Few details of the upcoming PGA Championship will have as much impact on the final result as what the players can do on the so-called "Green Mile."

The strongest field of the golf season ascends on Quail Hollow Club this week for the 2025 PGA Championship. Welcoming 156 players to the Charlotte area, Quail Hollow hosts its second major championship in the last decade,

Players rave about it when they come every year, but for the course architecture heads and the peripheral golf community, the glass is very much half empty on this week’s PGA Championship venue. So why is the divide so stark?