2025 Masters champion and World #2 Rory McIlroy will start equal favourite with Scottie Scheffler (World #1) at this week’s PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club.
It’s the second time the Quail Hollow Club will host the PGA Championship (previously held in 2017, won by Justin Thomas). The full strength field is headlined by 49 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking (Billy Horschel is the only Top 50 not playing).
Seven Aussies will compete, hoping to join past Australian winners: Jason Day 2017, Steve Elkington 1995, Wayne Grady 1990, David Graham 1979 and Jim Ferrier 1947.
Australian Adam Scott is scheduled to make his 95th consecutive major championship appearance, dating to the 2001 Open Championship. Only Jack Nicklaus (146) has played in more than 100 straight majors. Scott is joined by six other Aussies chasing the title - Jason Day, 2022 Open champion Cameron Smith, Cam Davis, 2025 PGA TOUR winners Min Woo Lee and Karl Vilip and major debutant Elvis Smylie.
THE TOP CHANCES
Rory McIlroy
2025 Masters Tournament champion and World No. 2 is a four-time winner at Quail Hollow Club, winning the Truist Championship in 2010, 2015, 2021 and 2024. With his win at the Masters Tournament, became the sixth player to complete the Career Grand Slam.
The last player to win the Masters and PGA Championship in the same year was Jack Nicklaus (1975) and the last player to win consecutive majors was Jordan Spieth (2015 Masters Tournament and 2015 U.S. Open). Rory finished T22 at the 2017 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club.
Xander Schauffele
The World No. 3 seeking to become the first player to successfully defend at the event since Brooks Koepka (2019). At 21-under, Schauffele won the 2024 PGA Championship by one stroke over Bryson DeChambeau and he also marked the lowest score in relation to par in major championship history
He has 12 consecutive top-20 finishes in major championships, dating to a T13 at the 2022 PGA Championship. He made his PGA Championship debut in 2017 at Quail Hollow Club where he missed the cut with rounds of 74-81.
Scottie Scheffler
The World No. 1 and reigning FedExCup champion is in search of second victory of the season (THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson). He tied the lowest 72-hole score in PGA TOUR history with his 253 total at TPC Craig Ranch en route to a wire-to-wire victory by eight strokes, the largest margin of victory on TOUR this season.
In nine starts this season, has six top-10s (T9/AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, T3/The Genesis Invitational, T2/Texas Children’s Houston Open, 4th/Masters Tournament, T8/RBC Heritage, 1st/THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson). The 14-time PGA TOUR winner seeks third major championship victory (2022, 2024 Masters Tournament)
Jordan Spieth
13-time PGA TOUR winner Jordan Spieth seeking to become the seventh player to win the Career Grand Slam. Spieth has three major championship wins in 48 starts: 2015 Masters Tournament, 2015 U.S. Open, 2017 Open Championship, with two top-10 finishes in 12 starts at the PGA Championship (2nd/2015, T3/2019).
Sepp Straka
Captured his fourth PGA TOUR title last week at the Truist Championship. The last player to win a major championship the week after winning on TOUR was Rory McIlroy (2014 WGC-Bridgestone
Invitational, 2014 PGA Championship)
It is Straka’s 16th start in a major championship, with a T2 at the 2023 Open Championship his best outing. He finished T7 in 2023 for his best finish among four PGA Championship starts.
Justin Thomas
Two-time PGA Championship winner (2017, 2022) won in 2017 at Quail Hollow Club by two strokes over Francesco Molinari, Patrick Reed and Louis Oosthuizen
The World No. 5 has six top-10s in 11 starts this season, including his victory at the RBC Heritage and three runner-up results (The American Express, Valspar Championship, Truist Championship), the most of any player on TOUR this season
The 16-time PGA TOUR winner seeks third major championship victory (2017, 2022 PGA Championship) and he’ll be making his 10th start at the event, with four top-10 finishes (1st/2017, T6/2018, 1st/2022, T8/2024)