Out of the Rough: Truist Championship (2026)

Nate (@NateOoTR)
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The Truist Championship returns to the historic Quail Hollow Club after being played at the Philadelphia Cricket Club a season ago.

Quail Hollow hosted the 2025 PGA Tour Championship, won by Scottie Scheffler. Due to this, the Truist Championship was relocated for one season.

This is also the final stop before the second major event of the season, the aforementioned PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club.

Formerly the Wells Fargo Championship, the event gained the title sponsorship of Truist Bank a season ago. This is the first time the event will be played at Quail Hollow under the name of the Truist Championship.

This is also the second of two-consecutive Signature Events as last week’s Cadillac Championship served as the first.

The Field

Being another Signature Event, we know who will be playing this week.

All except World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who routinely does not play an event the week before a major championship. As previously mentioned, Scheffler won the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow a season ago.

World No. 8 Russell Henley is another notable absentee this week as well.

World No. 2 and defending back-to-back Masters Tournament winner Rory McIlroy will headline this week’s field and is the most recent winner of this event at Quail Hollow in 2024. The 2024 victory marked McIlroy’s fourth Truist Championship title. McIlroy also won in 2021, 2015 and 2010.

Other former winners of this event playing this week include Max Homa (2022 & 2019,) Jason Day (2018,) Brian Harman (2017,) Rickie Fowler (2012) and Lucas Glover (2011.)

The Course

Quail Hollow returns as the host of the Truist Championship after a one season absence.

It was designed by George Cobb in 1959 and has seen a rich history over its 65 years. It has seen renovations from Tom Fazio in 1997, 2003 and 2016 to adapt to the increased length of Tour pros and continuing to be a quintessential fit for majors.

This track first hosted the PGA Tour’s Kemper Open in 1969 through 1979 prior to the event switching to the Congressional. From there, Quail Hollow has hosted the World Seniors Invitational before becoming the more stable host to the Truist Championship in 2023.

Quail Hollow most recently hosted the PGA Championship in 2025 which saw Scheffler claim his third major and first non-Masters major title.

Like most major-quality courses, this week’s track rewards the longest players off-the-tee and requires a very well-rounded game from tee-to-green.

Quail Hollow is not necessarily a bomber’s paradise, but it is an advantage to get off-the-tee with length. We have seen in recent outings that fairway finders are able to compete but the leaderboard is often littered with the longest drivers.

Distance off-the-tee is important, but so isn’t finding the fairway.

With the course set up for a non-major, with wider fairways and shorter rough, it helps those who lack distance off-the-tee compete.

Long iron play too will be crucial as a large number of approach shots will be taken from 175-plus yards this week.

Golfers will be required to scramble for pars this week as a winning score has surpassed 12-under par just twice over the last eight years.

The greens this week are Bermuda and boy are they fast. Those competent with the flat stick on Bermuda greens will have a big advantage as three-putting can derail anyone’s round.

With the fast greens and long approach shots, getting the ball to stick will be tricky. Therefore those with competent around-the-green skill sets too will see an advantage this week.

In these low scoring affairs, taking advantage of the par-fives are a must. That is where the majority of scoring will be done.

In all, it takes a lot to claim victory at Quail Hollow.

The Weather

Thursday is currently calling for a 75-percent chance of morning rain showers. From there, Friday is calling for just a ten-percent chance of precipitation and Saturday just a five-percent chance. Sunday calls for a 25-percent chance of precipitation. Winds will be the highest on Thursday at 13 miles-per-hour before dipping to eight miles-per-hour for both Friday and Saturday. Winds will be the lowest on Sunday at seven miles-per-hour. Temperatures will begin the week at 79-degree before dropping to 72-degrees on Friday. Temperatures will increase to 75-degrees on Saturday before finishing the week at 79-degrees on Sunday.

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