American Gary Woodland leads after the first round of the 100th PGA Championship. Woodland showed solid golf and posted 64 in his opening round and leads by one. Rickie Fowler is a shot behind after 65 in his first round. Zack Johnson and Brandon Stone share the third place on the leader board at 4 under par. A big group, including world number one Dustin Johnson, Justin Rose, Ian Poulter and Kevin Kisner is 3 shots behind the leader Woodland at 3 under par after the first round. Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are way behind at level par after 70 in their opening round.
Here is the leader board after the first round of the tournament:
After 18 holes in St Louis:
🇺🇸 -6 Woodland
🇺🇸 -5 Fowler
🇿🇦 -4 Stone
🇺🇸 -4 Z.Johnson
🇺🇸 -3 D.Johnson
🏴 -3 Rose
🇦🇺 -3 Day
🏴 -3 Poulter
👥 -3 Seven othersAll scores: https://t.co/1iyE1GtOLn pic.twitter.com/rb0tiYO6Fc
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) August 10, 2018
Gary Woodland started his round with a bogey on the first, but he played very well on the last 11 holes where he managed to make 7 birdies and no drop shots.
Round of the day ✍🏼
And the lowest #PGAChamp opening round in seven years. pic.twitter.com/ekWeH96nPQ
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) August 10, 2018
Many people’s favorite this week Jon Rahm is currently at 2 under, 4 shots behind Woodland.
Jon Rahm makes just the 8th birdie of the day at 16 🤜🏼
He’s now at two under par #PGAChamp
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) August 9, 2018
The good season continues for the two time golf major winner Zack Johnson.
ZJ finishing strong. #PGAChamp pic.twitter.com/c4c3IRQp8L
— PGA Championship (@PGAChampionship) August 9, 2018
The Danish golf star Thorbjørn Olesen was 3 over thru 11 holes but strong finish puts him on level par for the round.
Who needs a putter?
🐻 Thunderbear holes out from the sand to move back in the right direction #PGAChamp
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) August 9, 2018
Second round tee times can be seen here.
