PGA Championship 2026: Who are the favourites and where to watch the year's second major?

"Aronimink last hosted a PGA Championship in 1962, when Gary Player won by one stroke. 64 years later, it returns, more dangerous than ever. Gil Hanse's decade-long restoration of the Ross layout has transformed the course. The bunker count has risen from 74 to 176. The fairways have been narrowed to around 32 yards at the landing zones, the rough grown out to close to four inches, and new tee boxes have added over 100 yards to the overall layout."

"The course plays as a par 70 at 7,394 yards, with four par threes, two par fives and twelve par fours that form the central test of the week. The greens are large on average but brutally contoured, with Ross's turtleback profiles creating steep fall-offs on every side. Players who miss greens on the wrong side will be scrambling from impossible angles."

"Scottie Scheffler heads to Pennsylvania as the clear favourite. The world number one is the defending champion, having won last year's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow by five strokes. He leads the PGA Tour this season in strokes gained total, scoring average and birdie average. He has finished second in three straight tournaments. Scheffler has been relentlessly brilliant and has not won since February. But on a course that rewards iron play and scrambling - two areas in which Scheffler ranks among the best in the world - he is the player to beat."

The 108th PGA Championship begins at Aronimink Golf Club in Pennsylvania, returning after the venue last hosted in 1962. Gil Hanse’s restoration has significantly increased bunker presence, narrowed landing-zone fairways, thickened rough, and lengthened the course with new tee boxes. The course plays par 70 at 7,394 yards, with four par threes, two par fives, and twelve par fours forming the week’s main challenge. Large greens are heavily contoured with Ross turtleback profiles and steep fall-offs, creating difficult recovery angles when players miss. Scottie Scheffler enters as the clear favorite, defending his title and leading key PGA Tour statistical categories. Rory McIlroy seeks to win the Masters and PGA Championship in the same calendar year, a feat last achieved in 1975.

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