Rory McIlroy enters this week's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow as the clear favourite, bringing with him a formidable reputation at a course he knows intimately. The Northern Irishman has claimed victory at the North Carolina venue four times throughout his career.

Tiger Woods congratulated Rory McIlroy on his Masters win and career grand slam, both publicly and privately. McIlroy shared on The Tonight Show that Woods texted him after the Masters. We know Tiger Woods publicly congratulated Rory McIlroy on winning the 2025 Masters and completing the career grand slam.

The odds suggest that the stars could well have aligned for Rory McIlroy to have a shot at a calendar Grand Slam, but in reality it's a very different story