After visiting a different venue last year, the PGA TOUR’s Truist Championship is back in Charlotte, North Carolina, at Quail Hollow Golf Club. This week’s tournament is the second straight Signature Event and the final chance for players to tune up their games for next week’s PGA Championship. The Truist Championship tees off on Thursday, May 7, and will conclude on Sunday, May 10, barring any weather issues.

Let’s start the week with a look at the format, history and course for the Truist Championship.

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The Format of the Truist Championship

Just like last week’s Cadillac Championship, this week is a Signature Event, meaning the field is smaller and no cut will take place. The full field of 72 players will play in all four rounds, barring withdrawal or disqualification.

Since it is a Signature Event, it also features an elevated purse of $20 million. The winner will receive a top price of $3.6 million and 700 FedExCup Points.

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The history of the tournament

The tournament began in 2003 as the Wachovia Championship and then became the Quail Hollow Championship for two years, looking for a title sponsor. From 2011 to 2024, Wells Fargo was the title sponsor before Truist stepped in last year. Truist is a Charlotte-based bank that gives a great local flavor to the event.

Last year, Quail Hollow Golf Club hosted the PGA Championship, so the Truist Championship took place at the Wissahickon Course of the Philadelphia Cricket Club. The tournament also moved in 2017 and 2022, since Quail Hollow hosted the PGA Championship and Presidents Cup in those two seasons.

The list of winners is impressive since the difficulty of Quail Hollow always draws a strong field. World No. 2 Rory McIlroy has won the event four times, most recently in 2024, while the defending champion is Sepp Straka, who won last year in Philadelphia.

Jason Day, Rickie Fowler, Lucas Glover, Brian Harman and Max Homa (twice) have also won this event since Rory broke through for his first win at the event in 2010.

Scottie Scheffler won the last time the PGA TOUR visited Quail Hollow, which was for last year’s PGA Championship. He’s not in the field this week along with Russell Henley and Shane Lowry, who are taking the week off to prepare for the PGA Championship next week.

Check out the full field and odds on DraftKings Sportsbook to see all the players teeing it up this year.

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A Closer Look at the Course

Quail Hollow Golf Club is most famous for “The Green Mile,” which is the nickname for the difficult three-hole finishing stretch at holes 16 through 18 that measures a mile long. The course has regularly hosted the PGA TOUR since 2003, with the only years this event moved when the course hosted the PGA Championship and Presidents Cup.

The course is south of central Charlotte and is one of the longest in the regular PGA TOUR rotation. It can stretch to 7,626 yards as a par-71 and typically plays difficult relative to par as a result. Longer hitters have had the most success here, but the tree-lined, parkland layout isn’t a track where players can just totally grip it and rip it. The green complexes are typically some of the toughest players face all season as well, so a sharp approach game will be key as always.

Since it has hosted a top PGA TOUR event for so many years, the top players have a long course history at Quail Hollow. As you research, though, remember to look at last year’s PGA Championship rather than the Truist Championship.

The course opened in 1961 after architect George Cobb designed it on what was once the largest dairy farm in North Carolina. Arnold Palmer helped redesign it in 1986 and Tom Fazio completed the most recent overhaul in 2003 with a few tweaks and updates over the last few years for the major championships it has hosted.

The three-hole finishing stretch known as The Green Mile is especially long and difficult. Each of the three holes features water hazards in play along with strategically placed sand traps and tricky, elevated green complexes. There is no room for laying up, demanding players attack the flagsticks and take on the challenges.

The entire course is extremely long, so bombers have a big advantage. With all the dog legs, trees and bunkers, players also have to be accurate and strategic. Strokes Gained: Approach continues to be the most important metric for success this week, although course history, carry distance, Total Driving and Bogey Avoidance are also key stats to consider.

Be sure to get your DFS fantasy golf lineups and betting cards filled out with the help of DK Network throughout this week!