While Rory McIlroy is clearly the man to beat at the 2025 PGA Championship, he faces a solid group of contenders.

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.

Don’t forget about the LIV players, too. While Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler are the favorites to win the 107th PGA Championship, they have plenty of challengers. That includes defending champion Xander Schauffele, who is fifth among the early betting favorites, and the 2017 PGA winner at Quail Hollow, Justin Thomas.

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,

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

Charlotte, N.C., has endured several inches of rain recently but PGA officials made a point of saying preferred lies would not be in effect at Quail Hollow.

Vokey tour rep Aaron Dill doesn't stand still for long during a major championship week. One second he's offering wedge feedback on the range, the next, he's back in the Titleist truck building a fresh lob wedge for a club pro who might be lucky to see him once per year.