Drone flyovers and playing tips from Webb Simpson for all 18 holes at Quail Hollow Club
Drone flyovers and playing tips from Webb Simpson for all 18 holes at Quail Hollow Club
There are few golfers who know Quail Hollow Club better than Webb Simpson. The 39-year-old Tour veteran is a seven-time winner on the PGA Tour, including the 2012 U.S. Open at Olympic Fields and 2018 Players Championship. He's also been a member at Quail Hollow since 2011 and lives along one of the holes.
He's played pretty well when the Tour makes its annual stop there through the years, including a runner-up finish in 2016. But Simpson, who finished 33rd at the PGA in 2017, didn't qualify for this year's championship, so he racked his brain for his best tip on all 18 holes.
The green for the par-4 No. 18 at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, as photographed in the run-up to the 2025 PGA Championship.
Hole-by-hole descriptions of Quail Hollow, site of the 2025 PGA Championship
Quail Hollow will play as a par 71 and measure 7,616 yards in 2025. Listed below for each hole is par, yardage and drone flyover videos from Golfweek's Jason Lusk as well as a quick tip from Simpson.
No. 1, par 4, 505 yards
"You can cut off way more of the corner than you think especially for bombers."
No. 2, par 4, 452 yards
"One of the faster greens at Quail so stay below the hole at all cost."
No. 3, par 4, 483 yards
"You can play from the left rough, but the right bunker is tough because tee shots tend to get right up in the lip which causes the player to have to pitch out a lot of times."
No. 4, par 3, 184 Yards
"You have to have good height on your iron shot here because it's very tough to hold the green."
No. 5, par 4, 449 yards
"One of the fastest putts at Quail is from above the hole to the front right or front left pins."
No. 6, par 3, 249 yards
"You are better off 20 yards short of the green here than 2 yards over. Below the hole is king."
No. 7, par 5, 546 yards
"Be aggressive on your second shot in terms of distance because the back left bunker and over the green in the rough are not bad spots to play from."
No. 8, par 4, 346 yards
"Driver, driver, driver, off the tee every time!"
No. 9, par 4, 530 yards
"Good luck! From that new tee box, left is jail. The scoring average from left of the fairway will probably be 4.8 or higher."
No. 10, par 5, 592 yards
"When going for the green in two, anything left is always better than right."
No. 11, par 4, 462 yards
"Off the tee your eyes will be looking too far right usually. Very easy to run through the fairway on the right side, which is very difficult to hit the green from there."
No. 12, par 4, 456 yards
"Tough green, easy to try to force an approach on the top level but putting from middle and under the ridge is a great spot."
No. 13, par 3, 205 yards
"One of the quickest greens at Quail Hollow. If possible stay below the hole all week, especially when the hole is positioned in the front. Maybe toughest pin at Quail Hollow is front right on 13."
No. 14, par 4, 344 yards
"Driver driver driver! DO NOT lay up. I've seen guys lay up, but if you have the opportunity to hit the green you should always go for it."
No. 15, par 5, 577 yards
"The pitch from anywhere short is a great spot to be, but because it's so uphill and into the grain, it can be hard to get the pitch to the hole."
No. 16, par 4, 529 yards
"Welcome to the Green Mile! Hang on for the next 45 minutes. If you miss this green, it's easy to play from the right greenside bunker to all pins."
No. 17, par 3, 223 yards
"Hit A LOT of chips from right of the green because that's where most guys will be looking if they miss the green."
No. 18, par 4, 494 yards
"Driver always. If you hit driver and pull it, you can cover the cut-in from the creek. Widens the fairway some."
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Quail Hollow Club drone videos all 18 holes for PGA Championship
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