Michael Kim rules out Masters and PGA Championship in toughest major setup debate

Michael Kim ruled out the Masters and the PGA Championship while picking the Major that has the toughest setup. This week, the golfers are preparing to play in the second Major of the year, the PGA Championship.

Ahead of the event, Michael Kim had a Q&A session with his fans on X. He answered some of their interesting questions with one fan asking him to name the Major with the toughest and easiest setup. The fan wrote:

"Which major has the toughest set up? Easiest?"

Replying to the fan, Kim picked The Open Championship, omitting all the other three Majors, including the Masters, the PGA Championship, and the US Open. He wrote:

"The open championship can be both"

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Michael Kim played in all four majors during the course of his career. However, he largely struggled with his game.

He made his Major debut in 2013 at the US Open as an amateur and settled in a tie for 17th position. In 2018, he played at The Open and the PGA Championship, securing the T35 position in the former and missing he cut in the other.

In 2019, he played in two Majors, the Masters and the PGA Championship, but missed the cut in both. In 2023, he played at the US Open and The Open Championship and again missed the cut in both.

Earlier this year, he competed at the Masters, and had a decent finish, settling in T27 position.

Will Michael Kim play at the PGA Championship 2025?

Michael Kim will be competing at this week’s PGA Championship at the Quail Hollow Golf Club. The four-day event will start on Thursday, May 15, and will run through the weekend to wrap up with a finale on Sunday, May 18.

Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are the top two favorites to win the Major with odds of +500. This week’s field also features LIV golfers such as Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka.

Here are the odds of some top favorites for the PGA Championship 2025 (via CBS Sports):

Scottie Scheffler +500
Rory McIlroy +500
Bryson DeChambeau +1000
Ludvig Aberg +1200
Xander Schauffele +1200
Collin Morikawa +1400
Jon Rahm +1800
Justin Thomas +2000
Brooks Koepka +2000
Viktor Hovland +2500
Patrick Cantlay +2800
Tyrrell Hatton +2800
Hideki Matsuyama +3000
Joaquin Niemann +35000
Tommy Fleetwood +4000
Will Zalatoris +4000
Corey Conners +4000
Wyndham Clark +4000
Jordan Spieth +4000
Sungjae Im +4000
Cameron Smith +4000
Shane Lowry +4500
Tony Finau +4500
Cameron Young +5000
Russell Henley +5000
Min Woo Lee +5000
Jason Day +5500
Sahith Theegala +5500
Justin Rose +5500
Tom Kim +6000
Sepp Straka +6000
Max Homa +6000
Sam Burns +6000
Matt Fitzpatrick +6000
Dustin Johnson +6000
Akhshay Bhatia +6500
Byeong-Hun An +6600
Patrick Reed +7500
Si Woo Kim +8000
Talor Gooch +8000
Nick Dunlap +8000
Adam Scott +10000
Keegan Bradley +12500
Brian Harman +12500

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Ankita Yadav is an NFL and Golf writer at Sportskeeda with over three years of experience in journalism (and counting). With a Master’s degree in Chemistry, she somehow swapped test tubes for touchdowns and tee shots—and hasn’t looked back since.

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