Three holes on Friday afternoon in 2010 as a young McIlroy just tried to make the cut might have altered the course of McIlroy's career.

Rory McIlroy is back at Quail Hollow this week for the PGA Championship, a month after winning his first Masters and securing the career Grand Slam.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There was a moment during Rory McIlroy’s Wednesday press conference at Quail Hollow that illustrated how he has morphed from a man who needs to a man who wants.

The 2025 PGA Championship returns to Quail Hollow in Charlotte for the second major of the golf season. This North Carolina course last hosted in 2017 when Justin Thomas won by two strokes, and as luck would have it for J.T., he's playing some of his best golf of the last few years entering this edition of the tournament.

Other players express concern that the win at Augusta last month will free him up from a lot of pressure at the PGA Championship.

Rory McIlroy's start to 2025 is impressing his fellow pros as they prepare for the US PGA Championship at Quail Hollow, a course the Northern Irishman has won at four times.

Sepp Straka has held the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup points lead twice this season. The first time was after a victory at the American Express and a tie for seventh at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which enabled him to overtake the first leader of the season,

The 38-year-old made the news at The Masters after he abruptly ended an interview session when a reporter asked about Rory McIlroy’s performance.