Scottie Scheffler Is Hunting History at Aronimink and Nobody's Stopped Him Yet

The PGA Championship is back in Philadelphia this week, and defending champion Scottie Scheffler is coming in hot. The 108th edition of golf's second major tees off May 14-17 at Aronimink Golf Club, a Donald Ross design from 1926 that last hosted the championship back in 1962 when Gary Player won. If Scheffler pulls this off, he becomes the first player to successfully defend the title since Brooks Koepka did it in 2019. That's the kind of streak that gets people's attention.

The Setup at Aronimink

The course is playing at par 70 with a brutal 7,394 yards. They've lengthened it 114 yards since Keegan Bradley won the 2018 BMW Championship here in a playoff over Justin Rose, so the field is going to feel every extra yard. The 156-player field gets cut to the top 70 and ties after 36 holes. Coverage starts Thursday at noon ET on ESPN and runs through Sunday on CBS. If you've got ESPN Plus, streaming starts at 7 a.m. ET both Thursday and Friday.

The Contenders and the Odds

Scheffler is sitting at plus-385 at DraftKings after winning his first start of the season. He's got three consecutive runner-up finishes, including the Masters, so he's locked in. Rory McIlroy at plus-910 has his eye on something special too: if he wins here, he becomes the first player since Jordan Spieth in 2015 to take down the first two majors of the year. McIlroy owns two PGA Championship victories already with 11 top-25s in 17 career starts.

Cameron Young at plus-1650 is a two-time winner this season and was in the mix last week before a final-round 74. He's still chasing his first major. Bryson DeChambeau at plus-1850 has finished runner-up the past two years and just grabbed third at LIV Golf Virginia. Jon Rahm at plus-1400 finished T8 last year, while Matt Fitzpatrick at plus-2300 is already a three-time winner this season.

Jordan Spieth is making his 10th attempt at completing the career Grand Slam. Adam Scott will make his 99th consecutive major start, trailing only Jack Nicklaus who has more than 100 all-time. The international field is deep this year with players from 26 different countries competing.

The LPGA Takes Cincinnati

Over in Cincinnati, the LPGA Queen City Championship runs the same dates at Maketewah Country Club. Charley Hull is the defending champion after her comeback win last year, her first LPGA title in three years. World No. 1 Nelly Korda leads a 144-player field that includes seven of the top 10 in the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings. The purse is $2 million with $300,000 going to the winner. Coverage runs Thursday through Sunday at 3-6 p.m. ET on Golf Channel.

Thursday brings the first shots at Aronimink. Scheffler is the story everyone's watching.

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