Everything Scottie Scheffler did Sunday was expected. When the pressure was on, he hit the fairways he needed to hit. He landed the approach shots he needed to land.

Players rave about it when they come every year, but for the course architecture heads and the peripheral golf community, the glass is very much half empty on this week’s PGA Championship venue. So why is the divide so stark?

Wyndham Clark apologized Monday for throwing his club out of frustration on the 16th hole in the final round of the 2025 PGA Championship.

Those three names are all current holders of major championships. Scottie’s win at Quail Hollow may be his latest major, but ever since he won his second Masters early last year we have seen a run of serious names winning the game’s most coveted prizes.

Just Thursday, this PGA Championship appeared a major in name only, peculiar names weighing down its prestige, and leaderboard remaining stubbornly odd through Friday—Scottie Scheffler the lone Goliath swimming in a sea of Davids.

Most notably, though, Balionis took to social media and appeared to fire a veiled shot at McIlroy, thanking guys like Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm for joining her for post-round interviews after their rounds on Sunday, despite losing in the end.

SportsLine's golf model ran 10,000 simulations of the final round of the PGA Championship 2025 at Quail Hollow Club

Sergio Garcia is so unhappy with the current state of his game that he may voluntarily say no to one of his main aspirations for the current season.