CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler of the U.S. has won the PGA Championship for his third major title. Scottie Scheffler celebrates after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Quail Hollow Club, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

They faltered, one by one: the underdogs, the rank-and-file competitors, and those obscure names you had to Google just to verify their identities. They might claim they were defeated by the course's brutal closing stretch,