US PGA Championship 2026 Player Guide: Profiles and betting angles of the top 50 in the field

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Scottie Scheffler

PGA record: (most recent result on the right) 4-8-MC-2-8-1

The World No. 1 went to last year's PGA Championship with zero experience of the host, Quail Hollow, but won anyway, saying afterwards: "I didn't have my best stuff, but I kept myself in it, and I stepped up on the back nine. That's about it." It was classic, downbeat, but ultimately triumphant, Scottie Scheffler. His current form is a curiosity with just one win this year (in his first start), but he has finished second in each of his last three outings, including the Masters. He also really likes weekend golf, going sub-70 in both rounds three and four in 13 of his last 15 starts.

Angle? Even by his own standards, he is very good in the PGA Championship with five top 10 finishes from six starts (in the other majors, he is "only" 12-for-20).

First round record? He's 4-for-6 at breaking 70 in a PGA first round and has twice been one shot off the lead.

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Rory McIlroy

PGA record: 3-3-64-1-8-1-17-MC-22-50-8-33-49-8-7-12-47

The Northern Irishman's return to the year's first major was a wild ride that took in the Champions Dinner, a sensational first 36 holes that built a six shot lead, a terrible third round that lost the advantage, and another super Sunday that allowed him to join elite company as one of only four successful defenders of the Green Jacket. He's excited about what comes next. "I don't think I'll go through that lull of motivation like last year," he said. So what happens next? More glory? He was T19 last week in his first start since the Masters.

Angle? He's finished T5 at Aronimink, and has three Donald Ross design top 10s in the majors at Oak Hill and Pinehurst. He's also a three-time winner at East Lake which Ross redesigned.

First round record? He tied the first round lead in his only start at Aronimink with a 62. 

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Bryson DeChambeau

PGA record: 33-MC-MC-4-38-4-2-2

Earlier this year, the two-time runner-up in this championship revealed that he'd played Aronimink as prep and was excited that it reminded him of Ridgewood, a course he has won on. If that's the good news, the bad is that, after winning twice on LIV in March, he badly missed the cut in the Masters and withdrew from LIV Mexico after grumbling and griping about the state of the course. He is, however, a two-time winner on Ross designs (Pinehurst and Detroit) and was third in last week's LIV Virginia.

Angle? His last 11 major championships have been pure champagne or shambles with eight top 10 finishes and three missed cuts.

First round record? He led the 2023 PGA after round one at the Ross-created Oak Hill.

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Jon Rahm

PGA record: 58-4-MC-13-8-MC-8

A year ago, the Spaniard headed into this championship's final round sitting T5 and he was very briefly tied for the lead on the back nine but finished bogey-double bogey-double bogey. "The first time I've been in position to win a major and haven't done it," he said. "I'll get over it." But how long will it take? He remains utterly magnificent on LIV, winning and finishing second with remarkable consistency, but the majors are still proving tricky. He has, on the other hand, finally reached an agreement with the DP World Tour.

Angle? Aside from LIV questions and major troubles, he's never convinced on original Ross designs.

First round record? His best first round position in the last six PGA starts is T29. 

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Cameron Young

PGA record: 3-MC-63-47

The New Yorker's confidence continues to ride high in the wake of his excellent Ryder Cup debut last September. He won the Players Championship in March, the Cadillac Championship this month and, in between, he was a fine T3 in the Masters. "No negative other than obviously I would've loved a different result," he said of the latter result. "I played plenty well enough to win today. I've gotten really comfortable with where I'm at and how to handle myself."

Angle? His breakthrough first PGA Tour win last summer came on the Ross-designed Sedgefield (he has also been second at Detroit).

First round record? He thrashed an opening 63 when winning at Sedgefield (and a second round 62).

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Xander Schauffele

PGA record: MC-35-16-10-MC-13-10-1-28

After finishing T9 in the Masters, the Californian said: "I definitely feel a lot better, haven't thought about injury for a good three or four months. It's nice to focus on playing well, getting stronger, and things of that nature." He has six top 20s in his last eight starts, but was only T60 last week. He does have a fine record on the Ross redesign at East Lake.

Angle? It's an oddity that he has won the PGA Championship and the Open, but has a lower top 10 ratio at them (5-for-17) than he does at the majors he hasn't won, the Masters and US Open (13-for-18).

First round record? He opened the 2018 BMW Championship at the Ross-designed Aronimink with a 63 (T3) and added a 64 to grab the halfway lead.

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Ludvig Åberg

PGA record: MC-MC

The Swede's experience of this championship has not been good. Indeed, although he's only played it twice, he's yet to play at the weekend. He's flirted with a win this year (first round lead at Harbour Town, 54-hole lead at Sawgrass, close at Bay Hill and San Antonio), but he's yet to lift a trophy.

Angle? He's still played just nine majors and has five top 25s and four missed cuts.

First round record? He made a fast start in the 2024 US Open at the Ross-designed Pinehurst (a 66 for T3).

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Matt Fitzpatrick

PGA record: 49-MC-MC-41-MC-23-5-MC-MC-8

The Yorkshireman's victory in the DP World Tour Championship at the end of last year was his first in two years and this spring he's added the Valspar Championship, the RBC Heritage and (alongside his brother) the Zurich Classic after falling one shot shy of extra holes in the Players Championship. It's been scintillating stuff and he'll be eyeing a second major championship victory to add to the 2022 US Open.

Angle? In his best two PGA efforts he was top 10 all week. Weirdly, he's never been top 10 at the end of even one round in his other championship appearances.

First round record? He co-led last year's Open after 18 holes.

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Collin Morikawa

PGA record: 1-8-55-26-4-50

2026 has been a frustration for the Californian. It began with victory in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and he followed it with four top 10s, including the Masters. But he achieved that latter result with a grimace on his face due to a back injury. "This blew any expectations I had for the week," he said at Augusta. "Honestly, I was just surviving each day, but we managed to get through all 72 holes." 

Angle? He really does move on PGA Moving Day. Twice into contention (65 on debut, 67 to grab the 54-hole lead in 2024) and the other four times backwards, always with a 74.

First round record? It's very easy to be wary about him waking up with a stiff back.

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Justin Thomas

PGA record: 18-66-1-6-37-MC-1-65-8-MC

The contrast between the Kentucky man's PGA Championship record and his efforts in the other majors is not just significant - it is vast. He has two wins in the PGA and none in the others. Moreover, he has four top 10s in 10 PGA appearances. And the other majors? Four in 31. He was T12 in the 2018 BMW Championship at Aronimink.

Angle? Since his second PGA win in 2022, he has just one major championship top 10 in 15 starts.

First round record? He's only once ended a PGA Championship first round in the top 20.

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Tommy Fleetwood

PGA record: MC-MC-61-35-48-29-MC-5-18-26-41

The Englishman went into the weekend of the Masters T4 but finished the tournament T33. "A long way from being good enough to contend," he said, adding a brutal assessment: "Hit it in the wrong place, short game was awful, didn't putt the way I did in the first two rounds and my scoring this weekend was dreadful." Can he turn it around? He's gone eight major championship since his last top 10. He was a neat T5 last week.

Angle? This championship has been a tough one to crack for him: just one top 10 in 11 appearances, but he was T8 at Aronimink in the 2018 BMW Championship and won at East Lake (a Ross redesign) last summer.

First round record? He's just 2-for-11 at breaking 70 in a PGA Championship first round.

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Justin Rose

PGA record: 23-MC-MC-41-12-9-MC-MC-MC-3-33-24-4-22-MC-19-29-9-8-13-9-6-MC

When the Englishman finished T3 at the Masters it seemed more proof that he is both ageless and an ongoing major championship contender. It was, after all, his third top three finish in his last six majors and his fourth top six in his last eight. That's a record anyone would be proud of, never mind a 45-year-old. But then he announced a move to McLaren clubs. Yes, the F1 car manufacturer.

Angle? If you're unswayed by the gear change, four top 10s in his last six PGA Championships reads very well, as does this superb course record (1-15-2).

First round record? 3-for-23 at sitting top six in the PGA after 18 holes (he's 10-for-21 in the Masters).

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Brooks Koepka

PGA record: 70-15-5-4-13-1-1-29-2-55-1-26-MC

The American's victory in this championship in 2023 (at the Ross-designed Oak Hill), shortly after he was second in the Masters is beginning to look like a 1-2 off. Because between 2017 and 2021 he played 17 majors, recorded 10 top 10s and won four of them. Since the start of 2022, he's played another 17 majors and that first and second are his only top 10s. He was, however, T12 in the Masters last month - so is he returning to old ways?

Angle? He's been leading or within two shots of the 54-hole lead in six of his 13 PGA Championship starts.

First round record? He's been T3 or better after 18 holes four times in this championship.

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Chris Gotterup

PGA record: MC

On his championship debut two years ago, the American was a fresh maiden winner, having claimed the Myrtle Beach Classic a week earlier. He missed the cut at Valhalla and went on to struggle for over a year on tour. But victory in the Scottish Open, followed by wins in the Sony Open and Phoenix Open this January and February, have vaulted him upwards.

Angle? He hinted at future major potential with third place in last year's Open.

First round record? He's yet to break 72 in the first round of a major championship.

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Viktor Hovland

PGA record: 33-30-41-2-3-28

When the Norwegian won the 2025 Valspar Championship he warned that he wasn't yet back to his best and he's proved it since. The rest of his season was solid but it lacked sparkle and 2026 has been more of the same. His best effort was T10 in the Phoenix Open back in January although he was one shot off the halfway lead at the RBC Heritage before tumbling back to T42.

Angle? He owns a good record on Ross courses: second at Oak Hill, T4 at Sedgefield, T12 and T13 at Detroit, and a win at the Ross-redesigned East Lake.

First round record? He's a very solid major starter, sitting T30 or better after 18 holes in 19 of his 25 starts (6-for-6 in the PGA).

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Hideki Matsuyama

PGA record: 19-36-37-4-5-35-16-22-23-60-29-35-MC

A bright start to the season saw the Japanese stars foiled in a play off at the Phoenix Open and he backed it up with T8 in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am a week later. He was also T12 in the Masters, albeit without ever remotely contending, but it is his only top 20 since Pebble Beach. When T15 at Aronimink in the 2018 BMW Championship he ranked first for hitting Greens in Regulation.

Angle? He registered back-to-back top fives in the championship in 2016/17 but hasn't made the top 10 since.

First round record? He's never been inside the top 10 after 18 holes of the PGA Championship.

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Joaquin Niemann

PGA record: 71-MC-MC-30-23-MC-39-8

When the Chilean thrashed a final round 68 to leap from T31 to T8 in last year's PGA Championship it marked something of a breakthrough because it was his very first top 10 in a major. But, after missing the cut in the US Open and the Open, and not qualifying for the Masters, it remains that way. He was T8 last week, his second top 10 in his last 13 starts around the world.

Angle? It's hard to overlook that major record: one top 10 in 26 appearances.

First round record? He's 3-for-8 at breaking 73 on a PGA Thursday.

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Patrick Cantlay

PGA record: 33-27-3-43-23-MC-9-53-MC

The Californian is good friends with Xander Schauffele and they have similar PGA Tour records. But in the majors it is a very different story. Indeed, Cantlay's efforts have been quite simply poor with just five top 10 finishes in 36 appearances. He even managed to miss the cut in three of them last summer, a run that started at this championship. 

Angle? He doesn't just fail to rack up major top 10s, he very rarely contends.

First round record? He's only 3-for-9 at breaking 72 in a PGA first round.

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Tyrrell Hatton

PGA record: 25-10-MC-10-48-MC-38-13-15-63-60

The Englishman was T3 in the Masters and afterwards said of the majors: "I try not to treat them any differently. Every round, every shot, I just go out there and try my best." It was his third top 15 in a row at Augusta and he played very well in last year's final two majors as well: T4 in the US Open and T16 in the Open.

Angle? He's mostly played better on Friday in the PGA: he's 9-for-11 at improving on his first round score in the second lap.

First round record? Last year's 68 was his first sub-70 score on a PGA Thursday.

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Ben Griffin

PGA record: MC-WD-8

The 30-year-old's PGA Championship record very neatly mirrors his entire professional career. In the first act, he struggled (missed cut). In the second act, he left the pro ranks and got a desk job (withdrawal). And in the third act, he has thrived (T8 last year). His T3 in this month's Cadillac Championship was a first top 10 since he won the WWT Championship at the end of last year.

Angle? He has three top 12 finishes at the Ross-designed Sedgefield.

First round record? Check this: after eight straight tournaments ending round one in the top 10 he's followed it with 13 events without doing so once.

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Corey Conners

PGA record: 64-MC-17-MC-12-26-19

The Canadian couldn't hide his hurt leaving Augusta after finishing T49 having ranked 40something at the end of very lap. "Frustrating week," he said. "I feel like my game is close to being where I want. Just wasn't able to put the scores together." His results don't necessarily back him up with just one top 10 since he was T10 in last summer's Open.

Angle? A quirky one: he's carded three 67s in his last four weekend PGA Championship rounds.

First round record? He was the first round solo leader in the 2021 PGA and one shot back of the pacesetter in 2023.

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Patrick Reed

PGA record: 59-30-13-2-MC-MC-13-17-34-18-53-MC

The American's second place finish in the 2017 PGA at Quail Hollow remains his only championship top 10. And, somewhat incredibly, in his other 11 tournament starts he only once ended any round in the top 10. He got 2026 off to a great start with two wins on the DP World Tour in the Middle East and was T12 in the Masters (after being second through 36 holes).

Angle? He does have a Donald Ross win in his CV: the 2013 Wyndham Championship.

First round record? He's only once been in the top 10 after a PGA first round.

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Russell Henley

PGA record: MC-MC-12-22-71-50-37-71-60-MC-23-MC

The Georgia man was a fast finishing T3 in the Masters after which he said: "I handled the nerves well. I felt I could do this. Really happy with how I competed." It added to his growing belief in the majors because he was also T10 in last year's Open and US Open - and T5 and T7 in the same championships in 2024. 

Angle? Six of his last seven starts on Donald Ross original designs have reaped top 10s including T7 in the US Open at Pinehurst - and he has a fine record at the Ross-redesigned East Lake.

First round record? He's been in the top 40 just once after his last eight championship Thursdays (and that was T27). 

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Sam Burns

PGA record: 29-20-MC-MC-19

The American won five times on the PGA Tour between May 2021 and March 2023 during which period he was reliably poor in the majors. But, paradoxically, since the PGA Tour wins have dried up, he's become solid in the majors, although he has mostly been learning hard lessons, getting into contention and struggling in the final round.

Angle? In three of the last six majors, he has been top three with 18 holes to play and gone backwards: an education or scar tissue?

First round record? He's yet to break 70 in a PGA Championship first round.

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Shane Lowry

PGA record: MC-57-47-MC-MC-48-12-8-66-4-23-12-6-MC

The Irishman's 2026 has been defined by three final rounds. In his first start, he led the Dubai Invitational playing the 72nd hole and didn't even force a play off. He was then the 54-hole co-leader in the Cognizant - and finished second. And he was two strokes back of the third round lead in the Masters - and carded a Sunday 80.

Angle? Six of his last eight championship starts have earned top 30s - and five of those were top 20s.

First round record? He is yet to end a PGA Championship Thursday in the top 10.

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Jordan Spieth

PGA record: MC-MC-2-13-28-12-3-71-30-34-29-43-MC

Winner of the 2015 Masters and US Open, and of the 2017 Open, the Texan only needs the PGA Championship to join that elite band of golfers who won the Career Grand Slam. But the truth is that it is a long, long time since he last contended in a major. The 2023 Masters, in fact, when he was T4. That makes it 12 majors since he last added a top 10 to the log book.

Angle? He's also recorded just one top 10 in the last 12 months - and that was last June.

First round record? He's only once ended a PGA Championship first round in the top 20.

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Robert MacIntyre

PGA record: 66-49-77-MC-8-47

The Scot did not exit Augusta National having added to his legacy. Not, at least, in a positive way. Instead, he threw potty-mouthed hissy fits and refused to accept that he was in any way in the wrong. Before then, he was T4 in the Players Championship and second in the Texas Open. And he was a contender and top 10 finisher in last year's US Open and Open.

Angle? He's played Sedgefield, Detroit, Pinehurst and Oak Hill - all of them Donald Ross courses and not recorded a top 40 on any of them.

First round record? He was in the top 10 after 18 holes in the last two PGA Championships.

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Sepp Straka

PGA record: 66-78-7-MC-MC

Back in 2023, the Austrian impressed in this championship finishing T7 and he backed up that effort by adding T2 in the Open at Royal Liverpool. Although he progressed to land two victories on the PGA Tour last season, he has struggled impose himself in the championships that define a career.

Angle? Those two efforts in 2023 remain his only top 10s in the majors and in seven of his last eight of them he didn't make the top 40.

First round record? He's ended a PGA first round inside the top 30 just once.

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Si Woo Kim

PGA record: MC-WD-MC-MC-13-MC-60-MC-MC-8

The Korean's second round 64 in last year's championship took him from the cut line to T2 at halfway and he maintained the form to land what remains his only top 10 at a major championship in 35 starts in them. It's an unlikely record for a four-time PGA Tour winner whose consistency and numbers always impress the stats experts. 

Angle? He's finished first, second, third and fifth at the Ross-designed Sedgefield.

First round record? He's just 1-for-10 at sitting in the tournament top 30 after 18 holes. 

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Jake Knapp

PGA record: MC-MC

The phrase "It takes years to become an overnight success" works for the American who plugged away on the Canadian and Korn Ferry Tours before winning in the fifth start of his rookie year on the PGA Tour in early 2024. This season, he has taken his game to another level with seven top 12 finishes including T11 in the Masters which was his first top 50 finish in a major.

Angle? He's a better player than his current major championship record indicates.

First round record? His first round scores in major championships make for sober reading: 74-75-74-75-73-73.

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Akshay Bhatia

PGA record: MC-MC

A fine winner of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March, it was the 24-year-old third victory on the PGA Tour and confirmed that he is among one of the finer young American talents in the game, but he's yet to impress in the majors.

Angle? His best major finish (T16) came at the Ross-designed Pinehurst.

First round record? His only sub-70 first round in a major also came at Pinehurst.

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Cameron Smith

PGA record: 25-MC-56-64-43-59-13-9-63-MC

When the 2022 Open champion finished a good second in the Australian PGA Championship at the end of last year it seemed like he might be set to revive the good old days. But 2026 has been a disappointment and he remains an enigma.

Angle? Keep it simple: he's missed the cut in his last six major championships.

First round record? His last six first round scores in the majors read: 80-71-78-75-72-74.

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Daniel Berger

PGA record: MC-73-MC-12-71-13-75-MC-33

The American was second at this year's Arnold Palmer Invitational which hinted at further recovery from the injury and form woes of the last few years. But it remains his only top 20 finish since the first week of February and he has poor Ross form.

Angle? He's yet to record one top 10 after nine PGA Championship starts.

First round record? He's only twice ended a PGA Thursday in the top 40 - and never been top 10.

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Jason Day

PGA record: 10-MC-MC-8-15-1-2-9-19-23-4-44-55-MC-43-MC

The Aussie has an excellent bank of Donald Ross form: a win at Plainfield, T4 at Pinehurst in the US Open, T8 at Oak Hill in this championship and T9 at Aronimink. The flip side is that all that good form came over 10 years ago.

Angle? The 2015 champion hasn't finished in the top 40 in his last five event starts.

First round record? He's ended nine PGA first rounds in the top 20, but the last occasion was 2020. 

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Marco Penge

PGA record: 28

This time last year the Englishman had just won his first DP World Tour title. Now he is a three-time winner who has graduated to the PGA Tour where he has contended at Riviera and finish fourth at Innisbrook. The strength of his game is from the tee.

Angle? It's a very small sample but last year's T28 remains his major best (in five starts).

First round record? He opened with a 68 on debut last year.

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Max Homa

PGA record: 64-MC-MC-13-55-35-60

A late replacement for Phil Mickelson, the popular Californian was T9 in the Masters which follows on from T12 there last year and T3 in 2024. Those are probably his three best weeks of golf in two and a half years. Yes, his form is something of a mystery.

Angle? He's struggled on Donald Ross designs in the past.

First round record? Yet to end a PGA Thursday in the top 15.

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Sungjae Im

PGA record: 42-MC-MC-17-MC-MC-MC

The Korean missed two cuts on his return from injury in March and then led the Valspar Championship through 54 holes. It seemed illusory with his five starts reaping nothing better than T39, but he was T5 last week.

Angle? He's logged four top 10s at Detroit and Sedgefield - both Ross designs.

First round record? In seven PGA first rounds, he was once T8, but six times sat outside the top 40 (three of those outside the top 100).

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Gary Woodland

PGA record: 12-42-74-MC-MC-22-6-8-58-38-34-MC-60-MC

The most popular winner of 2026 so far when winning the Houston Open just weeks after revealing that he has been suffering from PTSD in the wake of his brain tumour two years ago. He backed up that result with a top 10 at Harbour Town.

Angle? He's shown little in the event recently or on Ross designs ever.

First round record? The championship first round leader in 2018 and twice only one shot off the pace.

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JJ Spaun

PGA record: 35-54-MC-MC-37

In eight major championship starts over eight seasons up to June last year, the Californian had a best of T23. Since June, he's made two more major starts with a best again of T23. But last June itself he won the US Open, and he added the Texas Open in April.

Angle? He was only T45 in the 2018 BMW Championship at Aronimink but did rank sixth for GIR and was third at Sedgefield last August.

First round record? Yet to sit inside the top 30 after 18 holes in this event.

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Jacob Bridgeman

PGA record: MC

Back in the old days of the PGA Championship, when the winners tended to be left field, they often dropped a hint by winning on a major championship standard course earlier in the season. Having won at Riviera this year, Bridgeman would have been on that short list.

Angle? He's raw at this level with a major record that reads: MC-MC-41.

First round record? His R1 scores in the majors are heading in the right direction: 75-72-71.

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Maverick McNealy

PGA record: MC-75-MC-23-33

The 30-year-old's T18 last month in the Masters was his best result yet in the majors. A first top 20 in 13 tries, in fact. His form in 2026 is solid but unspectacular: 12 starts, 11 results of T37 or better with a best of T10.

Angle? He's just 1-for-10 at breaking 70 before the weekend at a PGA Championship.

First round record? Carded a 66 two years ago to sit T5.

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Min Woo Lee

PGA record: MC-18-26-MC

The Aussie made a bright start to his major championship career with eight top 30 finishes in his first 12 starts. But, since that run ended, he's missed five of six cuts and was only T49 in the exception (last year's Masters).

Angle? He did finish T2 at the Ross-designed Detroit in 2024.

First round record? 0-for-4 at breaking 72 on a PGA Championship Thursday.

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Wyndham Clark

PGA record: MC-75-MC-MC-50

Last year's T4 in the Open, followed by T21 in the Masters last month, offered hope that the 2023 US Open champion is finally turning around his major record because they were his first top 30 finishes other than the win (and he's now made 17 starts).

Angle? A best of T50 in the championship is not too encouraging.

First round record? His best post-round one position is T60.

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Adam Scott

PGA record: MC-23-23-9-40-3-12-MC-MC-39-7-11-5-15-MC-18-61-3-8-22-MC-MC-29-MC-19

"I would hate to finish my career not content," the Aussie said at the Masters. "I feel like there is something big left." Remember, too, that he was T2 with 18 holes to play in last year's US Open and T10 in the 2024 Open.

Angle? He was T3 at Aronimink in 2011 and also lost a play off at Ross-designed Sedgefield in 2021.

First round record? He was the first round co-leader at Aronimink 15 years ago.

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Brian Harman

PGA record: 41-MC-13-71-MC-58-MC-34-MC-26-60

The 2023 Open champion finished T33 in the Masters with a third round 67. "My lowest round at Augusta," he said. "I saw some good golf out there at times." He's yet to land a top 10 in this championship, however, and never looked likely either.

Angle? Further to the above, he's never been within eight shots of the 54-hole lead.

First round record? In eight of his 11 starts he's been outside the top 50 after 18 holes.

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Keegan Bradley

PGA record: 1-3-19-MC-61-42-33-29-MC-17-48-29-18-8

There is plenty for the 2025 US Ryder Cup captain to feel chipper about. He's a course winner (in the 2018 BMW Championship), he's a former winner of the tournament (on debut in 2011) and he was also T8 last year. 

Angle? The bad news is his form: a best of T12 in 2026 - his only top 20. 

First round record? He's gone sub-70 in four of his last five championship first rounds.

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Harris English

PGA record: 61-MC-48-60-19-64-MC-18-2

Last year's second at Quail Hollow was his best championship performance (albeit thanks to a final round 65 from off the pace) but he followed it with T2 in the Open. It made for a fine season of elite golf in which Scheffler pipped him both times.

Angle? Three top 20s in his last five PGAs and three top 10s in his last six US Opens. He likes the nomadic US majors.

First round record? Boom or bust: four sub-70s and four failures to break 74 in nine PGA starts.

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Dustin Johnson

PGA record: 10-5-MC-48-8-7-MC-13-27-2-2-MC-MC-55-43-MC

The American finished second in this championship 2019 and 2020 at Bethpage and Harding Park, but since then he has gone five starts without breaking the top 40. Form-wise he has nothing better than T10 (in March) since the middle of August.

Angle? He did win The Barclays on the Ross-designed Plainfield in 2011.

First round record? His last six major championship first round scores read: 74-78-73-74-74-74.

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Aaron Rai

PGA record: MC-39-19

Since he won the HSBC Abu Dhabi Championship last November, shortly after recording T3 in the BMW PGA Championship, his form had flattened out until he got into the mix when fifth last week in the Myrtle Beach Classic.

Angle? He has a fine Donald Ross record: 1st and T5 at Sedgefield and T9 and T2 at Detroit - and all four times he was in the top five after 18 holes.

First round record? He's been top 20 after 18 holes in six of his last eight majors.

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Rickie Fowler

PGA record: 58-51-MC-3-30-33-5-12-36-MC-8-23-MC-63-MC

The 37-year-old closed 2025 with two top 10s and opened 2026 in neat form, too, before a lapse in March. But top 10s at Harbour Town, Doral and Quail Hollow last week see him arrive in top form. He was the leader of the 2023 US Open through 54 holes, but slipped to T5 and hasn't contended in a major since.

Angle? His most recent PGA Tour win (2023) came at the Ross-designed Detroit.

First round record? He's been top 10 after 18 holes in two of his last three PGA Tour starts.

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