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Bryson finds the centre of the 9th in two fuss-free strokes. He’s got a 25-footer uphill for birdie, but seriously underhits it, leaving an unnecessary three-foot knee-knocker. But in it pops, and he’s leading the PGA Championship right now. That’s a brilliant round of 66. His playing partner Keegan Bradley meanwhile finishes with a bogey, but he’ll be happy enough with his 68.
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-4: DeChambeau (F)
-3: Scheffler (F), Conners (F)
-2: Fox (F), Hovland (F), Straka (6*)
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A quiet par-par end to Corey Conners’ round. The Canadian signs for a 67 and a current share of the early clubhouse lead. He’s -3. Meanwhile Jordan Spieth finally moves in the right direction again, steering in a gentle right-to-left slider from 12 feet on 8 for his first birdie since his fourth hole of the day. He’s +2 again and high-fives his caddy Michael Greller accordingly.
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A birdie for the newly svelte Bryson DeChambeau at the par-five 4th. He joins the leaders at -3, though Scottie Scheffler briefly threatens to pull ahead again, but his 15-foot birdie effort on 9 lips out. He nearly drops his putter onto the top of his head during a contortion of frustration, but settles down quickly enough and signs for a brilliant 67. His first bogey-free round in a major.
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The first birdie of this year’s Championship has been made by Kazuki Higa. The 28-year-old from Japan is making his PGA Championship debut this week, and isn’t hanging around. He fires his tee shot at the long par-three 11th to 12 feet and rolls in the putt. But he’s not leading the tournament, because the first eagle of the week has been made by Scott Stallings, who holes out from 128 yards on the 10th – two little bounces by the hole then a quick spin to the left and in! The 38-year-old from Massachusetts has no major-championship record to speak of at all – his best finish was a tie for 26th in last month’s Masters – but he’s leading one now. Just another 71 holes to go.
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-2: Stallings (1*)
-1: Higa (2*), Grillo (1*), Lee (1)
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There are two players defending the Wanamaker Trophy at Oak Hill this week. Well, kind of.
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There’s the reigning champion Justin Thomas, of course. JT won his second PGA Championship in record fashion last year at Southern Hills, coming from seven shots back on the final day to pip Will Zalatoris in a play-off, after 71-hole leader Mito Pereira blew it by driving into the drink at the 72nd. If this week’s Sunday shenanigans are even halfway as dramatic as that, we’ll be doing pretty well for ourselves.
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But there’s also Phil Mickelson. Lefty won at Kiawah Island in 2021, beating Brooks Koepka down the stretch to become the oldest major champion in history. He didn’t get to officially defend that title last year, withdrawing from the field after some injudicious LIV-inspired chat, and now that he’s back … well, of course he’s not actually defending this week, but you know how elite-level sportspeople think, and in his mind he’ll have relinquished nothing. His age (53 next month) and form on the LIV tour suggest he’s got no chance; his outrageous second-place finish at last month’s Masters argues differently.
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Other golfers are available! The world number one and new Masters champion Jon Rahm; the in-form world number two Scottie Scheffler; Jordan Spieth, trying to complete the career slam; the Cams Smith and Young; the reigning US Open and recent Heritage champion Matt Fitzpatrick; the fast-shooting Brooks Koepka and his glacial-paced nemesis Patrick Cantlay (preferably in the final pairing on Sunday for some comedy fireworks, come on golfing gods, make it so); the resurgent Jason Day; a European charge by Viktor Hovland, Shane Lowry or Tyrrell Hatton; some home heroics from Xander Schauffele, Max Homa, Tony Finau or Collin Morikawa; a possible Korean coup courtesy of Tom Kim, Im Sung-jae or Kim Si-woo. Oh, and taking up the role of lovable but teeth-grindingly frustrating underachiever in Sergio Garcia’s absence, Rory McIlroy.
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Even more golfers are available! Apologies if I’ve missed the obvious, or your favourite, but there are 156 players in the field, we’d be here all day. Instead, let’s simply be about our business. Our coverage begins at 1pm BST (8am local), the original tee times are below. The delay for the first group is just under two hours.
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Starting from the 1st (all times BST) …
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12pm: Shaun Micheel, Braden Shattuck, Steven Alker
12.11pm: Ben Griffin, Chris French, Joel Dahmen
12.22pm: Wyatt Worthington II, Nico Echavarria, Wyndham Clark
12.33pm: Tom Hoge, Ryan Fox, KH Lee
12.44pm: Paul Casey, Adam Svensson, Beau Hossler
12.55pm: Zach Johnson, Kurt Kitayama, Sahith Theegala
1.06pm: Corey Conners, Ockie Strydom, Joaquin Niemann
1.17pm: Kevin Kisner, Jimmy Walker, Padraig Harrington
1.28pm: Alex Noren, JT Poston, Mackenzie Hughes
1.39pm: Lee Hodges, Callum Tarren, David Lingmerth
1.50pm: Taylor Moore, Denny McCarthy, Brendan Steele
2.01pm: Jeremy Wells, Justin Suh, Adri Arnaus
2.12pm: Anthony Cordes, Mark Hubbard, Dean Burmester
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5.30pm: Matt Cahill, Taylor Montgomery, Cam Davis
5.41pm: Michael Block, Hayden Buckley, Taylor Pendrith
5.52pm: Alex Beach, Brendon Todd, Sihwan Kim
6.03pm: Patrick Reed, Rasmus Hojgaard, Nick Taylor
6.14pm: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, John Somers, Chez Reavie
6.25pm: Tommy Fleetwood, Cameron Young, Hideki Matsuyama
6.36pm: Adam Scott, Max Homa, Tony Finau
6.47pm: Xander Schauffele, Tyrrell Hatton, Dustin Johnson
6.58pm: Patrick Cantlay, Rickie Fowler, Phil Mickelson
7.09pm: Alex Smalley, Russell Henley, Mito Pereira
7.20pm: Adam Hadwin, Matt Kuchar, Talor Gooch
7.31pm: Justin Rose, Billy Horschel, Francesco Molinari
7.42pm: Russell Grove, Patrick Rodgers, Ben Taylor
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… and from the 10th …
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12.05pm: Trey Mullinax, Josh Speight, Kazuki Higa
12.16pm: Adam Schenk, Colin Inglis, Thriston Lawrence
12.27pm: Min Woo Lee, Andrew Putnam, Emiliano Grillo
12.38pm: Harold Varner III, Scott Stallings, Nicolai Hojgaard
12.49pm: Steve Holmes, Adrian Otaegui, Davis Riley
1pm: Scottie Scheffler, Brooks Koepka, Gary Woodland
1.11pm: Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa
1.22pm: Jordan Spieth, Shane Lowry, Viktor Hovland
1.33pm: Jon Rahm, Matt Fitzpatrick, Cameron Smith
1.44pm: Luke Donald, Adrian Meronk, Yannik Paul
1.55pm: Kenny Pigman, Davis Thompson, Maverick McNealy
2.06pm: Keegan Bradley, Jason Day, Bryson DeChambeau
2.17pm: Jesse Droemer, Matt NeSmith, Rikuya Hoshino
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5.25pm: Sam Ryder, Gabe Reynolds, Brandon Wu
5.36pm: Sadom Kaewkanjana, Ben Kern, Thorbjorn Olesen
5.47pm: Webb Simpson, YE Yang, Danny Willett
5.58pm: Sepp Straka, Harris English, Robert MacIntyre
6.09pm: Thomas Pieters, Keith Mitchell, Pablo Larrazabal
6.20pm: Lucas Herbert, Brian Harman, Callum Shinkwin
6.31pm: Tom Kim, Sam Burns, Abraham Ancer
6.42pm: Im Sung-jae, Chris Kirk, Seamus Power
6.53pm: Kim Si-woo, Stephan Jaeger, Anirban Lahiri
7.04pm: Victor Perez, Aaron Wise, Jordan Smith
7.15pm: Chris Sanger, JJ Spaun, David Micheluzzi
7.26pm: Thomas Detry, JJ Killeen, Matt Wallace
7.37pm: Nick Hardy, Gary Koch, Eric Cole
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It’s on!
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Yes, it may be mid-May but this is upstate New York – and an overnight frost has set us back by a couple of hours. The first group will now tee off at 8.50am (1.50pm BST), with revised tee times to follow. More from PA:
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Play had been scheduled to get under way at 7am local time (12pm BST), but predictions of an overnight frost proved accurate. Tournament organisers released a statement early on Thursday morning which read: “Due to frost, all Oak Hill Country Club practice facilities and the golf course are currently closed.
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“To protect playing surfaces, everyone on-site must stay off any grass and gates will not open until the frost clears,” the statement added. “Starting times for round one will begin approximately 1hr and 15 minutes after practice facilities open.”
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As darkness descends, we wrap up this hole-by-hole report. Thanks for studying it. Please come again and be a part of us tomorrow at some as-yet-unspecified time after 1pm. Forgive us for winging it, it’s been an extended day. See you then, at any time when that could be!
-5: Cole (14*)
-4: DeChambeau (F)
-3: Scheffler (F), Conners (F), D Johnson (F)
-2: Fox (F), Hovland (F), Bradley (F), Scott (F)
Xander Schauffele finishes with bogey. A 72 that might have been a lot worse, although, after taking part in the primary 4 holes in 4 over. Bogey for Dustin Johnson as effectively, the primary blemish on his card on the ultimate gap. A high quality 67, although.
Tom Kim on his Sixth-hole antics
Tom Kim speaks to Sky Sports activities … and entertainingly fills in what occurred on 6.“I feel the world has seen sufficient already of it! … I hit it over within the mud and was attempting to … I hoped I used to be capable of finding it … I hoped they wouldn’t present this! [huge laugh] … aw man! … I assumed it was value discovering … as quickly as I went in, I received my ft moist and thought it’s too late to come back again from it … I wasn’t capable of finding my ball and there was a second when my legs have been contained in the mud and I wasn’t capable of get out for a minute … you see me disappear, I stated I would as effectively go within the water and wash myself off … I took a shower in there! … I assumed it will be higher than simply having mud … I apologise to Nike however the shirt is simply fully ruined … it wasn’t that dangerous however the mud was getting actually chilly underneath my ft … the water wasn’t nice … however I used to be so targeted on my shot prepared … [sees footage of him clambering out of the creek after his bath] … see, I received myself cleaned out … recent there! … aw man, I’ve had higher days, for certain … I used to be taking to Sam [his caddy] and he stated I hope there have been cameras … I stated it’s too late within the afternoon, no-one’s going to be out right here … and clearly I used to be incorrect … you recognize I miss days once I performed in tournaments with out cameras!”
Double bogey six for Adam Scott on 18. A high quality 68 but he trudges off in a sizzling funk. Tony Finau in the meantime tidies up for a par. He’s again in 31 having gone out in 41! A two-over 72 that’ll really feel like an entire triumph.
Fantastic scenes within the media tent, the place Tom Kim’s face crumbles into hysterical laughter as he checks his telephone and watches footage of the mud-related mishap that befell him on 6. This younger man is a star. A hell of a golfer as effectively, in fact, however he’s simply received that particular one thing. You have to like him. Much less completely satisfied, nonetheless, is Adam Scott, who takes two to get out of a greenside bunker at 18, and stares a double straight within the face. What a option to finish an in any other case high quality spherical.
The hooter goes. Gamers can end the opening they’re on.
Par for the chief Eric Cole on the par-three fifth. He stays at -5. Again on 9, Tom Kim makes par and indicators for a really muddy 73.
Adam Scott batters his drive down 18. He’ll be completely satisfied to seek out the green; he’ll be even happier that he’s performed so earlier than the hooter goes for dangerous mild. Now, having began the opening, he’ll have the choice to complete it if he desires. Which he absolutely will, to make sure a few additional hours in mattress.
Eric Cole birdies the par-five 4th. No shock there, given it’s the best gap on the course at the moment. However it’s a shock that the 34-year-old championship debutant is now main the PGA! A depressing finish to the spherical for Thomas Pieters, although, who yips a brief par putt on 9 that forces him to accept a one-under 69.
-5: Cole (13*)
-4: DeChambeau (F), Scott (16), D Johnson (15)
Tom Kim, his trousers caked in mud and rolled as much as his knees, almost birdies 7. He stays at +3. Holes 6 and seven are referred to as Double Bother and Creek’s Elbow, by the best way. It’s manner too late for zingers, so thank goodness they write themselves.
Tom Kim seems to be going all out for his social-media bonus. He goes after his ball in deep reeds down the facet of 6, solely to take an unintentional tumble into thick mud by Allens Creek. He covers himself in it, trousers and footwear soaked via, filth all around the entrance of his shirt. Then he takes a second, deliberate dip within the creek to scrub himself up as a lot as he can! Like a silent-movie model of Jean van de Velde. A smile on his face on a regular basis … and he limits the harm to bogey! That’s absurd, and a meme ready to occur. You have to like Tom Kim.
A high quality up and down from the again of 14 by Dustin Johnson. That’s salvaged a par after a dreadful tee shot. He stays at -4, alongside new co-leader Eric Cole, who birdies 3. However by no means thoughts any of that, as a result of …
Tony Finau can’t be stopped! He swishes his tee shot on the par-three fifteenth pin excessive, then rakes in a 30-footer for his third birdie in a row, and his fourth in 5 holes! He’s again to +2 and proper within the combine once more! That is astonishing. His taking part in accomplice Adam Scott satisfies himself with a two-putt par to stay at -4. And again on 14, another person is on the comeback path: Xander Schauffele, who performed the primary three holes in 4 over par, however has since birdied 7, 12 and now 14 to get himself again to +1. It’s a really unusual recreation, golf. It’s why it’s so addictive.
Eric Cole rises to -3 with birdie at 2. Justin Rose bogeys 11 to slide to -1. And there’s hassle for Dustin Johnson on 14: he hooks a 3-wood (for security!) into the bushes down the left, then sends his second over the again. A giant up and down arising.
One other birdie for Tony Finau! He matches his taking part in accomplice Adam Scott shot for shot on 14: a drive into the bunker, a splash out shut, a tidy putt. He’s again to +3, and that is turning right into a high quality comeback. In the meantime bogey for Thomas Pieters at 7, and he slips again to -2.
-4: DeChambeau (F), Scott (14), D Johnson (13)
-3: Scheffler (F), Conners (F)
Michael Block, one of many ‘PGA Group of 20’ membership professionals within the discipline this week, indicators for a level-par 70. What a efficiency from the 46-year-old from California, who got here again in 34 strokes after birdies at 12, 13 and 16.
A 3rd birdie in 4 holes for Dustin Johnson, this time on the par-five thirteenth, and he joins Bryson DeChambeau within the lead. Up forward, Adam Scott drives into the bunker on the entrance of the risk-and-reward 14th, then splashes aggressively from 85 ft to kick-in distance. If the genial Aussie isn’t becoming a member of the leaders in a few minutes, he’ll must go away and have an extended take into consideration what he’s performed. What a sand shot!
-4: DeChambeau (F), D Johnson (13)
-3: Scheffler (F), Conners (F), Pieters (15*), Scott (13)
A stroll and speak with Tony Finau. “The one advantage of not scoring early is that there’s loads of golf in entrance of me … it’s good to rattle off a few birdies to get some mojo going … I’m simply gonna throw my sweater again on.” Can’t blame Finau, who’s in the midst of a shift with different issues to consider … however not fully certain how lengthy this innovation goes to final.
Tony Finau continues to nudge his manner again up the leaderboard. A second birdie in three holes, this time on the par-five thirteenth, and he’s +4, regardless of all of it. Birdie in the meantime for Thomas Pieters, who bundles his second into the center of 6, utilizing the camber of the inexperienced to assemble his ball to 12 ft. In goes the putt, and he joins the group at -3.
Dustin Johnson is on the cost! He drains a 30-footer up 12, and that’s his third birdie in six holes. No bogeys on his card both. He’s -3. In the meantime Tom Kim almost holes out from 100 yards at 4; the hipsters’ lengthy shot will get again to +2.
-4: DeChambeau (F)
-3: Scheffler (F), Conners (F), Scott (12), D Johnson (12)
Justin Rose continues to scrap. He sends a forensic iron straight on the flag on 9, and tickles the downhill ten-footer that continues to be in for birdie. He’s out in 33 and again at -2.
Ewan Murray is at Oak Hill. Right here’s his first day report.
A particularly unnecessary three-putt bogey for Sepp Straka on 5. A 30-foot birdie putt left 4 ft brief, then the par saver shoved proper of the cup. He’s again to -2. In the meantime a double bogey on 10 for one of many pre-tournament favourites, Patrick Cantlay, the results of discovering Allens Creek down the appropriate. Having already made bogey at 8, he’s +3.
A poor chip from Justin Rose at 8, and he’s handing a kind of photographs straight again. He’s -1, with solely two pars on his card thus far.
Tony Finau turned in 41 strokes. He repairs a small quantity of the harm by draining a monster up 11 for birdie. Nonetheless he’s nonetheless +5. In the meantime a birdie for Sepp Straka on the par-five 4th, and the Austrian returns to -3. Birdie for Justin Rose at 7, which implies he’s repaired the double-bogey harm in simply two holes. And one other birdie for Dustin Johnson, who received on the LIV tour final week and goes alongside properly right here too. This one’s courtesy of a carefree ten-footer at 10, and he rises to -2.
-4: DeChambeau (F)
-3: Scheffler (F), Conners (F), Straka (13*), Scott (11)
-2: Fox (F), Hovland (F), Bradley (F), Buckley (15), Pieters (12*), D Johnson (10), Rose (7), Cole (7*)
Birdies for championship debutant Hayden Buckley at 12 and 14, and the 27-year-old from Chattanooga choo-choos all the best way to -2. It’s late, I’m sorry. Talking of which … “Morning frost would possibly make for an extended evening for you,” begins Dan Hamilton, “however it’s a golfer’s greatest good friend at the moment of 12 months in upstate New York and over the border in Ontario and Quebec. Two nights of below-freezing temperatures are diminishing early hordes of black flies and mosquitoes, making spring golf far more pleasurable.”
Thomas Pieters continues flitting between the ridiculous and the chic. He sends a 30-foot tramliner into the cup at 3 for his second bounce-back birdie in three holes. As soon as once more he’s -2, however for the way for much longer, a technique or one other? If current behaviour is something to go by, not very a lot.
Bounce-back birdie for Adam Scott! After one other booming drive / mild wedge combo, he picks up a stroke at 10 to return to -3. Additionally shifting up the leaderboard: Eric Cole, who almost received the Honda Traditional again in February, and is taking part in within the PGA Championship for the primary time. The 34-year-old late bloomer playing cards back-to-back birdies at 14 and 15 to rise to -2. Cole’s within the final match ranging from 10 this night. There may be no manner this spherical might be accomplished tonight.
South Korea already has a PGA champion: YE Yang, who grew to become the primary man to overtake Tiger Woods on the Sunday at a serious whereas successful in 2009. Yang is right here this 12 months, however having performed the again 9 in 34 strokes, has simply bogeyed 1, doubled 2, and bogeyed 3 to drop to +3 in double-quick time. A few of his youthful compatriots, hotly tipped this 12 months, are additionally struggling. Tom Kim is +3 after 10*, Im Sung-jae is +4 via 9*, and KH Lee shot 73 earlier on. Kim Si-woo is hanging on in there somewhat higher, although: the 2017 Gamers champion is +1 having performed the again 9 in 36.
Consistency is coming at a premium for Thomas Pieters proper now. Having bounced again from bogey at 18 with birdie at 1, he now drops one other shot at 2 and drops to -1.
Justin Rose missed the opening fully from a few ft at 5. So he’s performed very well to bounce again from that completely pointless double bogey with birdie at 6. He waltzes off the inexperienced with an awesome massive smile on his face. He doesn’t appear to be taking part in with an excessive amount of remorse or inhibition. He’s -1.
… however there’s nonetheless a few hours of motion to go at the very least. Adam Scott pays the penalty for a wild drive at 9. All the time chasing place, he finally ends up with bogey and slips again to -2. Together with Sepp Straka (11*) and Thomas Pieters (10*), he’s the bottom scorer of the second wave of starters proper now.
The solar will set in Rochester at 8.30pm native time at the moment. Fairly certain the primary spherical received’t be accomplished this night. Goddamn morning frost!
Bounce-back birdie for Thomas Pieters at 1. He returns to -2. He’s one among simply 17 gamers underneath par proper now. There are 121 over it.
Rory McIlroy speaks to Sky. “Fairly erratic … fairly nasty … didn’t have my greatest stuff … I really felt I did very well to shoot one over ultimately … I performed OK on the best way in however should play loads higher than that if I’m to have an opportunity … I’m somewhat underneath the climate however I’m OK … it’s good that it’s not too heat on the market … nothing that loads of vitamin C and loads of relaxation will handle it … hopefully I’ll be somewhat higher tomorrow.”
Dustin Johnson makes his first transfer of the day. He drains a 30-footer throughout 7 and rises to -1. In the meantime up on 8, Adam Scott sends one other 365-yard bomb down the monitor, wedges shut, and is all of a sudden only one off the lead at -3! However a double bogey for Justin Rose on 5, the punishment for locating the deep bunker to the left of the inexperienced, then yipping a brief bogey putt. Hartley Wintney’s most interesting drops again to -1.
-4: DeChambeau (F)
-3: Scheffler (F), Conners (F), Scott (8)
Bogey for Thomas Pieters at 18. He’s nonetheless performed the again 9 in 34 strokes, although, and stays each in crimson figures and the highest ten.
Tony Finau hasn’t been capable of arrest that terrible begin. He’s now adopted up that aforementioned double bogey at 5 with additional dropped photographs at 6 and seven. That’s 5 photographs gone in 4 holes, and at +5 wants one thing to occur rapidly. Already. Sending his tee shot at 8 into thick oomska down the left received’t assist a lot.
Putt of the day made by Pablo Larrazabal on 17. An enormous 45-foot left-to-right swinger that at all times seems to be like dropping. A factor of magnificence. It’s his first birdie of the day after a run of seven pars. He’s -1.
Bogey for Sepp Straka on 18. He leaves his second caught on the facet of a rough-strewn financial institution, short-sided, and might’t get shut together with his delicate chip up. His first backward step of the day, and he slips all the way down to -2.
One other birdie for Justin Rose! He whistles his tee shot on the par-three third to 10 ft, and makes no mistake with the putt. He’s -2. He might – ought to – quickly be joined there by Adam Scott, who takes benefit of the wind blowing down 6 to ship his drive 365 yards. He wedges his second from 130 yards to 4 ft, and sure, in it goes. A couple of of the afternoon starters are starting to make their transfer.
-4: DeChambeau (F)
-3: Scheffler (F), Conners (F), Straka (8*)
-2: Fox (F), Hovland (F), Bradley (F), Pieters (8*), Scott (6), Rose (3)
