Inclement weather has subsided at Quail Hollow Club as the 107th playing of the PGA Championship is finally underway. Featuring the deepest field of the season, the 2025 PGA Championship may begin with a field of 156 players,

The PGA Championship kicked off on Thursday at the pristine Quail Hollow Country Club, but the course gave many of the best players in the world fits in the opening round. You have to look far down the leaderboard to find defending champion Xander Schauffele,

The world's top three players were grouped together, and only one — No. 1 ranked Scottie Scheffler — finished under par. Scheffler survived a pair of bogies and a double to card a 2-under 69. Rory McIlroy, meanwhile, had a rough go of it, carding a 3-over 74. Defending champ Xander Schauffele was one better at 2-over.