2025 PGA Championship Preview: Top Storylines for Scheffler, McIlroy, Spieth, and Others

The PGA Championship tees off on Thursday from Quail Hollow Club, and Jordan Spieth’s quest for the career Grand Slam is one of the many storylines to follow.

Jordan Spieth hits a tee shot on the third hole during the first round of the Truist Championship 2025 at The Wissahickon at Philadelphia Cricket Club in Flourtown, Pa., on May 8, 2025. Emilee Chinn/Getty Images

Just weeks after Rory McIlroy completed the career Grand Slam by slipping on a green jacket at the Masters, the year’s second major tournament has already arrived. The 2025 PGA Championship will begin on May 15 and conclude on May 18, from Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.

This major doesn’t have the prestige of the Masters, the history of the Open Championship, or the money offered by the U.S. Open. Thus, the PGA Championship is often viewed as the least coveted of the four major tournaments. But it’s still a major, and there are several subplots that should excite fans ahead of Thursday’s tee-off, starting with another golfer attempting to win the career Grand Slam.

Jordan Spieth’s Bid for the Grand Slam

When Jordan Spieth won his third major in 2017, and thus completed three-fourths of the career Grand Slam, it seemed a given that he’d become the sixth golfer to win all four major tournaments in a career. But Spieth has gone 0 for 8 in attempts to lock down that last major at the PGA Championship, and McIlroy went ahead and became the sixth Grand Slam champion.