Wide-Open Fairways and Headlines: 2011 PGA Tour Preview

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Published: January 5, 2011

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The PGA Tour kicks off its 2011 season with the Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Kapalua, Hawaii, an event that features the champions of tournaments during the 2010 season.

At the opening event, there will be usual names like Ernie Els, who won two events in 2010 including the WGC CA Championship in Doral; and reigning U.S. Open Champion Graeme McDowell.

There are also some different names on the Plantation Course like 2010 Wyndham Championship winner Arjun Atwal and Frys.com Open champion Rocco Mediate, both players whose unlikely wins last season allowed them to hold a Tour card for 2011 and, wouldn’t you know it, they are paired together Thursday.

The tournament of champions is a first-weekend appetizer for when the PGA Tour kicks into full swing at the Sony Open the following week in Honolulu.

While we all know what dominated headlines leading into the 2010 season, the 2011 season tees off with a different outlook. For starters, we begin 2011 with a new No. 1 atop the Official Golf World Rankings.

Lee Westwood overtook Tiger Woods late last year and with his convincing win at the Dubai World Championship in November, Westwood is beginning to show signs of hitting top form.

The PGA Tour season officially ended with the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup playoffs in 2010 with a resurgent Jim Furyk grabbing most of the headlines en route to his $10 million Federal Express bounty.

A few other names from the past grabbed late-season headlines, namely Matt Kuchar whose strong finish completed a brilliant 2010 season atop the PGA money list.

Let’s take a look at some of the names and events to keep an eye on this season.

 

Top Five

Lee Westwood

The aforementioned Englishman begins 2011 coming off the heels of a late season victory in Dubai, and sitting atop the OWGR.

Westwood will need to be str...
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