PGA Championship 2012: Tee Times, Date and TV Schedule

The 2012 PGA Championship promises to produce some fireworks at The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island this weekend as Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Padraig Harrington all look to earn another year with the coveted Wanamaker Trophy.

Meanwhile, Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott and Bubba Watson look to win their first career PGA Championship in hopes of joining the list of elite golfers to ever have won the prestigious major. Defending major champion Keegan Bradley will look to become the first man to repeat at the PGA Championship since Tiger Woods did it in 2007.

Here is everything you need to know for this summer's 2012 PGA Championship, including the full television schedule and notable tee times.

Where: The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, South Carolina

When: Thursday, August 9 - Sunday, August 12

Watch: TNT and CBS

First Round Tee Times for Notable Groups

Time (ET)	Golfer	Golfer	Golfer
8:10 a.m.	Dustin Johnson	Rory McIlroy	Jim Furyk
8:20 a.m.	Jason Dufner	Paul Casey	Geoff Ogilvy
8:30 a.m.	Keegan Bradley	Martin Kaymer	Tiger Woods
8:40 a.m.	Louis Oosthuizen	Ian Poulter	Steve Stricker
8:50 a.m.	Lee Westwood	Bill Haas	Angel Cabrera
1:00 p.m.	Charl Schwartzel	Rickie Fowler	Nicolas Colsaerts
1:10 p.m.	Hunter Mahan	Adam Scott	Sergio Garcia
1:20 p.m.	Bubba Watson	Webb Simpson	Ernie Els
1:30 p.m.	Luke Donald	Brandt Snedeker	Zach Johnson
1:40 p.m.	Padraig Harrington	Phil Mickelson	Davis Love, III
1:50 p.m.	Scott Piercy	Graeme McDowell	Matt Kuchar
2:00 p.m.	Justin Rose	Paul Lawrie	Nick Watney

*Find full first-round tee times at PGA.com.

TV Schedule

Thursday, August 9: 1 p.m. - 7 p.m. ET (TNT)

Friday, August 10: 1 p.m. - 7 p.m. ET (TNT)

Saturday, August 11: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. ET (TNT) and 2 p.m. - 7 p.m. ET (CBS)

Sunday, August 12: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. ET (TNT) and 2 p.m. - 7 p.m. ET (CBS)

Golfers Set to Contend

Tiger Woods

I know, I know, the four-time PGA Championship winner hasn't won a major tournament since 2008, big deal. Woods is still the No. 1 ranked golfer on the PGA money list in 2012 and has three PGA tournament wins to his name this season.

The fact that Tiger has played in and won the PGA Championship so many times certainly doesn't hurt his chances at tying Jack Nicklaus and Walter Hagen with five tournament crowns for his career. It is only a matter of time before Woods breaks through at a major. His third place finish at the British Open last month proves that he is knocking on the door. 

Padraig Harrington

The Ireland native won the PGA Championship in 2008 and earned another Top 10 finish in 2009. Despite missing the cut in 2010 and finishing tied for 64th last year, Harrington's run in 2012 suggests that he will be among the final round contenders at Ocean Course on Sunday.

Harrington has come very close to winning a major this year, finishing tied for eighth and fourth respectively at the previous Masters and U.S. Open. If all indications are correct, then the three-time major winner will bounce back from a disappointing effort at the British Open in July with a strong outing at the PGA Championship.

Jason Dufner

Although the 35-year-old American has never won a major tournament, he has been heart-breakingly close in the last two years to walking away with the Wanamaker Trophy at the PGA Championship. After missing the cut in 2009, Dufner finished tied for fifth at the major in 2010 and came in second last year.

My money is on Dufner to remain scorching hot at the PGA Championship in 2012. The Ocean Course will be a difficult place for the No. 2 ranked golfer on the PGA money list to break through at, but his past performances at Highlands and Whistling Straights signal he is on to something big.

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