Scheffler seeks repeat as McIlroy eyes major momentum at Aronimink

May 11 : Scottie Scheffler enters this week's PGA Championship as a hot favorite to become the event's first repeat winner since Brooks Koepka in 2019, while a confident Rory McIlroy eyes more major glory after successfully defending his Masters title.

Lurking behind the two best golfers on the planet is a cast of contenders with unfinished business at the year's second major, among them Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, Cameron Young, and Jordan Spieth, who arrives with a chance to complete his career Grand Slam.

The PGA Championship gets underway on Thursday at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, a private country club located in the western suburbs of Philadelphia that is consistently rated among the nation's top golf courses. The championship was last played at the course in 1962.

World number one Scheffler, who prevailed by five shots in last year's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow, has runner-up finishes in his last three starts on the PGA Tour, including at the Masters where he fell just short of pulling off an unprecedented comeback from 12 strokes down after 36 holes.

From tee to green, Scheffler may be swinging it as well as he has all season, preparing him for a strong look at defending his PGA Championship title.

"It sure looks like to me Scottie's going to come back and break through one of these days and get off the second-place train. This might just be the perfect week in my mind," veteran broadcaster Jim Nantz said on CBS Sports' PGA Championship preview call.

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World number two McIlroy arrives at Aronimink as a two-time defending Masters champion.

McIlroy, who made the cut on the number at last year's PGA Championship before finishing in a share of 47th place, skipped