Brooks Koepka will defend his title when the 106th US PGA Championship takes place at Valhalla Golf Club from May 16-19.
Koepka will be seeking a sixth major title and back-to-back victories in the event for the second time, having also lifted the Wanamaker trophy in 2018 and 2019.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the main contenders for the year’s second major championship.
Scottie Scheffler
Scottie Scheffler will miss this week’s @WellsFargoGolf as he and Meredith await the birth of their first child.
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 6, 2024
Justified being a hot favourite for the Masters by claiming his second green jacket in three years at Augusta National. Seven days later won the RBC Heritage to make it four wins and a runner-up finish in five events, a spell which includes becoming the first player to successfully defend the Players Championship. Only the imminent birth of his first child threatens to derail the world number one’s brilliant season.
Rory McIlroy
Brooks Koepka
Xander Schauffele
? — Hearing from on-site at Valhalla that Xander Schauffele is beginning his preparations for the PGA Championship, currently playing the course for the first time alongside Louisville native and 2 time PGA champion Justin Thomas.
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— Xander Schauffele Legion (@XanderLegion) May 5, 2024
Insisted the best was yet to come after narrowly missing out on the Players Championship, the Olympic champion taking a one-shot lead into the final round only to get overhauled by a charging Scheffler. Seen in some circles as an underachiever, Schauffele has seven PGA Tour titles to go with his gold medal from Tokyo, along with 12 top-10 major finishes, including four in his last six starts in the Masters.
Tommy Fleetwood
