Tiger Woods will be absent from the 2025 PGA Championship, as for the third time in the last five years the legend is unable to tee it up at the PGA of America's signature tournament this week at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte.

Few details of the upcoming PGA Championship will have as much impact on the final result as what the players can do on the so-called "Green Mile."

Players rave about it when they come every year, but for the course architecture heads and the peripheral golf community, the glass is very much half empty on this week’s PGA Championship venue. So why is the divide so stark?