The two-time PGA champ prepared at Quail Hollow last week then arrived for the tournament Wednesday night, but is likely going home early after an opening 79.

Inclement weather has subsided at Quail Hollow Club as the 107th playing of the PGA Championship is finally underway. Featuring the deepest field of the season, the 2025 PGA Championship may begin with a field of 156 players,

The world's top three players were grouped together, and only one — No. 1 ranked Scottie Scheffler — finished under par. Scheffler survived a pair of bogies and a double to card a 2-under 69. Rory McIlroy, meanwhile, had a rough go of it, carding a 3-over 74. Defending champ Xander Schauffele was one better at 2-over.

Alex Smalley didn't know whether or not he'd be playing in this week's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. By Thursday afternoon, he was in

Ryan Gerard doesn't have quite the same amount of experience playing Quail Hollow as some of the PGA Tour veterans playing in this week's PGA Championship. But the 25-year-old may be as familiar with the Charlotte course's closing hole as anyone.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Scottie Scheffler stood over his drive in the fairway of the 16th, the tee 322 yards behind him. He was in perfect position to conquer the first leg of Quail Hollow’s fearsome Green Mile, the three-hole scorecard-swallowing closing stretch.