2024 PGA Championship Preview at Valhalla Golf Club

This week, the world’s best golfers travel to Louisville, Ky., for the 106^th playing of the PGA Championship. The year’s second major championship will be contested at Valhalla Golf Club for the fourth time since 1996. With past champions including Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, the week has the potential to produce another superstar major winner.

Anticipated PGA Championship Highlights

Rory McIlroy is coming off a dominant win at last week’s Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow, a PGA Tour Signature Event, and the 2025 host site for the PGA Championship. McIlroy is a favorite heading into the tournament despite reports that he filed for divorce from his wife early this week. Will off-course distractions be too much for McIlroy to overcome?
Scottie Scheffler, the world’s number one player and the winner of the year’s first major, comes into the week as the betting favorite. Scheffler has won four out of his past five starts and has been seemingly unstoppable. The focus for Scheffler this week is the birth of his first child with his wife, Meredith. Will he be able to adjust to the sleepless nights of new parenthood?
Brooks Koepka, the defending PGA Champion, enters the week off a victory at his last event. The LIV Golf star and 5-time major champion appears to be in form as he looks to capture his fourth PGA Championship title. Valhalla Golf Club’s long, narrow corridors should set up well for Koepka’s powerful playing style.
PGA Professional Michael Block enters the week a year removed from his storybook finish at last year’s PGA Championship. The 47-year-old from California finished tied for 15^th at Oak Hill Country Club, where he made a final round hole-in-one while playing with Rory McIlroy. Block will hit the opening tee shot at 7:15AM EST on Thursday.