The PGA Championship is the second major of the year. It returns to Aronimink Golf Club outside Philadelphia for the first time since 1962. Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are the betting favorites. Jordan Spieth gets yet another crack at trying to win the PGA for the career Grand Slam.
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The future of a beloved dog statue on a New York warehouse is up in the airHot dogs and steaks and bacon, oh my! Meat raffles keep a beloved Midwest tradition alivePCOS is now called PMOS. What the name change means for careA photo captures President Trump and first lady awaiting British royals from rare White House angleThe World in PicturesDisease outbreak cuts Wyoming, Yellowstone wolf numbers to lowest level since reintroduction eraPCOS is now called PMOS.
What the name change means for careTrump administration widens Medicaid fraud crackdown to Florida, calling it a 'hotspot'Adults relive the musical camaraderie of their youth at band camps reprised for grown-upsUnderwater memorial to wrecked slave ship draws pilgrims seeking to connect with their rootsXi advierte a Trump que las diferencias sobre Taiwán podrían desencadenar un conflictoA fan holds a flag while waiting for autographs during practice before the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Aronimink Golf Club Monday, May 11, 2026, in Newtown Square, Pa. Michael Thorbjornsen signs autographs on the second tee during a PGA Championship golf tournament practice round at Aronimink Golf Club, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Newtown Square, PA.
Cameron Young reacts to a shot on the fourth green during a PGA Championship golf tournament practice round at Aronimink Golf Club, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Newtown Square, PA. Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, hits from the 13th fairway during a PGA Championship golf tournament practice round at Aronimink Golf Club, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Newtown Square, PA.
A fan holds a flag while waiting for autographs during practice before the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Aronimink Golf Club Monday, May 11, 2026, in Newtown Square, Pa. A fan holds a flag while waiting for autographs during practice before the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Aronimink Golf Club Monday, May 11, 2026, in Newtown Square, Pa.
Michael Thorbjornsen signs autographs on the second tee during a PGA Championship golf tournament practice round at Aronimink Golf Club, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Newtown Square, PA. Michael Thorbjornsen signs autographs on the second tee during a PGA Championship golf tournament practice round at Aronimink Golf Club, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Newtown Square, PA.
Cameron Young reacts to a shot on the fourth green during a PGA Championship golf tournament practice round at Aronimink Golf Club, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Newtown Square, PA. Cameron Young reacts to a shot on the fourth green during a PGA Championship golf tournament practice round at Aronimink Golf Club, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Newtown Square, PA.
Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, hits from the 13th fairway during a PGA Championship golf tournament practice round at Aronimink Golf Club, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Newtown Square, PA. Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, hits from the 13th fairway during a PGA Championship golf tournament practice round at Aronimink Golf Club, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Newtown Square, PA. NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa.
— The Philadelphia area gets its first major championship since the U.S. Open at Merion in 2013, and Aronimink has waited 64 years before getting anotherknows. Aronimink previously held the 2018 BMW Championship and twice the AT&T National in 2010 and 2011 . The PGA Championship starts Thursday, and the chilly beginning to the week has given way to slightly warmer temperatures.
Rain was in the forecast overnight until leaving early in the first round. Braden Shattuck, one of 20 club pros in the field who teaches golf at nearby Rolling Green, has been selected to hit the opening tee shot at 6:45 a.m. Eastern. This major will be carried by two networks — ESPN and CBS Sports, combined for 46 hours of live coverage from Aronimink.
The opening two rounds Thursday and Friday will be on ESPN+ from the opening tee shot at 7 a.m. until noon, and then ESPN takes over until 7 p.m. For the weekend, ESPN+ will get it started from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., followed by ESPN coverage from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. CBS and streaming platform Paramount+ will go from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.to three holes on Tuesday because of a blister on his right pinky toe. McIlroy says he felt “soft” for having to walk off the course.
But he put some padding around his toe, and he went to a slightly wider and longer shoe to ease the discomfort.
“It’s all good,” he said after walking nine holes Wednesday without a limp. The PGA Championship boasts the strongest field in golf, at least at the top. The 156-man field features 97 of the top 100 in the world ranking, led by Scheffler and McIlroy. The PGA of America strives to get everyone from the top 100 through its special invitations.
That appeared to be the case until Lucas Herbert won LIV Golf Virginia and moved to No. 89, and Shaun Norris was runner-up in the Catalunya Championship on the European tour and moved to No. 95. And then Jake Knapp withdrew with a thumb injury was replaced by Tom Hoge. Since 2012, only one player from outside the top 100 in the world has won the PGA Championship.
That was Phil Mickelson , a past champion who won at Kiawah Island at age 50. Scheffler starts on No. 1 at 2:05 p.m. on Thursday, along with Fitzpatrick and Rose. McIlroy goes early Thursday at 8:40 a.m. along with Jordan Spieth and Jon Rahm. Xander Schauffele plays with Brooks Koepka and Tyrrell Hatton at 8:29 a.m. Right before them at 8:18 a.m. are Bryson DeChambeau, Ludvig Aberg and Rickie Fowler.
Tiger Woods has not played the PGA Championship since missing the cut at Valhalla in 2024. It was unlikely for him to play this year as he recovered from another back surgery, and that was before his Feb. 27 arrest on suspicion of DUI.by Florida law enforcement for refusing a urine test. A Florida judge approved him seeking treatment outside the country. There has been no confirmation where he is.
This will be the second straight major without Woods and Mickelson, who is tending to a family health matter at home. Young, who won The Players Championship and the Cadillac Championship at Doral, is at +1200. Rahm is a two-time winner on LIV Golf this year and is at +1600. DeChambeau is another two-time LIV winner this year.
He is at +2000. The winner gets the Wanamaker Trophy and a lifetime exemption to the PGA Championship, along with five-year exemptions to the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open. For Spieth, there’s even more at stake. This will be his 10th attempt at completing the career Grand Slam by winning the PGA Championship.
Spieth won the Masters and U.S. Open in 2015, and the British Open in 2017. The last player to complete the career slam was McIlroy at the Masters. Scheffler won his first PGA Championship and third overall major at Quail Hollow Club in North Carolina. He lost a big lead on the front nine Sunday but then pulled away from Rahm and everyone else for a five-shot victory.
Aronimink might have caught a break. There was far more rain in the forecast when players began to arrive. Now the only rain is for Wednesday night into Thursday morning, and then mostly dry the rest of the way. This will be the second major at Aronimink, a Donald Ross course that opened in 1928.
It recently went through a restoration by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner. Aronimink was supposed to hold the 1993 PGA Championship. But after criticism of Shoal Creek in Alabama hosting the 1990 PGA while not having any Black members, the PGA of America required future sites to have a diverse membership. Aronimink had a seven-year waiting list for new members and said it would not be able to meet the criteria in time for 1993.
The PGA Championship instead went to Inverness that year. For the top men players, Aronimink hosted the AT&T National in 2010 and 2011, which moved from Congressional those years because of the 2011 U.S. Open. It most recently hosted the 2018 BMW Championship run by the Western Golf Association, the only FedEx Cup playoff event that is not held at the same course. Ferguson has been The AP’s golf writer since 1998.
He is a recipient of the PGA Lifetime Achievement in Journalism award.
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