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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Jack Rathborn

The ‘absurd’ PGA Championship controversy that has irritated Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler

Scottie Scheffler of the United States looks on from the eighth tee - (Getty)

Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler bemoaned the PGA Championship 2026 set-up at Aronimink with the pin positions causing havoc for the world’s best players.

The second men’s major of the year has seen higher than expected scoring and a bunched leaderboard with the south-west Philadelphia course showing its teeth through two rounds.

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