Golf gets 2 majors in the same week with PGA Championship and PGA Tour Champions major

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Golf has two majors this week. The PGA Championship is at Quail Hollow in North Carolina, the second major of the year. Rory McIlroy is coming off his victory in the Masters that gives him the career Grand Slam. And he’s a four-time winner at the PGA Tour event held at Quail Hollow.

Truist Championship Golf

Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, watches his shot on the sixth hole during the final round of the Truist Championship golf tournament at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, Sunday, May 11, 2025, in Flourtown. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

The field has 99 of the top 100 in the world. It doesn’t have John Daly or Davis Love III or Y.E. Yang.

They are former PGA champions exempt for life. But they’re at the PGA Tour Champion’s first major of the year at the Regions Tradition