The 2026 PGA Championship gets underway this week at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, answering the question many golf fans are asking: where is the pga championship being played. Scottie Scheffler returns as the defending champion after winning last year by five strokes to hoist the Wanamaker Trophy.
Scheffler’s lead from a year ago set the tone for the season’s second major, and now the event moves to a course that gives the field a fresh test. Aronimink is the host site named for this week’s championship, and the tournament begins with one of the strongest storylines in the sport already in place.
Rory McIlroy arrives after winning the year’s first major, the Masters, adding another major winner to a field that already has a clear headliner in Scheffler. Jordan Spieth also gives the week an extra edge, because a victory would complete the career Grand Slam and put him among the game’s rarest achievers. Those are the kinds of stakes that turn a major into a four-day argument over form, nerve and history.
Coverage begins Tuesday and Wednesday from 12-3 p.m. ET on the App before shifting to the weekend broadcast window for the third and final rounds. Saturday and Sunday coverage is scheduled from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. ET on and 1-7 p.m. ET on CBS, giving the back nine of the championship a national television platform when the pressure is highest.
The matchup between a defending champion, a fresh Masters winner and a player chasing the career Grand Slam gives this week a built-in narrative, but the course will settle it. Scheffler already knows how to separate from the field in a major. McIlroy has already shown he can win under the biggest spotlight this year. Spieth has one more mountain to climb, and Aronimink is where the race to the Wanamaker Trophy starts to sort itself out.
By Sunday evening, the championship will either confirm Scheffler’s place as the standard in men’s golf or hand the stage to one of the sport’s biggest names. Either way, this week at Aronimink is built to deliver a major that matters from the first round to the final putt.
