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

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.

While all the focus in the golf world is on the second major of the PGA Tour season, with the PGA Championship beginning on Thursday, a major decision was made by the world’s No. 2-ranked golfer, Rory McIlroy,