Jordan Spieth has never stopped dreaming of a career Grand Slam, and Rory McIlroy's triumph at Augusta National has only inspired him to make it happen.

But … After Rory McIlroy shed years of frustration by finally completing golf’s career Grand Slam at last month’s Masters, people couldn’t help but start looking ahead. To the PGA Championship, which this year is being played at Quail Hollow,

Down goes _____! Rory McIlroy has filled that blank often. The round-shouldered Irishman, now 36, has endured all manner of fourth-round trauma, including four seconds in majors. More than once we’ve wondered: Can he get off the mat again?

McIlroy, of course, is coming off a win at the Masters to complete the career Grand Slam. Scheffler won last year’s Masters and won for the first time in 2025 in resounding style two weeks ago at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, his hometown event. Schauffele is the defending PGA champion and also won the British Open last July.

Justin Thomas has struggled for form in recent years after winning the PGA Championship in 2017, with the American admitting he was 'jealous' of Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler

Tom McKibbin switched to LIV Golf at the turn of the year, and in doing so defied golfing icon and current Masters champion Rory McIlroy.

Picks for even more 2025 PGA Championship golfers and the PGA Championship favorite to win ahead of the year's second major at Quail Hollow

Scottie Scheffler prefers to live in the present. He still concedes that coming to the PGA Championship off a big win doesn't hurt.

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Masters champion Rory McIlroy will play the next two editions of the Australian Open in a major coup for one of golf's oldest tournaments, which has struggled in recent years to get marquee names to undertake the long journey south.