It's almost game time at the 2021 PGA Championship, which goes down this week from the Ocean Course on Kiawah Island. Normally, PGA Championships are fairly straightforward. You have a list of 10 guys that are playing good golf and a course that is fairly simple to prognosticate.

That's not true this year. Only a few of the top-10 players in the world are hitting it well, and the Ocean Course is wily. A whipping wind and tricky length nearing 8,000 yards has everyone wondering how the next four days are going to go. Here's what we think we know:

It's a full-on examination, which is exactly what you want from a major championship venue. With the PGA of America's ability to shift tee boxes and pins around, the weekend should be an absolute blast. But right now, it's all about who can win the tournament. Based on the parameters above and everything we know going into the last few hours leading up to the tournament, I think your eventual winner is going to come from this list of nine golfers.

Watch the 2021 PGA Championship beginning Thursday with Rounds 3-4 streaming live over the weekend on CBSSports.com, the CBS Sports App and Paramount+. Check out the updated PGA Championship schedule for how to watch the year's second major all week long.

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