The hands-down, number-one best thing about being a kid is that you genuinely don’t know any better. There’s a simple innocence (and sometimes brutal honesty) in being young and carefree, and many adults long for those days as they grow older and more aware of the barriers,

It was his second time at the PGA Professional Championship, the first experience a decade ago when he was just starting to get his life back in order. That wasn’t easy on its own. And then a year into sobriety, Taylor lost his grandfather to cancer. Ten days later, his father died. He had diabetes from a young age and wasn’t in the best shape.

The second major of the year on the PGA Tour gets started on Thursday, May 15 when golfers convene at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, N.C. for the start of the 2025 PGA Championship.

Temperatures are expected to reach the mid-80s with winds blowing up to 15 mph — and no rain at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. There will also be no preferred lies. PGA officials said Wednesday that the field will play the ball as it lies in the fairway. Quail Hollow is equipped with a SubAir system.

After a rainy start to the week in Charlotte, the weather is supposed to improve considerably Thursday when the 156 players in the field begin the first round of the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club.

Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele were supposed to be the marquis group to watch on Thursday at the PGA Championship. It didn’t look like it in Round 1 — at least on the 16th hole at Quail Hollow.