The novelist Vladimir Nabokov once said that "artistic originality has only its own self to copy," and if we're adapting that man's words to the world of golf—I'm confident he would have hated this—we can say of the infamous "Green Mile" at Quail Hollow (holes 16,

Inclement weather has subsided at Quail Hollow Club as the 107th playing of the PGA Championship is finally underway. Featuring the deepest field of the season, the 2025 PGA Championship may begin with a field of 156 players,

The world's top three players were grouped together, and only one — No. 1 ranked Scottie Scheffler — finished under par. Scheffler survived a pair of bogies and a double to card a 2-under 69. Rory McIlroy, meanwhile, had a rough go of it, carding a 3-over 74. Defending champ Xander Schauffele was one better at 2-over.