Seven-time PGA TOUR winner and Olympic gold medalist in 2020, Xander Schauffele (1st/-12) seeks his first Major championship title at the PGA Championship in his 175th start on TOUR and 28th start in a Major championship.
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Matches the lowest 36-hole score (in relation to par) at the PGA Championship: 12-under/Brooks Koepka/2019.
Holds the second-round lead/co-lead for the first time in a Major championship and the seventh time in individual stroke play events on TOUR, converting one of the previous six into victory (2022 Travelers Championship).
Also held the second-round lead/co-lead at the Olympics in Tokyo where he won the gold medal, and with teammate Patrick Cantlay en route to winning the 2022 Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
Owns top-20 finishes in his last eight Major championship starts, dating to the 2022 PGA Championship; best finish in the PGA Championship (T10/2020); best finish in any major (T2/2018 Open Championship, T2/2019 Masters Tournament).
Enters this week on a TOUR-leading streak of 46 consecutive made cuts.
At No. 3, one of five players among the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking who seek their first Major championship victory.
Sits second in the current FedExCup standings, 1,976 points behind leader Scottie Scheffler.
Collin Morikawa’s (-11) five consecutive birdies at Nos. 4-8 marks his longest birdie streak in a round at a Major championship (previous, 4/twice: R4/2019 U.S. Open, R2/2021 U.S. Open); T3 at the 2024 Masters Tournament is one of three top-10s this season (T5/The Sentry, 9th/RBC Heritage).
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Sahith Theegala (-10) seeks second PGA TOUR win in his 90th start (2023 Fortinet Championship); owns two runner-up finishes this season, both in Signature Events (2nd/The Sentry, 2nd/RBC Heritage).
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A win for Thomas Detry (-9) would mark his first on the PGA TOUR; owns two runner-up results (T2/2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open, 2022 Butterfield Bermuda Championship); last player to earn his first title on TOUR at a major championship: Matt Fitzpatrick (2022 U.S. Open).
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World No. 1 Scheffler (-9) extends his streak to 42 consecutive rounds at par-or-better dating to an even-par final-round 70 at the 2023 TOUR Championship; Jack Nicklaus (1975) was the last reigning Masters champion to win the PGA Championship; last player to win consecutive Major championships: Jordan Spieth (2015 Masters Tournament, 2015 U.S. Open).
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Tiger Woods (+7) misses his 13th cut as a professional in Major championships; also had two WDs, both coming after he had made the cut (2022 PGA Championship, 2023 Masters Tournament); before this week, had made one triple bogey in 22 PGA Championship appearances (Hole No. 6/R3/2022); makes triple bogeys at Nos. 2 and 4.
