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The 62-year-old - who won the Wanamaker Trophy twice (1998, 2004) alongside the green jacket - has been replaced by Michael Thorbjornsen.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

Rich Beem explains PGA Championship WD

Like Singh and Daly, former PGA Championship winner Rich Beem was also eligible to compete this week. 

But the Sky Sports pundit has revealed that after getting 'humbled' at Valhalla 12 months ago he thought it was best to give the tournament a miss. 

Beem was bottom of the leaderboard after 36 holes. He was 20-over par. 

"I learned my lesson and got very humbled, finishing dead last after 36 holes," he told talkSPORT. 

"As a professional golfer, even though I'm a professional commentator now, that sucked.

"I toyed with the idea of playing this year, but I knew months ago that I wasn't going to be ready for it."

Beem has confirmed that he will play the PGA Championship one final time, though.