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Scheffler Targets Back-to-Back PGA; McIlroy Eyes Historic Double

5/15/2026

Summary

Story summary

Golfer Scottie Scheffler, who entered with $101,109,136 after passing $100 million, will defend his PGA Championship title at Aronimink Golf Club in Pennsylvania and aims to be the first to win back-to-back PGA Championships.
Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy hopes to be the first since 1975 to win both majors.
Odds list shows Scheffler +480, McIlroy +950, golfer Brooks Koepka +3500, and golfer Jordan Spieth +5500, who seeks to complete the Grand Slam.

History

Historical Context

Since its 1916 founding, the PGA Championship shifted from match-play to stroke-play in 1958 and grants its winner a five-year exemption. Jack Nicklaus’s 1975 victory at Firestone completed the last Masters-PGA double, a feat no player has repeated through 2025. In 2024, Scottie Scheffler, with $101,109,136 in earnings, and Rory McIlroy chase that historic dual-major, underscoring the event’s enduring prestige and growing commercial stakes.

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Story summary

Golfer Scottie Scheffler, who entered with $101,109,136 after passing $100 million, will defend his PGA Championship title at Aronimink Golf Club in Pennsylvania and aims to be the first to win back-to-back PGA Championships.
Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy hopes to be the first since 1975 to win both majors.
Odds list shows Scheffler +480, McIlroy +950, golfer Brooks Koepka +3500, and golfer Jordan Spieth +5500, who seeks to complete the Grand Slam.

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