The 2010 champion started with five pars from the 10th before igniting his charge up the leaderboard with four birdies in five holes, and he bounced back from a mistake at the second with another birdie at the next and parred in to stay at four under. “Pleased to grind out even par”, Spieth said. Koepka was No. 3 in the U.S. Ryder Cup standings when he stepped away in late June. A month later, he is down to No. 9.
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Jason Kokrak should see off Kristoffer Broberg and Josh Speight for the second round running (5.35pm), while Ross Fisher can overpower Greg Chalmers and Omar Uresti again in the 7.05pm affair.
Defending champion: Jason Day.
Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri got off to a hard start as he carded three-over 73 to be tied 107th at the PGA Championship at the Baltusrol Golf Club here.
Taylor, who won the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am this year, put up the same three 3s. And he ended his round by chopping up the par-5 18th, the easiest at Baltusrol, for a bogey. It has resulted in just one Top-10 finish in the season where he has made 16 cuts in 20 starts.
There were seven bogeys on the hole from those groups, including ones by Phil Mickelson, Adam Scott and Brandt Snedeker.
Stenson and the other two major champions this year, Danny Willett and Dustin Johnson, were playing in the afternoon.
Jimmy Walker holds a one-shot lead as a host of star names struggled to come to terms with a testing Baltusrol course on the first day of the PGA Championship.
Even so, the 23-year-old Texan was only three behind Stenson, and in the mix at a major for the first time since the Masters. Tied with him at 3 under were Jimmy Walker and Brian Stuard.
Inspired by his upcoming Rio Olympics golf appearance, Germany’s Martin Kaymer has regained the form that made him a two-time major victor and become a PGA Championship title threat.
It was a very disappointing day for Ireland’s five golfers, with none of them failing to make level par.
The two-time champion used 35 putts overall and believes he needs “something in the mid 60s” on Friday to have any hope of contending for a third Wanamaker Trophy, but at least he is better placed than Johnson after the US Open victor crashed to seven over par.
“However, I’m proud that I hung in there, fought and got three back coming in”.
Mickelson, in a bright pink shirt, turned it around with a birdie on the tough 503-yard third hole.
Johnson, who opted out of a spot on the U.S. Fowler’s playing partners parred the hole.
No one had ever finished a major championship at 20-under par until Jason Day past year in the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
British Open champion Henrik Stenson grabbed a share of the lead in the second round of the PGA Championship with an eagle and two birdies in a five-hole run.
What will Baltusrol serve up this week at the PGA Championship?
“It could always be better, ” Stenson said. But that leads to a curious aspect about Baltusrol that this week might solve.
Baltusrol still allowed for good scoring.
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HAY WARD, Calif. – Stephan Jaeger shot a 12-under 58 on Thursday in the Web.com Tour’s Ellie Mae Classic to match the lowest score in major tour play. The 49-year-old Brown is the head pro at Tam O’Shanter Golf Club in Brookville.
