Xander Schauffele has always done well limiting distractions. This week’s PGA Championship champions dinner was no exception. Schauffele’s menu, released Monday, received plenty of immediate praise and includes smoked goat cheese dates,

After getting lapped by the Rory McIlroy buzzsaw during the final round of the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship last May, Xander Schauffele shook hands on the 18 th green with his longtime caddie Austin Kaiser and pulled him in close.

Jordan Spieth, who needs to win the US PGA to join McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen in golf’s most exclusive club, gets his campaign under way at 1.25pm local time (6.25pm Irish time) alongside former Masters champion Patrick Reed and Ryder Cup star Ludvig Aberg.