- Gary Woodland made seven birdies in the last 11 holes and leads the way with a magnificent 64
- Official live leaderboard
- First-round report: Woods fights back as Woodland sets pace
A couple of stragglers left out on the course. But nobody’s catching Gary Woodland tonight. Hopefully I’ll see you tomorrow, bright eyed and bushy tailed, for the second round of what promises to be a hotly contested PGA Championship! Wherever you are in the world, sweet dreams and nighty night!
-6: Woodland
-5: Fowler
-4: Stone, Z Johnson
-3: Cook, Poulter, Perez, Day, Gay, Cink, Schniederjans, D Johnson, Kisner, Rose, Pieters
Related: Gary Woodland leads Rickie Fowler after Tiger Woods fightback at US PGA
Thomas Pieters finds 18 in regulation, then takes two putts from 30 feet for a closing par. That gives him a three-under round of 67. Par for Joaquin Niemann at 17; he remains at -2.
Written by Scott Murray
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2018/aug/09/us-pga-championship-2018-first-round-live under the title “US PGA Championship 2018: first round – as it happened”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
