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 spotlight is on Quail Hollow this week as the 2025 PGA Championship gets underway, but things may be getting a little too bright. Although a mainstay on the PGA Tour, the knives are coming out for the PGA Championship venue from all sides,

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?