Stop what you’re doing right now and check the PGA Championship leaderboard, because you may be among the leaders at Quail Hollow. After a strange Thursday, pretty much everybody that’s not a top-10 player in the world is up there.

The two-time PGA champ prepared at Quail Hollow last week then arrived for the tournament Wednesday night, but is likely going home early after an opening 79.

McIlroy came in as the co-favorite, but his long-time dominance didn't show up in the first round as he struggled to a 74

Vegas made five birdies in his final six holes to post his 7-under 64 at Quail Hollow Club in North Carolina. That gave him a two-shot lead over the rest of the field at the PGA Championship. Vegas is now the first Venezuelan man to lead or co-lead following any major championship round in golf history.

The first round of the 2025 PGA Championship is under way, and here's a look at the projected cut line at Quail Hollow Club.

A peculiar consensus had crystallized before this 2025 PGA Championship, that within its expansive field of 156 only a handful merited consideration. Rory McIlroy was an understood co-favorite, what with four career triumphs at Quail Hollow,

Scheffler had a clump of mud on his golf ball in the 16th fairway and saw his shot curve into the water, leading to a double bogey.

The first round of the PGA Championship officially teed off Thursday at Quail Hollow - though long before the tournament began, the crew affectionately known as “The Swampers,” spent months preparing the course.

Tyler Collet's game is trending at just the right time. Last month, the assistant pro at John’s Island Club won the 2025 PGA Professional Championship by a record 10 strokes, punching his ticket to this week’s PGA Championship.

Rory McIlroy's record at Quail Hollow is beyond impressive but that had no bearing on Thursday in the first round of the PGA Championship where very little went his way in his first major start since completing the career Grand Slam.