CHARLOTTE—The PGA of America made a bold statement Wednesday evening that will delight golf purists: despite days of drenching rain at Quail Hollow, Thursday's opening round of the 107th PGA Championship will proceed without preferred lies.

The second major of the golf season tees off at a course where reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy has dominated. But his top two competitors are also coming in sizzling hot.

The PGA Championship has long been the major that has struggled to find an identity outside of getting the top 100 players in the world.

The putter is vibing, he won the PGA here in 2017, and he has finished second, first and T-2 in his past three non-Augusta starts, and he never plays well at the Masters. Keith Stewart, PGA, Read The Line: Bryson DeChambeau (+950,

Despite being sidelined by an Achilles injury, Tiger Woods' legacy remains unmatched, thanks to his double back-to-back PGA Championships.

The 2025 PGA Championship returns to Quail Hollow in Charlotte for the second major of the golf season. This North Carolina course last hosted in 2017 when Justin Thomas won by two strokes, and as luck would have it for J.T., he's playing some of his best golf of the last few years entering this edition of the tournament.

Collin Morikawa had no idea how heavy the Wanamaker Trophy was when he attempted to hoist it in the air following his victory at the 2020 PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park.

Scottie Scheffler is a pretty mild-mannered fella, so it came as a shock to the sports world when we woke up on the morning of May 17th, 2024, to find a mugshot of the World No. 1 plastered across the Internet.