There are 14 criteria to qualify for the 2025 PGA Championship, including via special invitation from PGA of America. It is through invitation that several golfers who no longer play on the PGA Tour received their bids for the year's second major.

Xander Schauffele is the defending PGA Championship winner, after he came out on top in the season's second major at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. Schauffele is in the field along with world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, who won the Masters last month.

Jupiter residents Rickie Fowler and Dustin Johnson received special invitations by the PGA of America to play in next week's PGA Championship.

The two-time major championship winner and LIV Golf member earned a special exemption from the PGA of America to compete in the PGA Championship next week in North Carolina. Johnson’s previous exemption into the second major championship of the year — a five-year pass for his win at the Masters in 2020 — ended last year.

The winners of four of golf’s last five major championships will tee it up together in the first two rounds of the PGA Championship. Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele, the world’s top three players,

Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler, defending champion Xander Schauffele and reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy will play together in the first two rounds of the 107th PGA Championship in groupings announced Tuesday.

Scottie Scheffler's search for a major outside Augusta National and Jordan Spieth's possible career grand slam are other topics to watch

Phil Mickelson reacts after making a chip that put his ball within three feet of the hole on the 18th green during the final round of the lightning delayed 87th PGA Championship at the Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., Monday, Aug. 15, 2005. Credit: AP/JULIE JACOBSON