Golf legend withdraws from 2025 PGA Championship

Multiple major champion Vijay Singh has become the second player to withdraw from 2025 PGA Championship. 

Singh was in the field for the second men's major of the year at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte. 

But the former Masters champion has confirmed he is set to skip the major in favour of a PGA Tour Champions event. 

Singh will now tee it up in the Regions Tradition in Birmingham, Alabama, alongside former Open champion John Daly. 

The 62-year-old - who won the Wanamaker Trophy twice (1998, 2004) alongside the green jacket - has been replaced by Michael Thorbjornsen. 

It means Thorbjornsen, 23, will tee it up in a major for only the fourth time in his career. 

Singh was also forced to miss The Masters last month for the first time since making his debut in 1994. 

Why did John Daly withdraw?

Daly was eligible to compete this week in Charlotte given he is a former winner of the PGA Championship. 

The American, now 59, also won the 1995 Open Championship. 

He told AP's Doug Ferguson that he felt he was likely to miss the cut and not make much cash. 

"I can go there and miss the cut and get $6,000," he said. [Instead] I'm playing Birmingham. 

"I love Regions. They're a great sponsor, (but) why are they scheduling Regions the same week as the PGA Championship, where I can see Brooks and all the guys?"

The 2025 PGA Championship gets underway on Thursday. 

Spectators were not allowed through the gates on Monday because of heavy rain. 

Competitors were still allowed to practice, according to the PGA of America. 

Tee times and the prize money will be confirmed on 13 May.