Presenting the 2025 US PGA Championship at Quail Hollow

 Here is a look at the 2025 US PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club.

When

The US PGA Championship is the second of the four men's Major Championships and will take place from Thursday, May 15 to Sunday, May 18, having held a spring spot in golf's global calendar since moving from August in 2019.

There will be three practice days held on the Monday to Wednesday leading up to the event when players will also face the world's media.

Where

Quail Hollow Club will host the US PGA Championship for the second time, with Justin Thomas lifting the Wanamaker Trophy the last time the event was held here in 2017. (edit** Thomas comes into this week in form with 1st,T2 in his last events)

The course in Charlotte, North Carolina, was opened in 1961 and has a rich history of hosting PGA TOUR events, first with the the Kemper Open from 1969 to 1979 and now the Truist Championship since 2003.

This year's Truist Championship was held at Philadelphia Cricket Club to allow Quail Hollow to stage the US PGA Championship.

George W Cobb was the original course architect in 1961 and the layout has since had three sets of renovations by Tom Fazio in 1997, 2013 and 2016.

Quail Hollow is a 7,626-yard par 71 with a course record of 61, set by Rory McIlroy in the third round of the 2015 Wells Fargo Championship (now Truist Championship).

Quail Hollow's famous Green Mile made up of the 16th, 17th and 18th holes is one of the most feared finishes in golf, playing a staggering 488 over par across the 2017 US PGA Championship.

How many Entry List

There are 156 players this year, with the top 70 and ties making the cut. Click above for full field.

In the event of a tie for first place after 72 holes, there will be a three-hole aggregate score play-off on holes the 16th, 17th and 18th. If still tied, there will be a hole-by-hole play-off beginning on the 18th, and if still tied the 16th, 17th and 18th will be repeated until there is a winner.

What 

The 2025 US PGA Champion will have his name inscribed on the Wanamaker Trophy.

Lewis Rodman Wanamaker, an American businessman and heir to the Wanamaker's department store fortune was the driving force behind the creation of the Professional Golfers’ Association of America in 1916 and commissioned the trophy which takes his name.

Standing at 28 inches tall, 10½ inches in diameter, 27 inches across its handles, and weighing 27 pounds, it is one of the grandest and most recognizable prizes in the game.

Defending champion

American Xander Schauffele was the winner in 2024 as he won his first Major Championship at Valhalla. He became the first player in history to card two record-equaling 62s in Major Championships in round one and never looked back, breaking out of a tie for the lead on the first on Sunday and claiming a one-shot victory over Bryson DeChambeau. 

His -21 total was the lowest in men's Major Championship history and he went on to add another of golf's biggest prizes at The Open two months later.

Storylines 

All eyes will be on Rory McIlroy just over a month after he completed the career Grand Slam at the Masters Tournament to end a near 11-year wait for a fifth Major Championship. The Northern Irishman arrives in brilliant form at a course where he already has four victories and some are even already whispering about a calendar Grand Slam.

Speaking of Grand Slams, McIlroy is not the only one who could end 2025 as a member of golf's most exclusive club. A win this week for Jordan Spieth would see him add to his Masters, U.S. Open and The Open titles.

Schauffele will be looking to become the first player to successfully defend the title since Brooks Koepka in 2019 and also the first player to win three Majors in a stretch of five since Koepka won his 2018 and 2019 titles and the 2018 U.S. Open.

The Asian Swing offered a route into the field and Keita Nakajima, Eugenio Chacarra and Marco Penge will all be looking to capitalize after playing some fine golf in recent weeks.

Alongside Chacarra and Penge, fellow DP World Tour members Harry Hall, Tom McKibbin, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Niklas Nørgaard, John Parry and Elvis Smylie will be making their US PGA Championship debuts, with the two Danes being handed a Major bow.

edit **** There are 5 Canadians in the field, led by Mac Hughes from Hamilton, Ontario who T2 last week in Myrtle Beach, and now makes Charlotte his winter home, and is a member at Quail Hollow.

Corey Conners, Nick Taylor, Adam Hadwin and Taylor Pendrith will join him.

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Hughes welcomes 4 Canadians to PGA Championship at Quail Hollow..

 PGA Championship 2025...Entry List 

After all the drama over the weekend, with Austrian Sepp Straka and Kiwi Ryan Fox who both qualified for the PGA Tour off the Strategic Alliance agreement with the DP World Tour to allow the top 10 players at seasons end, 2 year status in the States, both moving into the owgr top 10, the final field has been set for this week's 2nd major, the PGA Championship, at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Mac Hughes had his best week of the year at Myrtle Beach moving up to #44 owgr, he had a putt to win it outright on the last hole, and a putt to tie in the playoff after Fox sensationally chipped in from the fringe, however his T2 reflects his strong play and terrific putting over the last 3 events he has played in. 

Straka's rise from the rank and file on the DP WORLD Tour to one of the PGA Tour elite at #9 in the world, the only player apart from Rory to claim two wins this season, is remarkable.

Ryan Fox, also got PGA Tour status after a great 2023 on the DP World Tour, saw his game decline in America all of 2024, and in fact so far this season, however his perseverance and self belief paid off with a return to form in Myrtle Beach.

Canadians

Hughes now owgr #44, calls Charlotte NC his home these days and he is a member at Quail Hollow. He will be welcoming his four Canadian pals this week, to the PGA Championship.

Corey Conners #21, Nick Taylor #36, Taylor Pendrith #49 and Adam Hadwin #92 will all join him on this, one of the players favourite courses, this week.

For the full field click on my entry list tab above.

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Monday morning wrap.. Final results, Fox pips Hughes in Myrtle Beach, Straka wins in Philadelphia

 PGA Tour : ONEtouch Myrtle Beach Classic.  Results

Ryan Fox and Sepp Straka both tasted victory on the PGA TOUR on Sunday.

Ryan Fox earned himself a place in the field at this week's US PGA Championship with a dramatic play-off victory at the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic on the PGA TOUR.

The final two places at Quail Hollow Club were up for grabs at Dunes Golf and Beach Club and the Truist Championship in Philadelphia but with a host of established stars battling at the top of the leaderboard in the Signature event, the battle for a Major Championship start was taking place in South Carolina.

Kiwi Fox carded a closing 66 to set the clubhouse target at 15 under and while Mackenzie Hughes headed up the last with a one-shot lead needing just a par to win, the Canadian hit a ragged tee-shot and a bogey sent him to extra holes with Fox and Harry Higgs.

The two North Americans both found the green with their second shots on the first trip back up the 18th and while Fox did not, he chipped in for birdie to pile on the pressure and moments later when both missed birdie putts, a maiden PGA TOUR title was his.

"Very rewarding,” said Fox, who earned his place on the PGA TOUR by becoming a dual member via the Race to Dubai in 2023.

“I haven’t transitioned probably as well as I would have liked over to the PGA TOUR. It was a tough year last year. I managed to just keep my card.

"It’s been a scratchy start this year as well. I always deep down felt like I could compete with the guys out here. Just haven’t been able to put it together. I was very happy to do it this week and give myself a chance on Sunday was nice again.”

PGA Tour : The Truist Championship Results

Meanwhile, at Philadelphia Cricket Club, Sepp Straka held off the challenge of Ryder Cup team-mate and playing partner Shane Lowry to claim his second PGA TOUR title of the season.

The duo entered the final round with a three-shot advantage over the rest and it was Austrian Straka who took a one-shot lead up the last, with Justin Thomas looking for his 2nd win in a row, two shots back in the clubhouse at -14 under.

Both men found the green on the 18th but Lowry was closest and when Straka left himself a tester for par, the Irishman had 27 feet to at least force a play-off.

A disappointing three-putt followed, however, and Lowry was left with a second runner-up finish of the season as both he and Straka entered the top ten on the Official World Golf Ranking.

"It's huge, the biggest win of my career," said Straka. "Yeah, just so grateful for the process and the whole team that kind of makes me play as well as I do.

"It's so great to be able to represent Austria. It's an exciting time right now. We've got about three weeks before Austria gets DP World Tour back, and just could not be more happy to be in the town where my parents met.

"Just so proud and so grateful to represent Austria."

The DP World Tour returns to Austria for the first time since 2021 for the Austrian Alpine Open presented by SalzburgerLand later this month.

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French rookie Martin Couvra wins Turkish Airlines .. final results..

 DP World Tour : Turkish Airlines Open Results

Martin Couvra continued his impressive start to life on the DP World Tour with a maiden victory at the Turkish Airlines Open.

The 22-year-old graduated from the HotelPlanner Tour last season and had already posted four top-ten finishes this term, including fifth place at the Hainan Classic last time out.

A brilliant closing 64 saw him claim victory at Regnum Carya with a -17 total, two shots ahead of China's Haotong Li and Spain's Jorge Campillo, T2 -15

Couvra had led at the halfway stage but a third-round 72 left him four shots off the pace going into the final round.

A blistering start which included four birdies over the first six holes soon propelled Couvra back into contention, and he found himself battling Li at the top of the leaderboard. A slight wobble around the turn saw Couvra drop shots at the eighth and tenth, either side of a birdie from five feet at the ninth.

A hat-trick of gains from the 11th, thanks largely to some excellent approach play, saw Couvra surge back into contention and Li followed a gain at the 12th with a bogey at the next after hitting a tree with his second.

Up ahead Couvra was in the process of birdieing the 14th to go two shots clear and the 29-year-old Li was unable to make the birdies required over the closing stretch to force a play-off.

Five birdies in eight holes from the eighth saw Campillo make a late surge through the field, but his hopes of victory ended when he left his birdie effort on the 17th agonizingly short.

Robinson Thompson finished fourth on -13 under after a 72, with Joost Luiten and Matthew Southgate a shot further back in a T5 -12

“It was amazing to win on my first year on the DP World Tour – it's just a dream,” said Couvra. “I wake up in the morning to win some tournaments and to win early (in my DP World Tour career) is fantastic so really happy about that.

“Naturally it was really difficult to keep calm and in good shape to close out this round but I was really happy with all of the discussions with my caddie today, it was just amazing.

“I think tonight is going to be fun with all of the French players!”

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Truist Championship Sunday story.. Taylor leads Canadians. Live scoreboard

 PGA Tour : Truist Championship.. Tee Times  Leaderboard

Sunday will dawn mainly calm and sunny in the City of Brotherly Love, for the final round of the Truist Championship at the very exclusive, venerable Philadelphia Cricket Club on their Wissahickon Course. The wind will increase to 11kph NW with gusts to 16kph for the afternoon leaders. 

That is good news for the field who torched the course on Thursday in ideal weather, had rain on Friday and then the wind got up gusting to 25mph on Saturday.

With $20,000,000 at stake I expect low scoring again in this weather.

Shane Lowry 67 and Sepp Straka 66 will begin play 3 shots clear of the field at -14.

At -11 early leader Keith Mitchell 71, and last week's winner at the RBC Heritage Justin Thomas 67 are T2, the day's best round of 63 finds Hideki Matsuyama at -10.

Defending champion Rory McIlroy 69 is at -8.

Canadians

Nick Taylor of Canada chips from the rough on the 18th hole during the second round of the 2025 Masters Tournament. Getty Images

Nick Taylor T6  67 68 67 -8  (Nick is in the 3rd last pairing 1.40pm with Matsuyama)

Corey Conners T16  67 71 66 -6

Adam Hadwin T61  71 69 72 +2

Taylor Pendrith T61 66 70 76 +2

PRIZE Money:  The winner here gets $3,600,00, 2nd $2,160,000  3rd $1,360,000

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Hughes set to vie for 3rd PGA Tour Championship...SPECIAL BAD WEATHER STATEMENT.

 PGA Tour : ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic. Leaderboard  Tee Times

With rounds of 63 69 70, 202 -11 Mac Hughes will begin his final round at the Dunes Golf and Beach club weather permitting, at a Canadian hotspot for winter holiday golf, Myrtle Beach in South Carolina, in 3rd place just 2 shots behind American Carson Young at -13.

Mackenzie Hughes, of Hamilton. (Nathan Denette/CP)

The veteran Canadian from Hamilton turned pro in 2013 after coming through the Canadian National program, coached by Derek Ingram has two wins on his resume, The RBC Heritage and the Sanderson Farms and is set to vie for his 3rd today.

WEATHER 

Special Weather Statement 640am: A line of strong thunderstorms is extending from Nixonville to Myrtle Beach travelling NE 35mph.

Hazard : Wind gusts 40mph with pea size hail. Torrential rain is accompanying these storms which can be damaging.

The threat is predicted to diminish as the morning goes on. 

TEE TIMES

As a result the field will be paired in 3's off tee #1 and #10 beginning at 9.55am.

11.56am 1st  Mac is in the final pairing with leaders Carson Young and Harry Higgs.

11.23am 1st  Ben Silverman 67 68 69 -9, Chesson Hadley, Will Chandler

11.01am 10th  Adam Svensson 69 69 74 -1,  Jesper Svensson, Mateo Manassero 

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DP World Tour : England's Brandon Thompson 62 leads into Sunday...Saturday results.

 DP World Tour : Turkish Airlines Classic.  Leaderboard

England's Brandon Robinson Thompson fired a stunning third round 62 to move three shots clear ahead of the final round of the Turkish Airlines Open.

Robinson Thompson's round matched the Regnum Carya course record and saw him reach -14 under for the week, three clear of Spain's Jorge Campillo, China's Haotong Li and South African Robin Williams.

Starting the day five shots off the lead, Robinson Thompson burst out of the blocks with three birdies in his first five holes, all of them from inside six feet.

Another fine approach to six feet at the ninth saw him turn in 30 and he chipped in for eagle at the 12th.

The HotelPlanner Tour graduate, who has already finished third in Qatar and posted top-ten finishes in Bahrain and South Africa this season, then birdied three of the last four holes, with the highlight a 22-foot putt at the 16th.

“I've just got notified of that (the course record) and I'm a bit bummed I didn't break it,” said the 32-year-old.

“I'm super excited to have a nice round and the scary part was I probably could have had a few more but beggars can't be choosers.

“I'm here with my wife, we're staying in a beautiful hotel, the course is amazing.

“It's hard not to enjoy yourself this week - the facilities are so good its such an incredible place, if you're not having a good time this week win, lose or draw, there's something wrong.”

Campillo, Li and Williams carded rounds of 66, 68 and 67 respectively, with overnight leader Martin Couvra tied for fifth on -10 alongside Sweden's Mikael Lindberg and English pair Matthew Jordan and Jordan Smith.

Williams is hoping that the time is right to claim his maiden DP World Tour title.

"That's all you can ask for is to have a chance on the back nine (on Sunday) and if it it's your time, it's your time," he said.

"But look, I've played well this week, I've made myself proud. I've had fun with my dad as well, which is the main thing, so I'm just going to go out there and enjoy tomorrow."

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