{"id":98940,"date":"2025-05-13T20:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T20:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/98940\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T20:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T20:17:11","slug":"usa-ryder-cup-hero-compares-golf-course-to-the-kardashians-it-lacks-a-soul-or-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/98940\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Ryder Cup hero compares golf course to the Kardashians: ‘It lacks a soul or character’"},"content":{"rendered":"

By JAKE NISSE<\/a> and ASSOCIATED PRESS <\/p>\n

Published: 10:31 EDT, 13 May 2025 | Updated: 10:51 EDT, 13 May 2025 <\/p>\n

A former American golf star has bizarrely compared Quail Hollow to the Kardashians ahead of the PGA Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Charlotte, North-Carolina-based course will be hosting the PGA Championship this year for the first time since 2017.<\/p>\n

But 2008 Ryder Cup<\/a> champion Hunter Mahan isn’t overly enthused about the location.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I guess I would say Quail Hollow is like a Kardashian, he said, via The Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

‘It’s very modern, beautiful and well-kept. But it lacks a soul or character.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

The course, founded in 1959, is known for its pristinely manicured greens and massive clubhouse for players.<\/p>\n

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Quail Hollow will host the PGA Championship this weekend, for the first time since 2017<\/p>\n

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And Hunter Mahan has compared the course to the Kardashians, saying it ‘lacks a soul’<\/p>\n

Quail Hollow has also hosted the Wells Fargo Championship since 2003 and the Presidents Cup in 2022.<\/p>\n

But the course has undergone a lot of changes throughout the years.<\/p>\n

A man-made stream was added in 1996, while the greens have also been remade on several occasions, per The Athletic.<\/p>\n

And at least one golf legend has expressed frustration with the course.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Even though they’re in immaculate shape, I would say that No. 18 would be the worst green we have on tour, except it’s not even the worst green on the golf course, ‘ Phil Mickelson told the Charlotte Observer in 2010. ‘Twelve is.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Regardless, all eyes will be on four-time winner Rory McIlroy this weekend.<\/p>\n

McIlroy will try to become only the fifth player since 1960 to win the first two legs of the Grand Slam, after his thrilling Masters win last month.<\/p>\n

The others were Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth.<\/p>\n

Mahan, meanwhile, retired from the sport in 2021 and is now a high school golf coach.<\/p>\n

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