McIlroy Shines in Round 1

05/20/2022

By: Jeff Yoder

Rory McIlroy (-5) Holds Outright Lead After Round 1 of PGA Championship

Golfers started carving up Round 1 at Southern Hills on Thursday, and then Southern Hills fought back. It’s a familiar name at the top of the leaderboard after Rory McIlroy (-5) strung together seven birdies in the opening round, including a stretch of four straight on the back-nine. The 2012 and 2014 PGA Championship winner leads outright after Day 1. Meanwhile, only a handful of golfers shot scores at 3-under or better. Big names like Tiger Woods (+4), Scottie Scheffler (+1) and Dustin Johnson (+3) were victims of Southern Hills’ difficult design. The PGA Championship continues today.

 

Watch: PGA Championship Round 1 Highlights

 

Leaderboard

R. McIlroy (-5)

W. Zalatoris (-4)

T. Hoge (-4)

M. Kuchar (-3)

A. Ancer (-3)

J. Thomas (-3)

 

Other Notable Scorecards: X. Schauffele (-2), C. Smith (-2), J. Niemann (-2), T. Finau (-1), P. Reed (-1), S. Scheffler (+1), J. Daly (+2), J. Spieth (+2), C. Morikawa (+2), D. Johnson (+3), T. Woods (+4) | Full Leaderboard

 

Round 2 Tee Times (Today)

 

Additional Storylines

ESPN: Tiger Woods & Rory McIlroy Walked a Different Walk to Open the PGA Championship

USA Today: Rory McIlroy in Full Flight, Takes Early Lead in 104th PGA Championship

PGA: Rory McIlroy Authors Vintage Performance in Opening-Round 65 at PGA Championship

 

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