When Scottie Scheffler tees it up Thursday at the PGA Championship, he'll be looking for his fifth victory in his last six starts.
To complete the first half of the calendar grand slam, Scheffler will need to take down a similarly hot Rory McIlroy at a course McIlroy loves.
McIlroy, who won the 2014 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club, returns to the Kentucky course fresh off a pair of victories. McIlroy won last week's PGA Tour event by five strokes over Xander Schauffele – Scheffler skipped the event to be home for the birth of his first child, Bennett – giving him consecutive PGA Tour victories.
“I'm a way better player now than I was back then,” McIlroy said Sunday.