McIlroy shot a stellar five-under-par 66 but Xander Shauffle made a bit of history on the day.
Rory McIlroy is well positioned after day one of the PGA Championshiip but it was Xander Schauffele who stole the show as he equalled the lowest score in men’s major championship history for the second time in 11 months in the first round of the 106th US PGA Championship at Valhalla.
However, after taking a penalty drop and pitching out on to the fairway, McIlroy hit a superb approach to seven feet to save par and then hit the pin with his second shot on the next to set up a short-range birdie. McIlroy made the most of that swing with a hat-trick of birdies from the fifth, including a chip-in on the sixth, and added: “I thought I got a lot out of my game today. Some good up-and-downs, the chip-in on six.
Starting from the 10th, Schauffele made birdies at the 11th, 13th, 15th, 16th and 18th to reach the turn in 31 and picked up further shots on the second, fourth and fifth. “I’ve been playing some really good golf, having a lot of close calls, so me and my team say why not keep chugging along? MacIntyre finished 13th in the Myrtle Beach Classic last week after struggling to establish himself on the PGA Tour this season and credited his improved form on a trip back to Scotland.
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