PGA Championship 2012: Tee Times, News And More Leading Up To Round 1

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2012 PGA Championship: Live Stream, TV Information And More

The 2012 PGA Championship will get started on Thursday. The final major event of the year will have plenty of live coverage. We've collected all of the pertinent information for you right here.

This year, Turner Sports will be offering extensive coverage of the Championship, not just on television but also online and via mobile devices. You will be able to stream par-3 holes and cover marquee pairings live online at PGA.com. Turner will also be launching a free PGA Championship app for mobile devices that will feature live video and leaderboard updates.

If you want to go the conventional television route, the event will air live on TNT on Thursday and Friday from 1-7 p.m. ET. You can watch early coverage on TNT from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. ET on Saturday and Sunday, after which coverage will switch to CBS from 2-7 p.m. ET.

For lots more information, you can visit the official PGA Championship website.

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Keegan Bradley To Put New Putter Into Play

Keegan Bradley has said over and over that he’s not scared to switch from his major-winning belly putter should golf’s governing bodies decide to ban the big bats. Turns out the defending titleholder at this week’s PGA Championship will have to do links battle with a new flat stick sooner than he imagined -- although putting purists will be unhappy to learn that Bradley, the first professional to win a major with a long putter, won’t be changing teams just yet.

Golfweek reported that during Tuesday’s practice round, Bradley’s trusted Odyssey XG Sabertooth developed a crack at the point where the shaft joins the putter head.

“I think it was a little hot from last week and just popped right off,” Bradley told Golfweek in jest about navigating the long wand to an average of 26 putts per round in his Bridgestone Invitational win.

Because Odyssey could not fix the break, Bradley will roll the rock with a new club that the company built for him last week. The 26-year-old three-time tour winner told Golfweek he was fine using the new stick and that he would find a way to honor the busted one, which he had used to such success since he played on the Nationwide Tour.

“I’m going to do something with it,” Bradley said. “It was good to me.”

Bradley’s father, Mark Bradley, by the way, won’t have to hole up in his condo to watch his son play the PGA, as he did last year. The elder Bradley is on-site this week at Kiawah Island after rearranging his responsibilities at Jackson Hole Golf & Tennis Club. Formerly the head pro at the Wyoming course, Keegan’s dad is now director of instruction, a position that lets him go on the road more often to watch his son compete in person, according to Golfweek.

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PGA Championship Odds 2012: Tiger Woods Once Again The Early Favorite

In every major tournament thus far in 2012, Tiger Woods has been the odds-on betting favorite before the events even teed off. The story is no different heading into the 2012 PGA Championship, which begins Thursday. Tiger Woods is once again the darling of the bookmakers, entering the tournament as the 8/1 favorite to win.

Those odds will change over the course of the tournament, of course, but the oddsmakers continue to have confidence that Woods will regain his form. Rory McIlroy and Luke Donald hold the next-closest odds to win, at 18/1. Both Woods and McIlroy have had their struggles throughout the year, of course, but they are always viewed as a threat to run away with any PGA Tour event.

Returning champion Keegan Bradley is all the way down at 33/1 odds against successfully defending his title.

Here are the current odds to win it all at the 2012 PGA Championship:

Tiger Woods 8/1
Rory McIlroy 18/1
Luke Donald 18/1
Lee Westwood 20/1
Adam Scott 28/1
Jason Dufner 28/1
Justin Rose 28/1
Webb Simpson 33/1
Dustin Johnson 33/1
Louis Oosthuizen 33/1
Steve Stricker 33/1
Matt Kuchar 33/1
Keegan Bradley 33/1
Hunter Mahan 40/1
Bubba Watson 40/1
Phil Mickelson 40/1
Graeme McDowell 40/1
Bo Van Pelt 40/1
Jim Furyk 40/1

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PGA Championship 2012: Keegan Bradley In Form To Defend Title

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Must-See TV: Tiger Woods, Keegan Bradley Go Head-To-Head At PGA Championship

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PGA Championship 2012: Tee Times And Pairings For Opening Rounds

The 2012 PGA Championship tees off on Thursday with a full field of golfers vying to win the 94th PGA Championship at Kiawah Island's Ocean Course