PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Kiawah Island, S.C.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Kiawah Island Golf Resort, The Ocean Course (7,676 yards, par 72).

Purse: TBA ($8 million in 2011). Winner’s share: TBA ($1,445,000 in 2011).

Television: TNT (Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 8-11 a.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.).

Last year: Keegan Bradley won at Atlanta Athletic Club in his first major start. He overcame a five-stroke deficit with three holes to play, then beat Jason Dufner by a stroke in a three-hole playoff.

Last week: Bradley won the Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone in Akron, Ohio, when Jim Furyk made a double bogey on the final hole. Furyk tied for second with Steve Stricker, a stroke back. Bradley wrapped up a spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team. … J.J. Henry won the Reno-Tahoe Open, beating Brazil’s Alexandre Rocha by a point in the modified Stableford event.

Notes: Tiger Woods, 1999, 2000, 2006 and 2007 winner, won the last of his 14 major titles in the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. He has a PGA Tour-high three victories this year to push his career total to 74. … The tournament is the fourth and final major of the year. Bubba Watson won the Masters, Webb Simpson the U.S. Open, and Ernie Els the British Open. … The event ends the points race for the eight automatic spots on the U.S. Ryder Cup team. … The United States won the 1991 Ryder Cup at Kiawah Island, also the site of the World Cup in 1997 and 2003. … If tied after 72 holes, the tournament will be decided in a three-hole, stroke-play playoff. If still tied, it will go to sudden death. … Matt Dobyns won the PGA Professional championship in June in Seaside, Calif., to top the 20 club pro qualifiers. Dobyns is the head pro at Fresh Meadow in Lake Success, N.Y. … The Wyndham Championship is next week in Greensboro, N.C.