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The 2025 PGA Championship is up and working at Quail Hole as golf’s greatest battle it out within the second main of the yr.

Rory McIlroy accomplished the profession Grand Slam by lastly securing Masters glory at Augusta Nationwide in mid-April.

Now, the 36-year-old may have an incredible probability so as to add one other main title to his gorgeous CV as he headlines the sector for the PGA Championship.

McIlroy has received 4 instances at Quail Hole already and can relish teeing it up there once more.

However he made a sluggish begin to the foremost week, carding a gap 74 to take a seat at 3-over, manner off the tempo set by Day 1 chief Jhonattan Vegas who’s at 7-under.

Defending champion Xander Schauffele, Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Thomas and Brooks Koepka are among the many large names who’ve additionally began slowly.

World No.1 Scottie Scheffler is in a superb place after opening up with a 2-under spherical of 69 whereas Matt Fitzpatrick, Viktor Hovland and Robert MacIntyre have began properly too.

PGA Championship 2025: Date and the best way to comply with

The 2025 PGA Championship will run from Thursday, Could 15 to Sunday, Could 18.

It’s happening at Quail Hole Membership in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The motion will get underway from 12pm UK time every day.

talkSPORT and talkSPORT 2 may have reside protection of all of the motion. 

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 via the web site, click on HERE for the reside stream. You can even hear through the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, via your good speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

The occasion can be broadcast reside on Sky Sports activities within the UK too. 

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PGA Championship 2025: Discipline and tee instances

The PGA Championship is contested by a most area of 156 gamers.

There may be then a lower after spherical two, which reduces the numbers to round half.

The complete area has been confirmed, and all the world’s greatest can be competing.

McIlroy, Schauffele and Scheffler headline the motion, they usually have been grouped collectively for the primary two rounds – they may resume their tournaments at 6:47pm UK time on Friday.

Previous winners of the PGA Championship are exempt for all times, which means the likes of Padraig Harrington, Jason Dufner, Shaun Micheel, Vijay Singh, and Martin Kaymer are in motion.

Tiger Woods, who has received this main 4 instances, won’t be in motion as he continues his restoration from Achilles surgical procedure.

The PGA Championship differs from the opposite 4 majors in the truth that no newbie gamers compete and as a substitute, the event contains 20 PGA Professionals.

Michael Block, who made a hole-in-one alongside McIlroy within the 2023 PGA Championship, has certified once more this yr.

Spherical Two Tee Instances

USA until acknowledged, all instances BST

Beginning at Gap 1

12:00 Adam Hadwin (Can), Keith Mitchell, Bob Sowards
12:11 Eric Cole, Cameron Davis (Aus), Eric Steger
12:22 Brian Bergstol, Jacob Bridgeman, Austin Eckroat
12:33 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Niklas Noergaard (Den), J. J. Spaun
12:44 Dean Burmester (Rsa), Patrick Rodgers, Nick Taylor (Can)
12:55 Joe Highsmith, Aaron Rai (Eng), Cameron Younger
13:06 Tom Hoge, Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Taylor Pendrith (Can)
13:17 Patton Kizzire, Matt McCarty, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den)
13:28 Richard Bland (Eng), Tyler Collet, Jimmy Walker
13:39 Jason Dufner, Shaun Micheel, Michael Thorbjornsen
13:50 Rafael Campos (Pur), Ryan Lenahan, Matt Wallace (Eng)
14:01 Brian Campbell, Elvis Smylie (Aus), Jhonattan Vegas (Ven)
14:12 Larkin Gross, Johnny Keefer, Chun-An Yu (Tai)
17:30 Ryan Fox (Nzl), Justin B. Hicks, John Parry (Eng)
17:41 Andre Chi, Patrick Fishburn, Seamus Energy (Irl)
17:52 Max McGreevy, Sepp Straka (Aut), Sahith Theegala
18:03 Rickie Fowler, Brooks Koepka, Shane Lowry (Irl)
18:14 Jason Day (Aus), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Phil Mickelson
18:25 Patrick Cantlay, Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Jon Rahm (Spa)
18:36 Corey Conners (Can), Rasmus Hoejgaard (Den), Min-Woo Lee (Aus)
18:47 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler
18:58 Tony Finau, Max Greyserman, Nicolai Hoejgaard (Den)
19:09 Keegan Bradley, Maverick McNealy, Andrew Novak
19:20 Akshay Bhatia, Sam Burns, Denny McCarthy
19:31 John Catlin, Jesse Droemer, Garrick Higgo (Rsa)
19:42 Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra (Spa), Justin Decrease, Rupe Taylor

Beginning at Gap 10

12:05 Michael Kartrude, Jake Knapp, Sami Valimaki (Fin)
12:16 Michael Block, Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Erik van Rooyen (Rsa)
12:27 Lucas Glover, Max Homa, Joaquin Niemann (Chi)
12:38 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Adam Scott (Aus), Will Zalatoris
12:49 Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas
13:00 Ludvig Aaberg (Swe), Patrick Reed, Jordan Spieth
13:11 Wyndham Clark, Joo-Hyung Kim (Kor), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
13:22 Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland (Nor), Gary Woodland
13:33 Daniel Berger, Sergio Garcia (Spa), Russell Henley
13:44 Brian Harman, Justin Rose (Eng), Cameron Smith (Aus)
13:55 Brandon Bingaman, Sung-Jae Im (Kor), Davis Riley
14:06 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), Tom McKibbin (NIrl)
14:17 Beau Hossler, Keita Nakajima (Jpn), Timothy Wiseman
17:25 Luke Donald (Eng), Padraig Harrington (Irl), Martin Kaymer (Ger)
17:36 Taylor Moore, David Puig (Spa), John Somers
17:47 Nic Ishee, Kurt Kitayama, Alexander Noren (Swe)
17:58 Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn), Tom Johnson, J. T. Poston
18:09 Bud Cauley, Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Davis Thompson
18:20 Thomas Detry (Bel), Harris English, Michael Kim
18:31 Stephan Jaeger (Ger), Chris Kirk, Robert MacIntyre (Sco)
18:42 Laurie Canter (Eng), Thorbjoern Olesen (Den), Karl Vilips (Aus)
18:53 Rico Hoey (Phi), Si-Woo Kim (Kor), Sam Stevens
19:04 Robert Gates, Ben Griffin, Lee Hodges
19:15 Nick Dunlap, Harry Corridor (Eng), Thriston Lawrence (Rsa)
19:26 Ryan Gerard, Greg Koch, Marco Penge (Eng)
19:37 Dylan Newman, Victor Perez (Fra), Daniel van Tonder (Rsa)

PGA Championship 2025: The Course

The course at Quail Hole Membership, designed by George Cobb in 1959, measures 7,626 yards and is a par 71.

Unhealthy climate has hit Charlotte this week, which means the course will play lengthy and comfortable with considerations over the quantity of water it has taken.

Regardless of this, PGA of America officers have gone in opposition to calls to introduce ‘raise, clear and place’.

“We don’t plan to play most popular lies,” learn a message from the PGA of America. “The enjoying surfaces are excellent and are drying by the hour. We’re mowing the fairways this night.

“We’re wanting ahead to an thrilling opening spherical to the 107th PGA Championship.”

This would be the second time the venue has hosted the PGA Championship, having additionally accomplished so in 2017 when Justin Thomas claimed glory.

It’s primarily recognized for internet hosting the Wells Fargo Championship (renamed to the Truist Championship in 2025) annually, and it has accomplished so since 2003.

It’s famed for ‘The Inexperienced Mile’, which consists of holes 16, 17 and 18.

That is extensively thought of to be probably the most tough stretches in golf after gap 16 was modified and moved to the sting of a lake.

At 17, there’s a pond that makes touchdown the ball on the inexperienced extraordinarily difficult whereas 18 is thought to be one of many hardest endings in golf.

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PGA Championship 2025: What has been stated?

Europe’s Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald hit the opening tee shot within the 107th US PGA Championship at 7am on Thursday morning.

An additional 66 photographs later, the world quantity 871 was as stunned as anybody to search out himself in rivalry on the prime of the leaderboard at Quail Hole.

“Clearly very happy with the rating, bogey-free in a significant,” Donald stated.

“Somebody simply instructed me it was the bottom first spherical in a significant I’ve had since 2004 or one thing. Clearly I have been trending with all of the missed cuts coming into this week!

“However no, it was a nice shock. I acquired off to a very nice, regular begin. I hit a bunch of fairways on the entrance 9 which at all times makes me be ok with my recreation.

“I did not hit a ton of greens right now, however my putter was actually good. Not surprisingly the greens have been infinitely faster this morning first group out than they have been the previous couple of days [after all the rain].

“However I adjusted very properly to them and I made plenty of good, stable putts on the market.”

Donald had confronted only one query on the state of his recreation in his pre-tournament press convention, and that got here from the moderator, however had actually not been offended.

“Effectively, that is what I signed as much as,” he added. “I am right here solely as a result of I am captain of the European Ryder Cup crew. I would not be on this area in any other case.

“It is a good invitation and a perk that the Ryder Cup captain will get. I perceive that. I perceive that my recreation is not the place it was and that’s the focus. So it actually would not hassle me one bit.

“I suppose it is a good little honour to hit the primary tee shot to get the event underneath manner. I used to be good with that. The greens have been very good the primary 9 holes and the tempo of play was fairly good too.”

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