2021 PGA Championship predictions, picks, favorites: One of these nine golfers will win at Kiawah Island

The No. 1 player in the world is not included on this list despite the event being held his home state

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: