PGA Championship preview: Time is now for a Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler Sunday staredown

TIME IS NOW: Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are the two favourites for the USPGA Championship.

Green jacket off, oversized right shoe on, Rory McIlroy is dressed to go again.

The red toe of Ulster has, it appears, stopped its throbbing just in time for the year’s second major to begin. McIlroy’s DIY fix for an awkward blister briefly threatened to kill off the showdown that so many hope, and at least a few believe, will finally be delivered at Aronimink Golf Club over the next four days.