Believe it or not, players besides Tiger Woods will descend upon Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek for the 2011 PGA Championship. British Open winner and future PGA Tour sensation Rory McIlroy is favored to post another major victory, with Lee Westwood, Luke Donald and Phil Mickelson also expected to do well. Also in the mix is Adam Scott, but now we're about to just start talking about Tiger Woods again. Famous caddies!
Local favorites include Georgia Tech's Matt Kuchar and Georgia's Bubba Watson, along with the various assemblage of players who live on St. Simons or Sea Island, the sovereign island nations of Southeastern golf.
Keep an eye out for last year's winner, Martin Kaymer, who's surely given himself an advantage to win at AAC thanks to his 2010 victory somewhere in Wisconsin. It's the names of these things that matters most, not the courses themselves. Not a lot of people know that.
The complete 2011 field, followed by alternates:
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Thomas Aiken |
Robert Allenby |
Fredrik Andersson Hed |
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Arjun Atwal |
Paul Azinger |
Aaron Baddeley |
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Daniel Balin |
Ricky Barnes |
Rich Beem |
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Thomas Bjorn |
Gregory Bourdy |
Keegan Bradley |
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Michael Bradley |
Mark Brooks |
Jonathan Byrd |
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Angel Cabrera |
Brian Cairns |
Todd Camplin |
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Paul Casey |
K.J. Choi |
Stewart Cink |
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Darren Clarke |
Jeff Coston |
Ben Crane |
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John Daly |
Brian Davis |
Jason Day |
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Brendon de Jonge |
Luke Donald |
Jamie Donaldson |
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Sean Dougherty |
Jason Dufner |
Simon Dyson |
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Johan Edfors |
Steve Elkington |
Ernie Els |
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Scott Erdmann |
Ross Fisher |
Rickie Fowler |
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Harrison Frazar |
Hiroyuki Fujita |
Jim Furyk |
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Tommy Gainey |
Stephen Gallacher |
Sergio Garcia |
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Robert Garrigus |
Brian Gay |
Lucas Glover |
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Retief Goosen |
Richard Green |
Bill Haas |
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Anders Hansen |
Peter Hanson |
Padraig Harrington |
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J.J. Henry |
Tetsuji Hiratsuka |
Charley Hoffman |
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J.B. Holmes |
David Horsey |
Charles Howell III |
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David Hutsell |
Yuta Ikeda |
Ryuji Imada |
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Trevor Immelman |
Ryo Ishikawa |
Fredrik Jacobson |
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Raphael Jacquelin |
Faber Jamerson |
Marty Jertson |
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Miguel Angel Jimenez |
Brandt Jobe |
Dustin Johnson |
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Zach Johnson |
Brendan Jones |
Robert Karlsson |
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Martin Kaymer |
Jerry Kelly |
Anthony Kim |
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Kyung-Tae Kim |
Chris Kirk |
Matt Kuchar |
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Martin Laird |
Brad Lardon |
Pablo Larrazabal |
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Spencer Levin |
Wenchong Liang |
Davis Love III |
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Bill Lunde |
Hunter Mahan |
Matteo Manassero |
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Steve Marino |
Robert McClellan |
Graeme McDowell |
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Rory McIlroy |
Rocco Mediate |
Shaun Micheel |
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Phil Mickelson |
Bryce Molder |
Edoardo Molinari |
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Francesco Molinari |
Ryan Moore |
Rob Moss |
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Kevin Na |
Larry Nelson |
Seung Yul Noh |
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Alexander Noren |
Mike Northern |
Geoff Ogilvy |
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Sean O'Hair |
Jose Maria Olazabal |
Dan Olsen |
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Louis Oosthuizen |
Jeff Overton |
Ryan Palmer |
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Jerry Pate |
D.A. Points |
Ian Poulter |
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Alvaro Quiros |
John Rollins |
Andres Romero |
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Justin Rose |
Rory Sabbatini |
Steve Schneiter |
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Charl Schwartzel |
Adam Scott |
John Senden |
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Webb Simpson |
Vijay Singh |
Heath Slocum |
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Mike Small |
Stuart Smith |
Brandt Snedeker |
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Jeff Sorenson |
Bob Sowards |
Scott Stallings |
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Brendan Steele |
Craig Stevens |
Kevin Streelman |
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Steve Stricker |
David Toms |
Cameron Tringale |
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Bo Van Pelt |
Jhonattan Vegas |
Scott Verplank |
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Camilo Villegas |
Johnson Wagner |
Nick Watney |
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Bubba Watson |
Lee Westwood |
Charlie Wi |
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Mark Wilson |
Gary Woodland |
Tiger Woods |
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Y.E. Yang |
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Alternates |
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Paul Goydos |
Chris Stroud |
Jimmy Walker |
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Chad Campbell |
Kris Blanks |
Kyle Stanley |
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Kevin Chappell |
Carl Petterson |
Marc Leishman |
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Roland Thatcher |
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Stay tuned for 2011 PGA Championship updates, and head to Waggle Room and SB Nation's golf hub for more on the PGA Tour.
