2021 PGA Championship weather forecast (ideal conditions), Round 1 and 2 tee times at Kiawah Island

The first- and second-round tee times for the 2021 PGA Championship at Kiawah Island Golf Resort's Ocean Course in South Carolina were released Tuesday and three reigning major championship winners are a featured group Thursday and Friday. They would be 2020 PGA Championship winner Collin Morikawa, 2020 U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau and 2021 Masters winner Hideki Matsuyama. That trio will begin at 8:44 a.m. ET Thursday on the 10th tee and be one of the groups available to be seen on ESPN+.

DeChambeau, yet to win the PGA Championship, has the shortest odds of that trio at William Hill Sportsbook to win this week at +1800, while Morikawa is +3300 to repeat and Matsuyama also +3300 to win his first Wanamaker Trophy.

Betting favorite Rory McIlroy (+1100), looking for his third PGA Championship title, will play the first two rounds with Justin Thomas (+1600) and Brooks Koepka (+3300), and they tee off 11 minutes before the above group Thursday morning on the 10th tee. ESPN+ also will feature that trio among a handful of others. 

McIlroy won the 2012 PGA also at Kiawah Island and the 2014 PGA in Louisville, Thomas won the 2017 PGA Championship in Charlotte, and Koepka won the PGA Championship in both 2018 (outside St. Louis) & '19 (New York State).  Koepka finished T29 last year going for a threepeat and isn't 100 percent healthy right now because of knee trouble.

Tee times for the first round begin at 7 a.m. ET, with groups going off the first and 10th tees. The last tee time is at 2:42 p.m. Playing 7,849 yards, the Ocean Course will be the longest of any major championship in PGA Tour history.  

When McIlroy won in 2012, he finished at 13 under but nobody else was better than 5 under. Conditions are expected to be tougher this year because the tournament is played in May instead of August -- i.e., summer rains back then softened the course -- and due to the course being longer. It is 135 yards longer than the previous major championship record holder, Erin Hills, the host of the 2017 U.S. Open.  Golf Digest has declared the Ocean Course the most difficult in the country.

The weather looks terrific this week at Kiawah Island, which is about 25 miles down the South Carolina coast from Charleston, with morning lows in the mid-60s with afternoon highs around 80 degrees all weekend. As of now, there isn't a better than six percent chance of rain Thursday-Sunday, but it will be breezy each day considering the course is located adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean.

Here is the daily report from weather.com:

Thursday -- Sunny skies. High 77F. Winds E at 10 to 15 mph.

Friday -- A few clouds from time to time, six percent chance of rain. High 79F. Winds ENE at 10 to 15 mph.

Saturday -- Partly cloudy, six percent chance of rain. High 81F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday -- A few clouds early, otherwise mostly sunny. High 84F. Winds SW at 10 to 15 mph.

ROUND 1 TEE TIMES

First tee

7 a.m. -- Patrick Rada, Adam Long, Cameron Tringale

7:11 a.m. -- Dylan Frittelli, Larkin Gross, Matt Jones

7:22 a.m. -- Byeong Hun-An, Derek Holmes, George Coetzee

7:33 a.m. -- Bernd Wiesberger, Tom Hoge, Joel Dahmen

7:44 a.m. -- John Daly, Jimmy Walker, Jason Dufner

7:55 a.m. -- Kevin Kisner, Martin Laird, Hudson Swafford

8:06 a.m. -- Henrik Stenson, Danny Willett, Bubba Watson

8:17 a.m. -- Keegan Bradley, Martin Kaymer, Charl Schwartzel

8:28 a.m. -- Harris English, Stewart Cink, Alex Noren

8:39 a.m. -- Kevin Na, Tom Lewis, Jason Kokrak

8:50 a.m. -- Jason Scrivener, Stuart Smith, Emiliano Grillo

9:01 a.m. -- Brad Marek, Peter Malnati, Lanto Griffin

9:12 a.m. -- Mark Geddes, Denny McCarthy, Rikuya Hoshino

12:30 p.m. -- Frank Bensel Jr., Robert Streb, Kurt Kitayama

12:41 p.m. -- Alex Beach, Daniel Van Tonder, Wyndham Clark

12:52 p.m. -- Abraham Ancer, Max Homa, Sam Burns

1:03 p.m. -- Tony Finau, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Corey Conners

1:14 p.m. -- Phil Mickelson, Jason Day, Padraig Harrington

1:25 p.m. -- Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed

1:36 p.m. -- Gary Woodland, Justin Rose, Cameron Smith

1:47 p.m. -- Steve Stricker, Billy Horschel, Daniel Berger

1:58 p.m. -- Webb Simpson, Jordan Spieth, Will Zalatoris

2:09 p.m. -- Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry, Sergio Garcia

2:20 p.m. -- Thomas Pieters, Patrick Cantlay, Matt Kuchar

2:31 p.m. -- Chris Kirk, Pete Ballo, Cam Davis

2:42 p.m. -- Dean Burmester, Greg Koch, K.H. Lee

10th tee

7:05 a.m. -- Ben Polland, Talor Gooch, Harry Higgs

7:16 a.m. -- Rob Labritz, Brendan Steele, Harold Varner III

7:27 a.m. -- Paul Casey, Garrick Higgo, Marc Leishman

7:38 a.m. -- Rickie Fowler, Adam Scott, Tyrrell Hatton

7:49 a.m. -- Robert MacIntyre, Cameron Champ, John Catlin

8 a.m. -- Zach Johnson, Francesco Molinari, Scottie Scheffler

8:11 a.m. -- Louis Oosthuizen, Ryan Palmer, Thomas Detry

8:22 a.m. -- Lee Westwood, Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffele

8:33 a.m. -- Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka

8:44 a.m. -- Collin Morikawa, Bryson DeChambeau, Hideki Matsuyama

8:55 a.m. -- Charley Hoffman, Matt Wallace, Erik van Rooyen

9:06 a.m. -- Chan Kim, Brett Walker, Brian Gay

9:17 a.m. -- Aaron Wise, Sonny Skinner, Kalle Samooja

12:25 p.m. -- Si Woo Kim, Danny Balin, Jim Herman

12:36 p.m. -- Sami Valimaki, Joe Summerhays, Richy Werenski

12:47 p.m. -- Sebastian Munoz, Tim Pearce, Sam Horsfield

12:58 p.m. -- Y.E. Yang, Shaun Micheel, Rich Beem

1:09 p.m. -- Joaquin Niemann, J.T. Poston, Aaron Rai

1:20 p.m. -- Branden Grace, Adam Hadwin, Rasmus Hojgaard

1:31 p.m. -- Russell Henley, Jazz Janewattananond, Carlos Ortiz

1:42 p.m. -- Adam Sullivan, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Kevin Streelman

1:53 p.m. -- Ian Poulter, Brian Harman, Sungjae Im

2:04 p.m. -- Antoine Rozier, Chez Reavie, Brandon Stone

2:15 p.m. -- Victor Perez, Omar Uresti, Maverick McNealy

2:26 p.m. -- Tyler Collet, Brendon Todd, Lucas Herbert

2:37 p.m. -- Ben Cook, Mackenzie Hughes, Takumi Kanaya

ROUND 2 TEE TIMES

First tee

7 a.m. -- Si Woo Kim, Danny Balin, Jim Herman

7:11 a.m. -- Sami Valimaki, Joe Summerhays, Richy Werenski

7:22 a.m. -- Sebastian Munoz, Tim Pearce, Sam Horsfield

7:33 a.m. -- Y.E. Yang, Shaun Micheel, Rich Beem

7:44 a.m. -- Joaquin Niemann, J.T. Poston, Aaron Rai

7:55 a.m. -- Branden Grace, Adam Hadwin, Rasmus Hojgaard

8:06 a.m. -- Russell Henley, Jazz Janewattananond, Carlos Ortiz

8:17 a.m. -- Adam Sullivan, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Kevin Streelman

8:28 a.m. -- Ian Poulter, Brian Harman, Sungjae Im

8:39 a.m. -- Antoine Rozier, Chez Reavie, Brandon Stone

8:50 a.m. -- Victor Perez, Omar Uresti, Maverick McNealy

9:01 a.m. -- Tyler Collet, Brendon Todd, Lucas Herbert

9:12 a.m. -- Ben Cook, Mackenzie Hughes, Takumi Kanaya

12:30 p.m. -- Ben Polland, Talor Gooch, Harry Higgs

12:41 p.m. -- Rob Labritz, Brendan Steele, Harold Varner III

12:52 p.m. -- Paul Casey, Garrick Higgo, Marc Leishman

1:03 p.m. -- Rickie Fowler, Adam Scott, Tyrrell Hatton

1:14 p.m. -- Robert MacIntyre, Cameron Champ, John Catlin

1:25 p.m. -- Zach Johnson, Francesco Molinari, Scottie Scheffler

1:36 p.m. -- Louis Oosthuizen, Ryan Palmer, Thomas Detry

1:47 p.m. -- Lee Westwood, Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffele

1:58 p.m. -- Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka

2:09 p.m. -- Collin Morikawa, Bryson DeChambeau, Hideki Matsuyama

2:20 p.m. -- Charley Hoffman, Matt Wallace, Erik van Rooyen

2:31 p.m. -- Chan Kim, Brett Walker, Brian Gay

2:42 p.m. -- Aaron Wise, Sonny Skinner, Kalle Samooja

10th tee

7:05 a.m. -- Frank Bensel, Jr., Robert Streb, Kurt Kitayama

7:16 a.m. -- Alex Beach, Daniel Van Tonder, Wyndham Clark

7:27 a.m. -- Abraham Ancer, Max Homa, Sam Burns

7:38 a.m. -- Tony Finau, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Corey Conners

7:49 a.m. -- Phil Mickelson, Jason Day, Padraig Harrington

8 a.m. -- Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed

8:11 a.m. -- Gary Woodland, Justin Rose, Cameron Smith

8:22 a.m. -- Steve Stricker, Billy Horschel, Daniel Berger

8:33 a.m. -- Webb Simpson, Jordan Spieth, Will Zalatoris

8:44 a.m. -- Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry, Sergio Garcia

8:55 a.m. -- Thomas Pieters, Patrick Cantlay, Matt Kuchar

9:06 a.m. -- Chris Kirk, Pete Ballo, Cam Davis

9:17 a.m. -- Dean Burmester Greg Koch, K.H. Lee

12:25 p.m. -- Patrick Rada, Adam Long, Cameron Tringale

12:36 p.m. -- Dylan Frittelli, Larkin Gross, Matt Jones

12:47 p.m. -- Byeong Hun-An, Derek Holmes, George Coetzee

12:58 p.m. -- Bernd Wiesberger, Tom Hoge, Joel Dahmen

1:09 p.m. -- John Daly, Jimmy Walker, Jason Dufner

1:20 p.m. -- Kevin Kisner, Martin Laird, Hudson Swafford

1:31 p.m. -- Henrik Stenson, Danny Willett, Bubba Watson

1:42 p.m. -- Keegan Bradley, Martin Kaymer, Charl Schwartzel

1:53 p.m. -- Harris English, Stewart Cink, Alex Noren

2:04 p.m. -- Kevin Na, Tom Lewis, Jason Kokrak

2:15 p.m. -- Jason Scrivener, Stuart Smith, Emiliano Grillo

2:26 p.m. -- Brad Marek, Peter Malnati, Lanto Griffin

2:37 p.m. -- Mark Geddes, Denny McCarthy, Rikuya Hoshino