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When is the 2025 PGA Championship ?

The 2025 PGA Championship starts on Thursday 15th May and finishes on Sunday 18th May.

Where is the 2025 PGA Championship ?

The 2025 PGA Championship tees off at the Quail Hollow Golf Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

Who are the favourites to win the 2025 PGA Championship ?

The defending champion is Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy is a previous multiple winner at this venue and arrives on the back of winning his first Masters title at Augusta.

PGA Championship 18 May @ 22:45 - Win Tournament
Scottie Scheffler	5.50
Rory McIlroy	5.50
Bryson DeChambeau	8.50
Justin Thomas	17.00
Jon Rahm	19.00
Xander Schauffele	20.00
Collin Morikawa	23.00
Ludvig Aberg	25.00
Joaquin Niemann	31.00
Tyrrell Hatton	34.00

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2025 PGA Championship Venue

The Quail Hollow Golf Club in Charlotte, North Carolina plays host to the PGA Championship for the second time in 2025. The course opened in 1961 and has undergone modifications over the years by the likes of Arnold Palmer in 1986 and as recent as 2016 by Tom Fazio.

Quail Hollow staged it's first PGA Championship in 2017 when Justin Thomas won his maiden major title. Rory McIlroy is a four time winner of the Wells Fargo Championship played here at Quail Hollow, the most recent success in 2024.

For a more detailed look and visual tour of the course layout head over to the Quail Hollow Course Tour.

Previous Course Winners

Quail Hollow has hosted one PGA Championship in 2017 won by Justin Thomas, here is the final leaderboard:

Rank	Player	Score
1st	Justin Thomas (USA)	-8
T2	Francesco Molinari (ITA)	-6
T2	Louis Oosthuizen (RSA)	-6
T2	Patrick Reed (USA)	-6
T5	Rickie Fowler (USA)	-5
T5	Hideki Matsuyama (USA)	-5
T7	Graham DeLaet (Can)	-4
T7	Kevin Kisner (USA)	-4
T9	Jason Day (AUS)	-1
T9	Matt Kucher (USA)	-1
T9	Jordan Smith (ENG)	-1
T9	Chris Stroud (USA)	-1

The following players are winners of the Wells Fargo Championship in the last ten years, the tournament is played here at Quail Hollow:

2015 Rory McIlroy
2016 James Hahn
2017 Brian Harman
2018 Jason Day
2019 Max Homa
2021 Rory McIlroy
2023 Wyndham Clark
2024 Rory McIlroy

Last Ten PGA Championship Winners

Who won the 2024 PGA Championship ?

Xander Schauffele finally broke his major maiden tag with victory in the 2024 PGA Championship, setting a course record at Valhalla with a first round 62 (-9) and equalling a lowest round in a major record.

Here is a table showing the last ten Masters winners, their nationality, official world golf ranking (OWGR) heading into the tournament and winning score:

Year - Venue	Winner	Score
2024 - Valhalla	Xander Schauffele (USA) (3)	263 (-21)
2023 - Oak Hill	Brooks Koepka (USA) (44)	271 (-9)
2022 - Southern Hills	Justin Thomas (USA) (9)	275 (-5)
2021 - Kiawah Island	Phil Mickelson (USA) (116)	282 (-6)
2020 - TPC Harding Park	Collin Morikawa (USA) (12)	267 (-13)
2019 - Bethpage Black	Brooks Koepka (USA) (3)	272 (-8)
2018 - Bellerive CC	Brooks Koepka (USA) (4)	264 (-16)
2017 - Quail Hollow Club	Justin Thomas (USA) (14)	276 (-8)
2016 - Baltusrol GC	Jimmy Walker (USA) (48)	266 (-14)
2015 - Whistling Straits	Jason Day (AUS) (5)	268 (-20)

For the latest news on this year's PGA Championship head over to the official PGA Championship website.

PGA Championship Ten Year Trends

Nationality

USA

9/10 PGA Championship winners were from the USA, all since 2016.

R.O.W

1/10 - Australia's Jason Day won in 2015, he also finished runner up (2016) and South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen has twice shared 2nd.

World Ranking

7/10 were ranked in the top 14 in the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) at the time of winning.
5/10 were ranked inside the World's top ten.
Former World Number One Phil Mickelson was the lowest ranked winner at 116 in 2021.

Current Form

8/10 had a top 5 finish within their last 6 events prior to winning the PGA.

Major Record

5/10 were winning their maiden major title.
4/10 had previously won the PGA Championship.

Official World Golf Rankings

Seven of the last ten PGA Championship winners were ranked within the world's top 20, the current top 20 players in the OWGR rankings are (correct at 13th May 2025):

1. Scottie Scheffler

Last 6 Events (best): Won @ CJ Cup Byron Nelson (May 25)
Last win: CJ Cup Byron Nelson (May 25)

PGA Champ Record	Top 5's	Best Year
1 Missed Cut	2	T2 (2023)

2. Rory McIlroy

Last 6 Events (best): Won @ Masters (Apr 25)
Last win: Masters (Apr 25)

PGA Champ Record	Top 5's	Best Year
1 Missed Cut	4	Won (2012 & 2014)

3. Xander Schauffele

Last 6 Events (best): T8 @ Masters (Apr 25)
Last win: The Open (Jul 24)

PGA Champ Record	Top 5's	Best Year
2 Missed Cuts	1	Won (2024)

4. Collin Morikawa

Last 6 Events (best): 2nd @ Arnold Palmer Inv (Mar 25)
Last Win: Tour Championship (Sep 24)

PGA Champ Record	Top 5's	Best Year
0 Missed Cuts	2	Won (2020)

5. Justin Thomas

Last 6 Events (best): Won @ RBC Heritage (Apr 25)
Last Win: RBC Heritage (Apr 25)

PGA Champ Record	Top 5's	Best Year
1 Missed Cut	2	Won (2017 & 2022)

6. Ludvig Aberg

Last 6 Events (best): 7th @ Masters (Apr 25)
Last Win: Genesis Inv (Feb 25)

PGA Champ Record	Top 5's	Best Year
1 Missed Cut	0	MC (2024)

7. Hideki Matsuyama

Last 6 Events (best): T13 @ Genesis Invitational (Feb 25)
Last Win: The Sentry (Jan 25)

PGA Champ Record	Top 5's	Best Year
0 Missed Cuts	2	T4 (2016)

8. Russell Henley

Last 6 Events (best): Won @ Arnold Palmer Inv (Mar 25)
Last Win: Arnold Palmer Inv (Mar 25)

PGA Champ Record	Top 5's	Best Year
3 Missed Cuts	0	T12 (2015)

9. Sepp Straka

Last 6 Events (best): Won @ Truist Championship (May 25)
Last Win: Truist Championship (May 25)

PGA Champ Record	Top 5's	Best Year
1 Missed Cut	0	T7 (2023)

10. Shane Lowry

Last 6 Events (best): T2 @ Truist Championship (May 25)
Last Win: BMW PGA Championship (Sep 22)

PGA Champ Record	Top 5's	Best Year
3 Missed Cuts	1	T4 (2021)

Five In The Top Ten

Five of the last ten PGA Championship winners were ranked in the world's top ten.

11. Viktor Hovland

Last 6 Events (best): Won @ Valspar Championship (Mar 25)
Last Win: Valspar Championship (Mar 25)

PGA Champ Record	Top 5's	Best Year
0 Missed Cuts	2	T2 (2023)

12. Maverick McNealy

Last 6 Events (best): T3 @ RBC Heritage (Apr 25)
Last Win: RSM Classic (Nov 24)

PGA Champ Record	Top 5's	Best Year
2 Missed Cuts	0	T23 (2024)

13. Tommy Fleetwood

Last 6 Events (best): T4 @ Truist Championship (May 25)
Last Win: Dubai Invitational (Jan 24)

PGA Champ Record	Top 5's	Best Year
3 Missed Cuts	1	T5 (2022)

14. Patrick Cantlay

Last 6 Events (best): T4 @ Truist Championship (May 25)
Last Win: BMW Champ (Aug 22)

PGA Champ Record	Top 5's	Best Year
1 Missed Cut	1	T3 (2019)

15. Bryson DeChambeau

Last 6 Events (best): Won @ LIV Korea (May 25)
Last Win: LIV Korea (May 25)

PGA Champ Record	Top 5's	Best Year
2 Missed Cuts	3	2nd (2024)

16. Justin Rose

Last 6 Events (best): 2nd @ Masters (Apr 25)
Last Win: Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Feb 23)

PGA Champ Record	Top 5's	Best Year
6 Missed Cuts	2	T3 (2012)

17. Wyndham Clark

Last 6 Events (best): T5 @ Texas Houston Open (Mar 25)
Last Win: Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Feb 24)

PGA Champ Record	Top 5's	Best Year
3 Missed Cuts	0	T75 (2021)

18. Sungjae Im

Last 6 Events (best): T5 @ Masters (Apr 25)
Last Win: Woori FG Championship (Apr 24)

PGA Champ Record	Top 5's	Best Year
4 Missed Cuts	0	T17 (2021)

19. Keegan Bradley

Last 6 Events (best): T5 @ Arnold Palmer Inv (Mar 25)
Last Win: BMW Championship (Aug 24)

PGA Champ Record	Top 5's	Best Year
2 Missed Cuts	2	Won (2011)

20. Tyrrell Hatton

Last 6 Events (best): T5 @ LIV Mexico
Last Win: Dubai Desert Classic (Jan 25)

PGA Champ Record	Top 5's	Best Year
2 Missed Cuts	0	T10 (2016 & 2018)

For the full list of world rankings head over to the Official World Golf Rankings website.

Author Information

James Banting writes the words and maintains the data for this PGA Championship Betting Tips Guide. As Tipster Competition assistant James works closely with our Golf Tipsters, settling bets and ensuring accuracy in all results which are also utilised in the updates for all the Golf Previews on OLBG

James Banting

Tipster Competition Assistant

James is a knowledgeable sports betting specialist with over 20 years of experience in the sports betting industry. Today James focuses on producing informative betting content on the major sporting events throughout the year in Horse Racing and Tennis, as well as contributing to our Cricket and Golf Content.