Golf fans are eagerly anticipating a potential rematch between Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau at this week's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow - and the American has made it clear he's got huge respect for his rival.

The PGA Championship gets underway at Quail Hollow on Thursday and Mirror US Sports' writers have weighed in on the biggest storylines heading into the second major of the year

Masters champion Rory McIlroy is heading Down Under for the first time in more than a decade to play the Australian Open on Melbourne’s famed sandbelt courses for the next two years.

Rory McIlroy enters this week's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow as the clear favourite, bringing with him a formidable reputation at a course he knows intimately. The Northern Irishman has claimed victory at the North Carolina venue four times throughout his career.

The McIlroy household is looking at a major life change in the near future, which eradicates any notion that the marriage is not healthy.