Overview
- The 108th PGA Championship begins Thursday, May 14 at Aronimink in Pennsylvania, with defending champion Scottie Scheffler and two-time Masters titleholder Rory McIlroy leading a 156-player field.
- Odds boards place Scheffler as the favorite with McIlroy next, reflecting Scheffler’s three straight runner-up finishes and McIlroy’s back-to-back wins at Augusta.
- Eleven LIV Golf players, led by Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau, are in the field after Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund said it will stop financing LIV after 2026 and the league began seeking new investors.
- Tiger Woods is out during an indefinite break following a March car crash and DUI arrest, and Phil Mickelson withdrew for a family health matter with first alternate Max Homa taking his place.
- Aronimink’s Donald Ross design features thick rough, long par-threes and fast, contoured greens that reward precise irons, while McIlroy can reach seven career majors to pass Nick Faldo for the most by a European man and Jordan Spieth again chases the career Grand Slam.