Phil Mickelson was forced to backtrack on his previous claim after Scottie Scheffler won the PGA Championship, but still left Rory McIlroy out of his thinking.

A PGA Championship win that included beating Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm drew an interesting question for the world No. 1 as he returned to a hometown event.

Those three names are all current holders of major championships. Scottie’s win at Quail Hollow may be his latest major, but ever since he won his second Masters early last year we have seen a run of serious names winning the game’s most coveted prizes.