Southern hills

TPC Harding Park: It was at this very course that Rory McIlroy won the last of his four Majors. And he returns to the 106th PGA Championships at Valhalla having won his last two starts, including a fourth Wells Fargo win in the hope of ending a Major drought.

He has missed the cut just once at a wet Baltusrol in 2016 and has eight top-10 results from 14 weekends at the PGA including T7 at Oak Hill in 2023 and solo eighth at Southern Hills in 2022.

As 156 players descend onto Valhalla, this is the fourth edition of the PGA Championship on the Jack Nicklaus design. After testing as a par 72 in 1996 and 2000, it’s been a par 71 since Rory McIlroy prevailed in 2014. The tournament was then played in August. At 7,609 yards it is 151 yards longer than a decade ago.