The PGA Championship has a Canadian flavour

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The second men's golf major of the year tees off Thursday at Oak Hill in Rochester, N.Y., just an hour and a half drive from the Ontario border. With a record six Canadians in the field, there's an increased chance that one will hoist the Wanamaker Trophy on Sunday. More on that below, plus some other things to know about the tournament:

It's round 2 of the PGA Tour vs. LIV Golf showdown.

This is the second major since the flow of defectors to the Saudi-funded league stemmed and battle lines were clearly drawn. The only arena for players from the rival tours to square off is the four majors, each run by independent entities. The PGA Championship belongs to the PGA of America, a separate organization from the PGA Tour.

The rebels made a statement at the Masters, where Brooks Koepka and LIV Golf posterboy Phil Mickelson tied for second and Patrick Reed tied for fourth. Those results dispelled the myth that LIV's decadent 54-hole events with no cuts and guaranteed fat paycheques would render its stars too soft to compete on the sport's biggest stages.

There will be 18 LIV Golf players at the PGA Championship — the same number that teed it up at Augusta. Mickelson will try to recapture his magic from the 2021 event on Kiawah Island, where, less than a month shy of his 51st birthday, he became the oldest major champion in history and captured his sixth major title. Koepka was a runner-up that year, just missing his fifth major victory after winning back-to-back PGA Championships and back-to-back U.S. Opens late last decade.

Other LIV players in the field this week include