Written by the Golf Guru (follow him on twitter @fullmarx12) This week, the strongest field in golf will converge along the beaches of South Carolina to contest the PGA Championship, the year’s fourth and final major. The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island will serve as host, a small strip of land near Charleston once nearly decimated by Hurricane Hugo in 1989, re-built for its debut during the 1991 Ryder Cup that became known as the “War on the Shore,” and today dubbed by Golf Digest as “America’s Toughest Golf Course.” Course Overview The Ocean Course will provide a stern test for the players this week as bogeys and the dreaded “other” will abound. The PGA of America will be able to lengthen the course out past 7,600 yards but on a track with 10 holes running alongside the Atlantic Ocean, the number one defense will always be the wind. Although the forecasts this week call for calm-to-moderate conditions, players will have to factor in the wind on every shot. The geography of the course is such that there is no prevailing wind direction; a hole can switch from downwind to into-the-wind from one day to the next, or even within a matter of hours. As is often the case with majors, this will favor solid ballstrikers – those with a low, consistent ball flight – as well as players who can comfortably shape their shots in both directions. Players who are overly reliant on a single shot shape will struggle on cross-wind holes and those with a higher ball flight will too often see their shots at the mercy of the elements. Additionally, in a ruling that may take some getting used to for both players and viewers, the PGA has instituted a “no...