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?

The second major tournament of the golf calendar is just a few days away as the best players in the world flock to Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. Rory McIlroy took the first major win of the year,

Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler are co-favorites to win the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, N.C. The second major of the season, the PGA Championship, features a field of 156 golfers, but McIlroy and Scheffler are clearly the cream of the crop, sitting at +470 odds to win the Wanamaker Trophy at bet365 sportsbook.