PGA Championship: Scottie Scheffler doesn't need rivalry with Rory McIlroy to keep winning and says runner-up run is 'bittersweet'

Scottie Scheffler shut down any talk of an on-course rivalry between himself and Rory McIlroy ahead of the PGA Championship, insisting that trying to beat the world No 2 did not motivate him.

The American golfer comes into this week having finished as a runner-up in his last three starts on the PGA Tour, the first of those being The Masters - which McIlroy successfully defended. Scheffler is the first player to finish as a runner-up in three successive PGA Tour events since Sergio Garcia in 2014.

The pair have played together many times in the past, notably going head-to-head in the singles at the 2025 Ryder Cup, but the top two players in the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) have never squared off in the final group on Sunday at a major championship.