The second Major of the year is upon us, which is sometimes overlooked but there’s plenty of reasons why the 2024 PGA Championship is in the headlines this year.
As the war in men’s pro golf rumbles on there will be plenty of eyeballs on the LIV Golf contingent, while there’s also an under-the-radar Grand Slam bid that could be completed.
Brooks Koepka is looking to go back-to-back, Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky will conjure up memories of Rory McIlroy‘s last Major triumph, while a certain Tiger Woods was also a PGA Championship winner here.
That and the World No.1 having baby issues means there are plenty of talking points ahead of the 2024 PGA Championship.
Will baby derail Scottie’s bid?
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Scottie Scheffler won The Masters for a second time last month and has been head and shoulders above the rest for most of the year.
With a worst finish of T17 in his 10 events this year so far, Scheffler has won four of his last five tournaments – finishing T2 in the other! So the question was rightly raised as to who could stop him winning them all this year?
He’d be red-hot favourite to win every Major this year, including at Valhalla, but he’s still waiting for wife Meredith to give birth to their first child, so Scheffler isn’t even guaranteed to show up.
And even if he can, who knows what mental and emotional state he’ll be in – it’s likely that only his own child is the only person that can stop him winning a third Major here.
Rory back at Valhalla
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It was at a different time of year back then, but a decade ago the PGA Championship was held at Valhalla and won by Rory McIlroy – making it back-to-back Majors after he’d also won The Open at Hoylake.
Taking his tally to four, McIlroy looked set to dominate, but that remains his last Major triumph and 10 years later he’ll hope his return to Kentucky can be the lucky omen he needs.
The Northern Irishman has been knocking on the door in the big ones over the last couple of years, finishing in the top eight in seven of the last nine Majors.
He’s finished 8 and T7 in his last two PGA Championships so he’ll hope the memories of 2014 come flooding back and he can defend at Valhalla.
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