Capsule sees 10 players who can play the PGA Championship at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina from May 15 to 18.

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Scottie Scheffler

Age: 28.

Country: United States.

World ranking: 1.

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Global Victory: 18.

Major: Master (2022, 2024).

PGA champion appearance: 5.

Best Finish: 2nd runner-up at Brooks Koepka on two shots in Oak Hill in 2023.

Backspin: He entered Quail Hollow's first annual victory in the CJ Cup, where he scored a 253 PGA Tour record and won the eight-shot. In the 2022 Presidents Cup, he played only Quail Hollow in the game.

Rory McIlroy

Age: 36.

Country: Northern Ireland.

World Ranking: 2.

Global Victory: 40.

Professional: Masters (2025), PGA Champion (2012, 2014), US Open (2011), UK Open (2014).

PGA champion appearance: 16.

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Best performance: Winning in Kiawah Island in 2012 and Valhalla in 2014.

Backspin: There have been three wins this year, and his master victory has sparked a conversation with the Calendar Grand Slam. McIlroy won four wins in May at Quail Hollow.

Xander Schauffele

Age: 31.

Country: United States.

World Ranking: 3.

Global Victory: 12.

Professional: PGA Champion (2024), British Open (2024).

PGA champion appearance: 8.

Best Surface: Winning in Valhalla in 2024.

Backspin: He missed two months of rib injury at the beginning of this year, like Scheffler, and is now in trouble. He will try to join Brooks Koepka and Tiger Woods as the only back-to-back winners in the stroke competition. He has won the runner-up at Quail Hollow in the past two years.

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Bryson Devanmo

Age: 31.

Country: United States.

World Ranking: 13.

Global Victory: 13.

Professional: US Open (2020, 2024).

PGA champion appearance: 7.

Best Finishing Point: Last year at Valhalla, runner-up to Xander Schauffele.

Backspin: He entered the second-largest major after winning his third LIV golf tournament. DeChambeau played in the Masters with Rory McIlroy and scored 75. He failed to protect Mexico's Liv Golf's final round lead. Winning in South Korea should be a confidence.

Justin Thomas

Age: 32.

Country: United States.

World Ranking: 5.

Global Victory: 17.

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Professional: PGA Champion (2017, 2022).

PGA champion appearance: 9.

Best Performance: Winning on the Southern Hills in 2022 and winning Quail Hollow in 2017.

Backspin: He has won much-needed victory in the legacy of Royal Bank of Canada and has performed well. He won Quail Hollow's first major. Thomas will have the chance to join Tiger Woods as the only player to win a PGA title twice on the same court.

Collin Morikawa

Age: 28.

Country: United States.

World Ranking: 4.

Global Victory: 7.

Professional: PGA Champion (2020), British Open (2021).

PGA champion appearance: 5.

Best Surface: Win at Harding Park in 2020.

Backspin: He has two runner-ups this year, and a big caddie change. Morikawa's game is moving in the right direction. He let go of his only caddie as a professional and hired Max Homa's former caddie.

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hideki matsuyama

Age: 33.

Country: Japan.

World Ranking: 7.

Global Victory: 20.

Major: Master (2021).

PGA champion appearance: 12.

Best performance: tied for fourth, five shots behind Jimmy Walker in 2016 at Baltusrol.

Backspin: Matsuyama won the first good chance of professional at Quail Hollow in 2017 until he faltered in a closed hole. He set a record in Kapalua and began the year. He never missed the PGA Championship layoffs.

Jordan Spieth

Age: 31.

Country: United States.

World Ranking: 46.

Global Victory: 16.

Grand Slam: Masters (2015), US Open (2015), UK Open (2017).

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PGA champion appearance: 12.

Best Surface: 2015 Runner-up.

Backspin: This is the ninth attempt in the PGA Championship, the professional grand slam danger, and will try to join Rory McIlroy as the club's latest addition. McIlroy is in great shape. Spieth hasn't won in three years. He had surgery on his left wrist in August and seemed to be getting closer.

Jon Rahm

Age: 30.

Country: Spain.

World Ranking: 77.

Global Victory: 22.

Major: Masters (2023), US Open (2021).

PGA champion appearance: 8.

Best performance: tied for fourth, five shots behind Brooks Koepka in 2018 at Bellerive.

Backspin: He has never finished LIV golf outside the top ten since joining the Saudi-funded league. He has only one major in the top ten since joining LIV. Ram had to rally to make layoffs at the Masters. The Grand Slam has become his final measuring stick.

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Keegan Bradley

Age: 38.

Country: United States.

World Ranking: 18.

Global Victory: 7.

Professional: PGA Champion (2011).

PGA champion appearance: 14.

Best end point: Win at Atlanta Sports Club in 2011.

Backspin: He is the 10th American in the world. He has two top 10 this year. Bradley's only absence was the Masters. A strong performance in the PGA Championship will allow Captain Ryder Cup to play on Bethpage this fall.

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