Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy is among the favourites for success at the PGA Championship ©Getty Images

Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy is among the favourites for success at the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) Championship, which is scheduled to begin tomorrow at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Despite not having won a major title since the 2014 PGA Championship, the 28-year-old is considered one of the frontrunners on a course where he holds the record and has two wins to his name.

In May 2010, McIlroy recorded his first PGA Tour win after shooting 62, a course record, in the final round of the Quail Hollow Championship.

Five years later, while playing in the Wells Fargo Championship, McIlroy shot a course-record 61 in the third round.

He went on to win the Championship for a second time by seven strokes with a tournament record score of 267.

McIlroy told BBC Sport he has nothing to prove as he goes in search of his first major title in three years.

"I'm not putting that much pressure on myself," he said.

"I've proven myself enough over the last nine years of my career.

"I never lost faith.

"I've always believed in my abilities.

"I still do."

The United States' Jordan Spieth will be looking to complete the Grand Slam of all four major championships ©Getty Images
The United States' Jordan Spieth will be looking to complete the Grand Slam of all four major championships ©Getty Images

McIlroy could become only the third player to win five major championships before turning 30, joining American legends Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.

Also looking to make history is the United States’ Jordan Spieth, who knows victory will make him the youngest player ever to achieve the Grand Slam of all four majors. 

Spieth turned 24 four days after claiming his third major with a superb back-nine at last month’s Open Championship at Royal Birkdale in Southport.

Woods was just over four months shy of his 25th birthday when he completed the Grand Slam with his record-breaking Open Championship victory at St Andrews in 2000.

Other players to have done the Grand Slam are Nicklaus, fellow Americans Gene Sarazen and Ben Hogan, and South Africa’s Gary Player.

Among the other contenders for victory this week are the US’s Rickie Fowler, who is still looking for an elusive first major. 

Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, the winner of the recent World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio, is also expected to challenge.

American Dustin Johnson, who came out on top at last year’s US Open, is another player that could be in contention as he continues his return from a freak injury.

Johnson damaged his back on the eve of the Masters in April after slipping on a wet staircase.

The PGA Championship is his ninth start since the injury.