NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. – The top four ranked Canadians on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) are in the field for the second major of the season as the PGA Championship kicks off Thursday at the Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pa.
Corey Conners, Nick Taylor, Taylor Pendrith and Sudarshan Yellamaraju are among the 156 players competing for the Wanamaker Trophy with the 108th playing of the PGA Championship returning to the Aronimink Golf Club for just the second time in tournament history.
Conners of Listowel, Ont. is the lowest ranked Canadian currently at No. 50 and will be making his eighth appearance at the PGA Championship. Conners has earned three top 20 finishes in his career including two of the past three years. His best finish was T12 in 2023. This season, Conners has three top 25 finishes in 11 tournaments on the PGA TOUR. His best finishes came back-to-back with a T13 at The PLAYERS Championship and a T14 at the Valspar Championship in March. After missing the cut at the WM Phoenix Open, Conners has played the weekend in nine consecutive tournaments.
Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C. is ranked No. 58 on the OWGR and will be making his sixth PGA Championship appearance. His best finish was T68 in 2015. This season, Taylor has one top 10 and four top 25 finishes on the PGA TOUR, with his best finish coming at the Cadillac Championship, where he was T9. Taylor comes in with momentum after a strong T14 finish last week at the Truist Championship.
Pendrith of Richmond Hill, Ont. is currently ranked No. 86 in the world and will be making his fourth appearance at the PGA Championship. At last year’s PGA Championship at the Quail Hollow Club, Pendrith earned his best finish in a major and the best finish by a Canadian at the PGA Championship, finishing T5. This season, Pendrith has one top 10 in 13 events on the PGA TOUR which came in January at the Sony Open, where he finished T6. He has also earned back-to-back top 40 finishes in Signature events at the Cadillac Championship and Truist Championship the past two weeks.
Yellamaraju has continued to climb the OWGR during his rookie season on the PGA TOUR and is now ranked No. 105. Yellamaraju will be making his first career appearance in a major championship this week in Newtown Square. This season, Yellamaraju has earned a top five, two top 10s and six top 25 finishes in 13 events played. His best finish came at The PLAYERS Championship, where he placed T5, four shots behind the winner, Cameron Young.
The Course
The PGA Championship was last contested at Aronimink in 1962, with Gary Player of South Africa finishing at 2-under (278) to win the first of two Wanamakers in his legendary career. The course has since hosted several prestigious tournaments including the 1977 U.S. Amateur, 1997 U.S. Junior Amateur, 2003 Senior PGA Championship, 2010 and 2011 AT&T National, 2017 BMW Championship and the 2020 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Aronimink is the first venue to host all three of the PGA of America’s rotating major championships (PGA Championship, Senior PGA Championship and the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship).
The Field
The field of 156 athletes features all of the top 50 players on the OWGR as well as the top 25 in the FedExCup Standings, along with several PGA of America club professionals.
Tournament Format
Players will compete over 72 holes of stroke play with a cut following the second round. The top 70 players and ties will advance to the weekend. If there is a tie following 72 holes, the champion will be decided by aggregate played on Nos. 10,17,18, and if still tied then No.18 will be repeated. The last PGA Championship decided by a playoff was in 2022 when Justin Thomas defeated Will Zalatoris in a three-hole aggregate.
Past Champions
14 past champions are in the field, including three multi-time winners
2025 – Scottie Scheffler
2024 – Xander Schauffele
2023, 2019, 2018 – Brooks Koepka
2022, 2017 – Justin Thomas
2020 – Collin Morikawa
2016 – Jimmy Walker
2015 – Jason Day
2014, 2012 – Rory McIlroy
2013 – Jason Dufner
2011 – Keegan Bradley
2010 – Martin Kaymer
2009 – Y.E. Yang
2008 – Padraig Harrington
2003 – Shaun Micheel
Where to watch
TSN and RDS will have extensive coverage of the PGA Championship from Tuesday through Sunday. For the complete broadcast schedule on TSN and TSN+, please click here. For the RDS schedule, click here.
CBS will broadcast from 1:00 – 7:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
*All times are EDT
For the full field and more information on the 2006 PGA Championship, please click here.
