Ex-PGA Pro Compares Quail Hollow to Kardashians Ahead 2025 PGA Championship

Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, is hosting the 2025 PGA Championship, a course with a rich history including the 2017 PGA Championship and regular PGA Tour events since 2003. Despite its polished appearance and challenging features like 'The Green Mile,' former PGA Tour player Hunter Mahan criticized the course, comparing it to the Kardashians by calling it "modern, beautiful and well-kept," but lacking "soul or character." This comment sparked widespread social media attention and debates among fans and professionals about the course's true challenge and character. Critics argue that recent renovations at Quail Hollow have prioritized spectator experience and infrastructure over golfing challenge, which some feel diminishes its status as a major championship venue. Other players, like Brooks Koepka and Justin Thomas, have differing perspectives, with Koepka calling it a "bomber's paradise" and Thomas highlighting Rory McIlroy's fit with the course. The PGA Championship's rotating venues contribute to its perceived lack of a unique identity compared to other majors, a point underscored by Mahan and echoed by other players.