—281 |
| Chris Kirk | 72-72-69-69—282 |
| Francesco Molinari | 72-71-67-72—282 |
| Alexander Noren | 70-72-68-72—282 |
| Matteo Manassero | 68-74-71-70—283 |
| Ben Crane | 71-72-66-74—283 |
| K.J. Choi | 70-73-69-72—284 |
| Bill Lunde | 71-71-69-73—284 |
| Johan Edfors | 71-70-73-70—284 |
| Harrison Frazar | 72-69-72-71—284 |
| Ian Poulter | 74-68-70-72—284 |
| Jim Furyk | 71-65-73-75—284 |
| Seung-yul Noh | 71-70-75-69—285 |
| Andres Romero | 72-70-74-69—285 |
| Ross Fisher | 71-69-76-69—285 |
| Pablo Larrazabal | 70-73-76-66—285 |
| Brandt Jobe | 68-69-73-75—285 |
| Yuta Ikeda | 73-68-72-72—285 |
| Rickie Fowler | 74-69-75-68—286 |
| Simon Dyson | 68-72-71-75—286 |
| John Rollins | 72-72-70-72—286 |
| Jhonattan Vegas | 70-68-74-74—286 |
| Johnson Wagner | 71-69-72-74—286 |
| Ryan Moore | 75-69-76-67—287 |
| Ricky Barnes | 69-75-71-72—287 |
| Bryce Molder | 74-69-70-74—287 |
| Zach Johnson | 71-72-73-72—288 |
| Kyung-Tae Kim | 73-71-70-74—288 |
| Michael Bradley | 70-74-74-70—288 |
| Robert Garrigus | 70-70-74-76—290 |
| Kevin Streelman | 73-71-71-75—290 |
| Sean O'Hair | 71-73-77-70—291 |
| Peter Hanson | 71-71-76-73—291 |
| Padraig Harrington | 73-69-75-74—291 |
| Miguel Angel Jimenez | 69-73-72-77—291 |
| Rory McIlroy | 70-73-74-74—291 |
| Edoardo Molinari | 75-69-76-72—292 |
| Mike Small | 73-71-70-78—292 |
| Y.E. Yang | 71-73-74-74—292 |
| Davis Love III | 68-71-76-79—294 |
| Paul Casey | 72-72-78-72—294 |
| Shaun Micheel | 66-78-77-74—295 |
| Rory Sabbatini | 73-69-73-80—295 |
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