The world of golf has all of its eyes and attention on Quail Hollow this week with the PGA Championship set to kick off. One thing we are not lacking is storylines. Consider that Scottie Scheffler is still looking for his first non-Masters major win and that he won for the first time this season last week at the CJ CUP.

If it wasn’t going to be Rory McIlroy, another Irishman would suffice. In the final pairing Sunday, Shane Lowry was the no-doubt crowd favorite. Irish flags and soccer kits dotted some of the galleries.

Even before locking up his second victory of 2025 at the Truist Championship on Sunday, Sepp Straka was hardly a lock to make the European Ryder Cup team. In fact, he was nowhere near the top 12 of the European Team standings,