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The PGA Championship returns for a second appearance at Quail Hollow Club May 12-18, 2025. Home to the iconic Green Mile, Quail Hollow is considered by many to be one of the finest courses in the United States.
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Par
7,626
Yardage
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Hole 1
4
Par
505
Yardage
The opening hole, which plays as a long par 4, calls for a left-to-right tee shot to avoid two bunkers down the left side of the fairway. The green is narrow, undulating, and protected by three large bunkers. Certainly a strong opening hole.
Hole 2
4
Par
452
Yardage
A hard dogleg-left, this is one of the hardest fairways to hit due to its strong left-to-right slope. The second shot plays uphill to a green that slopes dramatically to the right and a closely mown area 6-8 feet below the putting surface. The green also slopes severely back to front, making putts from above the hole very slick.
Hole 3
4
Par
483
Yardage
The number-one handicap hole is a long, straight par 4 with a deep bunker edging into the right side of the fairway. Three bunkers surround the front half of the raised, two-tier green, making it very difficult to get close to the hole with a mid-long iron.
Hole 4
3
Par
184
Yardage
This par-3 is beautifully framed by a group of tall pines, while the large, undulating green is framed by three front bunkers. Shots over the green will finish below the surface, leaving a tricky up and down.
Hole 5
4
Par
449
Yardage
The fairway of this slight dogleg-right is pinched by two large fairway bunkers in the landing area. It also plays down into a shallow valley before rising to a narrow, angled green that sits on a hillside and is guarded by a large bunker front-right.
Hole 6
3
Par
249
Yardage
The longest par 3 on the course plays downhill to a large green with a false front that can reject good shots and mess with attempts at recovery. But going long is no picnic, as the green is severely sloped from back to front with run-off areas and a deep bunker behind.
Hole 7
5
Par
546
Yardage
Players will be looking for birdie or better on the course’s shortest par 5, a classic risk/reward hole. First they have to find the narrow fairway, which is sandwiched between bunkers on the left and a creek that runs along the entire right side. Then they need to challenge the water and two bunkers to find the green.
Hole 8
4
Par
346
Yardage
It’s possible to drive this short par 4, if the player can avoid two fairway bunkers on the left side of the fairway and a big bunker front-right of the green. The green is shallow and has five distinct sections, requiring a precise shot to get the ball close to the hole.
Hole 9
4
Par
530
Yardage
This slight dogleg-left favors a right-to-left tee shot. But block it out to the right and a large fairway bunker comes into play; draw it too much and find the tall pine trees on the left. The bunkers front-left and right squeeze the green, which slopes from back to front and features subtle breaks and movement.
Hole 10
5
Par
592
Yardage
The longest hole on the course favors a right-to-left tee shot—as long as it avoids the large bunker along the left side of the fairway. Another large bunker sits on the left side about 50 yards short of the green, which is also hemmed in by a big bunker on each side. The closely mown area short-right is steep and severe, while the back half of the green slopes away, making it hard to get close to rear hole locations.
Hole 11
4
Par
462
Yardage
All the trouble appears to be to the left here: Two deep bunkers sit inside the bend of this dogleg-left, and two big bunkers hug the left side of the raised green. But the putting surface harbors other trouble, including a false front, a ridge down its middle, and a back half that slopes to the rear.
Hole 12
4
Par
456
Yardage
One of the most demanding holes on the course, it requires precision on every shot. Left to right is the preferred shape off the tee, but the fairway is narrow and lined with trees on both sides. On the approach, players must carry the false front, but depending on the hole position, stay on the correct side of the large ridge that separates the green into front and back sections. Holes cut on the back tier are especially difficult to get to.
Hole 13
3
Par
205
Yardage
The test on this long par 3 will be hitting the tee shot deep enough into the green to carry the severe false front and a closely mown area short-right that can leave the player 5 feet below the putting surface. It doesn’t help that the green pitches dramatically from back to front.
Hole 14
4
Par
344
Yardage
Go for the green or lay up? Neither option guarantees success. The layup area is protected by water and a deep bunker on the left, and a pinpoint approach is required into the long, narrow green. If trying to drive the green, the fairway helpfully slopes right to left, but coming up short or overdoing the draw brings a selection of hazards into play, including water left and both bunkers and a closely mown area right.
Hole 15
5
Par
577
Yardage
The best tee shot here will finish on the left side of the fairway, away from bunkers on the right and not too close to water on the left. The second shot plays uphill toward an array of bunkers: one on the left side of the fairway in the layup zone; two a little further up on the right; and an uncomfortably large one dead-center in front of the green with closely mown areas on either side. The green itself slopes from back to front, with a ridge creating two distinct sections front-left and front-right.
Hole 16
4
Par
529
Yardage
Only one bunker pokes into this fairway, but it’s inside the bend of this dogleg-right and directly in line with a steep hill that likes to kick balls toward the fairway on the left. The approach is downhill to a large, near-peninsula green with one bunker right plus water left and long.
Hole 17
3
Par
223
Yardage
The tee shot: All carry over water, water all the way down the left and over the back, and slightly downhill. The bail-out is to the right side, where it is tightly mown and leaves an uphill pitch to a green that slopes away and toward the water. A central ridge running through the green creates front and back sections, with the back half sloping toward the rear. The solution: Hit it perfectly!
Hole 18
4
Par
494
Yardage
This is certainly a challenging finishing hole. The tee shot, which plays downhill, has to find the fairway between a long bunker on the right side and a creek that runs the entire length of the hole, all the way to the green, on the left. The approach comes back slightly uphill to a large green with a big false front, two bunkers right, that the same creek adjacent to the putting surface to the left, and a ridge across the middle that forms two sections front and back.