Of the leading pack, only poor Chris Stroud has to come back tomorrow and complete his second round. But at least most of the players have finished their first 36 holes. There could be more thunder and lightning tomorrow, so there’s plenty of potential for further farce. But here’s how things stand at the end of the second day. Nighty night!
-8: Kisner, Matsuyama
-6: Day
-5: Molinari, Oosthuizen, Stroud (13*)
-3: Fowler, Thomas, Casey
-2: An
With the last few minutes of play remaining, the BBC close down their programme. The coverage of this tournament in the UK has been a risible farce. The PGA, the BBC and Twitter all need to take a good, long, hard look at themselves. I doubt they’ll bother. Jordan Spieth bogeys the last; he’s +3. Jason Day pars 18 and signs for a wonderful 66; he’s -6.
Similarly farcical scenes on 17 and 18. Jason Day is yet to putt out on 17, but Dustin Johnson rushes ahead and slams a drive down 18 to make sure they can’t be stopped tonight. The klaxon is finally sounded, but one last moment of comedy on 9 as Rod Pampling, at +12, slashes a hysterical drive 100 yards into the trees down the left. No interest whatsoever in hitting that ball properly, just in getting it moving off the tee peg before the whistle blows. Giddy light-hearted capering in the dark.
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Paul Casey very nearly curls in a 20-footer for birdie on 18, but par will do, and he signs for an excellent 70. He’s -3 at the halfway mark. Meanwhile Louis Oosthuizen pars 8, and his group are desperate to tee off their final hole to ensure they’ll finish tonight. With the fairway still populated at 9, Danny Willett, +9 after two bogeys and two doubles in his last six holes, and certain to miss the cut by some distance, selflessly takes an iron off the tee to make sure they have the option to finish when the klaxon for poor light is sounded. As it will be soon.
Oosthuizen lashes his second at the par-five 7th into a greenside bunker. But a poor splash, followed by a pushed putt from ten feet, forces him to make do with par. A couple of short putts missed recently, but no real damage done, other than opportunity cost. He’s -5. And par for Day at 16. He stays at -6.
From a bunker guarding the front of 9, Francesco Molinari very nearly spins his third into the cup. That’s just a par, though, and he signs for a stunning 64. He’s -5 and very nicely placed for Moving Day. Up on 18, Justin Thomas signs for a 66; he’s -3. Pars for Spieth and Koepka on 17. The former remains at +2; the latter, having earlier birdied 16, is now -1. Meanwhile Stroud’s chip into the par-four 3rd dies a bit on the bank at the front of the green, and he can’t convert the 12-foot par putt he leaves himself. Bogey, and he’s back to -5.
Another birdie for Chris Stroud, this time at 2! Back-to-back birdies, and he’s just two off the lead at -6. Also unstoppable right now: Francesco Molinari, who follows up that eagle at 7 with birdie at 8! He’s seven under for his round today, and just three behind Kisner and Matsuyama at -5! Meanwhile on 15, Day wedges to eight feet but can’t make it three birdies in a row. He remains at -6.
Hideki Matsuyama shot a 61 to win at Firestone last Sunday. Today he’s signing for a 64, having narrowly missed his birdie effort on 18. That’s an astonishing performance by the in-form Japanese star, especially when you consider the weather threatened to put a stop to his gallop halfway through. But he refused to lose touch with his mojo, and his reward may well be a share of the halfway lead. Though look at Francesco Molinari coming up on the rail, after eagle at 7! And it’s three birdies in a row for Paul Casey, at 14, 15 and 16, and suddenly he’s announced himself as a live concern at -3! Goodness knows, he’s been sniffing around the majors for a couple of years now; could this be the week he finally converts?
-8: Kisner (F), Matsuyama (F)
-6: Day (14)
-5: Oosthuizen (14*), Stroud (10*)
-4: Molinari (16*)
-3: Fowler (F), Thomas (16), Casey (16)
Shane Lowry pars the last, and signs for an excellent 69. That triple bogey at 17 will hurt so much, though, having pretty much pulled him back from the fringes of the action to the middle of the pack. He’s +1. Coming behind him: Hideki Matsuyama, who takes one hand off his driver on the tee, but exhales with relief as his ball ends in the centre of the fairway anyway. He slams his second into the heart of the green, and he’ll have a 15-foot look for a final birdie and a 63.
Birdie for Chris Stroud on 1, the reward for a lovely iron sent pin high to six feet. He’s -5, alongside Louis Oosthuizen who very nearly drains a long one on 5 for birdie. Instead he taps in for par. Meanwhile Jason Day nearly reaches the 14th green from the tee with his iron. He putts up from the swale at the front, and totally misreads it, sending his ball a good 12 feet to the left of the hole. But in goes the birdie putt! Back-to-back birdies, and he’s just two behind the leaders now.
-8: Kisner (F), Matsuyama (17)
-6: Day (14)
-5: Oosthuizen (14*), Stroud (10*)
A cracking tee shot at 17 by Hideki Matsuyama. Pin high, five feet to the right of the cup. That’s not far short of outlandish at a hole that’s given so many players so much pain. In goes the ball, right into the middle of the cup. That’s his fifth birdie in six holes, and last weekend’s Mr 61 is now tied for the lead! Meanwhile pars for Jordan Spieth at 13 and 14, but Brooks Koepka isn’t on his game today. Back-to-back bogeys at the same hole, and he drops to level par. Then he lashes his putter at his bag in a fit of intense pique. You wouldn’t get in his road right now. He is fuming. And no wonder, it just took him four shots to get down from the front of that short par four.
-8: Kisner (F), Matsuyama (17)
-5: Day (13), Oosthuizen (13*)
-4: Stroud (9)
-3: Fowler (F), Thomas (15)
-2: An (F), Molinari (15*), Reed (15)
From the greenside bunker at 16, Matsuyama splashes out to a couple of feet. That’s an exquisite shot from a tricky lie, with not much green to play with. He’ll save his par and stay at -7. Meanwhile the 2011 Masters champion Charl Schwartzel has just raked in a monster eagle putt on 14. That brings him up to +3, and he’s got a very good chance of making the cut now. And more good news for South African golf, as Louis Oosthuizen skelps a stunning tee shot straight at the par-three 4th. In goes the four footer, and he’s -5. He’s joined there by Jason Day, who guides home a 40-foot left-to-right slider on 13!
-8: Kisner (F)
-7: Matsuyama (16)
-5: Day (13), Oosthuizen (13*)
A great up and down from the right of 18 by Chris Stroud, and he turns to play the front nine at -4. Justin Thomas meanwhile has been going magnificently: birdies at 10, 12 and 14 have propelled him up the leader board to -3. He’s five under for his round. He very nearly sends his third at 15 into the cup with a deep screw, but then misses the six footer that remains. A missed opportunity, but he’s worked himself into position for the weekend after a fairly nondescript 73 yesterday.
Matsuyama’s ball has in fact stopped just short of a picket fence surrounding the booze hut. A load of giddy revellers hang over it as they watch him lash a gorgeous iron towards the green. The ball stops right on the edge ... then topples into a bunker. So unlucky. Meanwhile on 17, Lowry is forced to go back to the drop zone. He chips to 12 feet, but can’t knock in the putt and that’s an awfully ugly triple-bogey six. He clanks back to +1, a heartbreaking end to a round which had previously harvested five birdies. He looks hot and flushed, and will be cursing the storm that completely jiggered his momentum.
Disaster for Shane Lowry on 17. He leaves his tee shot well short of the green, the ball snagging up in thick rough. And then he trundles his chip up straight across the dancefloor, off the back, and into the drink. More on this anon, but the Green Mile is also threatening to take a chunk out of Hideki Matsuyama, who slices his drive at 16 miles right ... and it might have gone through the open door of a hospitality tent! Might need to see that again, but that’ll have shocked a few half-cut punters finishing their last spoonful of crème brûlée if true.
Birdie for Jordan Spieth at 12. It’s a textbook affair: a tight fairway split, an iron arrowed to eight feet, and a lovely left-to-right slider guided into the cup. He’s back to +2 and won’t have given up this chase by any means. It’s fairly clear that all these lads are really picking up the pace this evening. None of them want to come back in the morning to finish their rounds, though a few will have to. Interesting to see that they can speed up when it suits. See also: last year’s PGA, when the leaders managed to squeeze in two rounds on Sunday, nobody fancying the idea of hanging about unnecessarily.
Jason Day loses some momentum, though. He gets right under his chip at the back of 11, and can’t hole the 12-footer he’s left himself. A dropped shot that knocks him back to -4. Meanwhile Louis Oosthuizen fires his second at 2 straight at the flag, but lets the short uphill birdie putt he leaves himself drift off to the right. He stays at -4. Suddenly there’s a bit of a breakaway at the top of the leaderboard.
-8: Kisner (F)
-7: Matsuyama (15)
-4: Day (11), Oosthuizen (11*), Stroud (8*)
The break hasn’t halted Hideki Matsuyama’s march. His tee shot at 15 is a wee bit wild down the left. His second his pushed onto a hillock high to the right of the green. But he’s got a straight line to the flag, and he judges the weight of his chip to perfection. That’s a couple of feet from the cup, and yet another birdie. His fourth in a row! He’s just a shot off Kevin Kisner’s lead at -7. Meanwhile up on 16, Shane Lowry judges his long, long putt to perfection. A turn away from a most spectacular birdie, but from where he was, he’d have taken par ten times out of ten. He stays at -2.
There aren’t many punters left at Quail Hollow. Most couldn’t be bothered to wait an hour and a half for a final hour and a half’s play. You can’t really blame them. There’s always this report on the way home, huh. Huh? Jason Day finds his ball on pine needles under a tree, but he’s able to power his ball just off the back of 11. That’s not a bad result from where he was. Shane Lowry meanwhile comes up half a club short with his approach to 16.
Here’s the latest report from our man on the ground, Ewan Murray.
The klaxon goes to restart the play. The sweetest North Carolinian horn since John Coltrane met the love supreme. And it’s nearly a very fast start for Brooks Koepka and Jordan Spieth, who both very nearly hole out with chips from the fringe at the back of 11. Pars, and they’re -2 and +3 respectively. Back on the tee, the break hasn’t done Jason Day any good: he’d picked up five shots in four holes before the storm, but now he’s just flayed a wild drive into the trees down the left. He might be in a lot of trouble. He might be on an adjacent fairway.
Here we go, then! Again! The players are back in position, and ready to roll.
We should have some more golf tonight! Play is expected to resume at 6.25pm local time, which is 11.25pm for those of you reading this in the Guardian’s homeland. That leaves roughly an hour and an half’s worth of play, give or take. So we’re not going to see the end of the second round tonight. An early start for some of these chappies tomorrow.
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Jason Day moves into serious contention. He lays up at the par-five 10th, bumps a chip to five feet, and strokes in the birdie putt. He’s -5, having picked up five strokes in the last four holes. And with that, the klaxon goes for a weather warning. An electrical storm coming in. Never good news, but it’s a shame for Day and Matsuyama, who are both super-hot right now and moving up the leader board with menace. See also: Justin Thomas, who with birdies at 10 and 12 moves to -2, four under par for his round today ... and Shane Lowry, who has picked up strokes at 10, 11, 14 and 15 to join him there!
-8: Kisner (F)
-6: Matsuyama (14)
-5: Day (15)
-4: Oosthuizen (10*), Stroud (6*)
-3: Fowler (F)
-2: An (F), Lowry (15), Thomas (12), Molinari (11*) Koepka (10)
So keep refreshing. The break isn’t expected to be super-long - an hour if we’re lucky, by the time the weather passes and the players get back in position - so hopefully we’ll get to complete the second round tonight. Fingers crossed, huh.
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It’s three birdies in a row for Hideki Matsuyama, this time at 14, after sending his second to six feet. He’s just a couple behind Kisner now at -6, and off the back of his 61 at Firestone last Sunday, he’s surely the in-form favourite for this tournament right now. But it is only Friday, and you know how golf goes.
-8: Kisner (F)
-6: Matsuyama (14)
-4: Day (9), Oosthuizen (9*), Stroud (6*)
-3: Fowler (F)
Spieth cuts a low wedge around the left of the tree and nearly finds the green. That was so close to spectacular. Then he leaves his chip nine feet short. He’s zig-zagged up this hole like the Keystone Kops in their kollapsing kar! It’s a bogey in the end, and he’s +3, but that will feel like an escape, given the long song-and-dance routine it became. He gives the ball away to some lucky punter. Meanwhile back in the world of normality, Chris Stroud birdies 15 to move to -4.
Jordan Spieth flays his tee shot at 10 onto a cart path down the right. He gets a free drop, but before he drops, excavates a load of pine straw from the spot he intends his ball to land. Always thinking. After the landscaping work, he pulls a dreadful second into more dirt, this time on the left! He’s got a tunnel through which to fire low towards the green, but gets too much elevation on his ball and clatters flush into an overhanging branch. He’s now snookered behind a tree trunk, and there’s sand in the way of the green too. This doesn’t look good for Spieth, who is already well off the pace at +2, the projected cut at +4 of more concern to him than the lead. A minor blow-up. But it does show just how amazing his work under pressure at 13 on Birkdale was. He’s a special, entertaining and sometimes unorthodox player. Even when it’s all going wrong, he’s worth the entrance fee. Shades of Seve, even if nobody cares to make the comparison.
Hideki Matsuyama arrows a stunning tee shot straight at the pin at 13. In goes the four footer he leaves himself, and suddenly there’s only a three-shot lead at the top. Oosthuizen meanwhile very nearly lobs in from the cabbage on the wrong side of the creek down the left at 18. Somehow, he’s escaped with his par! That is astonishing, and after a long, slow day, this tournament is beginning to bubble up nicely.
-8: Kisner (F)
-5: Matsuyama (13)
-4: Day (9), Oosthuizen (9*)
-3: Fowler (F), Stroud (5*)
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A stroke of luck for Louis Oosthuizen on 18. He hoicks his second towards the creek on the left. It should get wet. It should stay wet. But it bounces out of the drink and into the thick rough. He’ll at least have half a chance of getting up and down to scramble his par. Meanwhile another birdie for Jason Day, his second at 9 straight at the stick, the putt rolled in. That’s four shots picked up in the last three holes! And he’s in a tie for second at -4.
Jordan Spieth very nearly drains a 50-footer on 9, but that’s par and he’s out in 36. He’s +2 for the championship. Bogey for Brooks Koepka and he drops to -1. Birdie for Dustin Johnson at 8 and he’s +1. Birdie for Chris Stroud at 14 and he’s -3. Jason Day follows up his eagle on 7 with birdie at 8: he’s -3 too. And another birdie for Hideki Matsuyama, this time at 12. But Woodland can’t save his par on 18, and he’s back to -2.
Gary Woodland really pushes his luck on 18. His drive should find the creek down the left, but somehow stays out, snagging in the thick rough on the riverbank. Then he pulls his second towards the water as well. The ball drops in the drink, but balloons off a rock and stays dry again! Duffing his chip into the green then seems like cocking a snook to fate. He’ll be struggling now, facing two long putts for bogey. Meanwhile Thorbjorn Olesen is beginning to unravel too. He drives onto pine straw down the right of 16, then hooks his second into the lake to the left of the green. Off the back of that double at 15, that’s pretty much the worst thing that could have happened.
Another birdie for Louis Oosthuizen, and at the start of the Green Mile as well. He’s -4, in second place on his own, because Thorbjorn Olesen drove into water on 15. He later visited sand, didn’t splash particularly close, and that’s a double-bogey 7. Francesco Molinari meanwhile has just birdied 18, and he’s played the back nine in 32 strokes! This is suddenly a very fascinating leader board with plenty of big names on it, regardless of Kisner’s pair of 67s.
-8: Kisner (F)
-4: Oosthuizen (7*)
-3: Fowler (F), Matsuyama (11), Woodland (8*)
-2: An (F), Molinari (9*), Reed (9), Koepka (8), Day (7), Olesen (6*), Stroud (4*)
Jason Day hasn’t been at his best this year, for one reason and another, but this is right out of his top drawer. He booms a drive down the par-five 7th, then sends his second from 183 yards to 12 inches. That’ll be a kick-in eagle that will propel him up the leaderboard to -2. But trouble afoot for Jordan Spieth down the short par-four 8th. He drives into sand down the right, then leaves his long bunker shot short of the green. No matter! He bumps a chip up to a couple of feet, and he’ll save his par from there.
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The rain has run out for now. The storms are expected to pass by. We may have to pause for thunder and lightning tomorrow, but hopefully we’ll get through Friday without the klaxon baring.
Koepka’s left with the best part of 100 feet for his eagle putt. He sends it six feet past, a very decent effort from where he was. In goes the birdie putt, and he stops the bleeding in style: he’s back up to -2. Spieth has to settle for a par; he remains at +2, nothing going on. Sergio pars as well, but after his dreadful second shot, that’ll feel like an escape. He stays at +6. But Chris Stroud sheds another shot: he sends his second through the back of 12, then slips his club straight under the ball through the thick rough. He only squirts it onto the green. Two putts, and he’s back to -2.
Astonishing scenes on the par-five 7th. From the centre of the fairway, Jordan Spieth nearly finds the water guarding the front right of the green. Sergio does. But Brooks Koepka, the only one in serious trouble from the tee, behind a tree, somehow finds a tunnel through an avenue to whip a long iron into the heart of the green! He’ll have a long, long two putts for his birdie, but that was sensational from where he was.
Chris Stroud sends his second at 11 over the back, then hits a hot chip 12 feet past the flag. He’s back to -3. A three-putt bogey for Dustin Johnson at 5; he’s +1. Meanwhile Hideki Matsuyama is out in 33 strokes, saving his par at 9 with a long but calm rake across the green. He stays at -3. And Louis Oosthuizen nearly drives 14, chips up to a couple of feet, and taps in for a birdie that moves him into that -3 group as well. Nobody’s eating into Kevin Kisner’s lead yet, but there are a few big names circling.
-8: Kisner (F)
-4: Olesen (4*)
-3: Fowler (F), Matsuyama (9), Woodland (6*), Oosthuizen (5*), Stroud (2*)
Gary Woodland makes a bit of a hash of the par-five 15th. He wangs his second deep into the thick, wet cabbage to the left of the hole, and leaves his third well short of the green in more of it. His second effort flies ten feet past the hole. And the par putt coming back doesn’t drop. He’s back to -3. Over at the par-three 6th, Spieth trundles the long putt he left himself eight feet past the hole - but nails the return. He stays at +2, but hasn’t been able to make anything happen today so far. Meanwhile Koepka misses a short par putt; back-to-back bogeys after a dropped shot on 5, and he’s -1.
Tony Finau hasn’t really bothered himself with par golf today. Well, he did for his first two holes, 10 and 11, but since then? Two bogeys in a row, three birdies on the bounce, and now a double at the par-three 17th after finding water from the tee. He’s -1. Incidentally, did I confirm Byeong Hun An’s second-round 69? Well, just in case, there it is: he’s -2.
The rain is beginning to tumble out of the sky now. The greens might become a tad more receptive; maybe a few more birdies this afternoon?
What a putt by Justin Thomas on 6! A monster left-to-right curler for his second birdie of the round, having already picked up a shot at 2. He’s level par for the tournament. Meanwhile Olesen drives into the thick, wet rough down the left of 12, and he’s always struggling to make his par. He can’t find the green in regulation, can only chip to eight feet, and pulls his putt. He drops back to -4, and suddenly sort-of local boy Kevin Kisner has a four-shot lead over the big Dane, Gary Woodland and ... Chris Stroud, who is out in the last group and has just snaked a 20-footer for birdie in on 10.
-8: Kisner (F)
-4: Woodland (5*), Olesen (3*), Stroud (1*)
-3: Fowler (F), Finau (7*), Matsuyama (7), Koepka (4)
Up on the driveable par-four 14th, Woodland lashes his tee shot high on a hillock to the right of the green. He’s shortsided, with a bunker in his way, but lands an outrageous lob inches past the sand, sending his ball running to three feet. That’s quite sensational. Mickelsonesque. And then he yips the birdie putt. Such a shame. He stays at -4. That’s very careless. Meanwhile a 70 for Chez Reavie; along with yesterday’s 72, he’s level par going into the weekend.
The world number one Dustin Johnson drops a stroke a 3, pushing a short putt wide right. He’s back to level par. Tony Finau rakes in a monster on 16: it’s his third birdie in a row, a sequence which has directly followed back-to-back bogeys. He’s -3. Another birdie for Hideki Matsuyama, this time at 7, and he’s -3. And Francesco Molinari is going very nicely today: birdies at 10, 11 and now 14, and he’s -1 for the tournament.
Koepka’s tee shot at the par-three 4th takes a hot bounce through the green and nestles in the thick stuff at the back. He very nearly holes the chip, but the ball races 12 feet past the hole. No matter: he strokes a wonderful slider into the cup to save his par and remain at -3. Sergio is on the fringe at the back; he tickles a lovely chip to 18 inches and taps in for his par. But he’s still +6 and in serious danger of missing the cut. Two putts from the front of the green for Spieth, and he’s still +2.
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The drizzle continues to fall, but there’s no hint of any electrical storm. There are a couple of squalls approaching, but most likely they’re heading north. Gary Woodland, from 25 feet on 13, is a couple of inches high on the right away from birdie. He stays at -4. Par for Olesen on 11; he stays at -5. And up on 18, Ryan Fox pars to sign for a 66, the lowest round of this tournament so far. Quite a shift up in gear after yesterday’s 75, and he’s -1, in decent nick for the weekend.
Spieth larrups his drive at 3 down the left, his ball in the rough behind a tree. There’s room to get up and over, and he lashes an iron onto the dancefloor. That’s a result from where he was, but he’s still got a massive two putts to save his par, the first with a huge right to left break over a ridge from 60 feet. He does very well to get the first putt to 12 feet, but the return stays high on the left and he drops back to +2. Bogey for Sergio, too, his second in a row; he’s +6 with the cut currently predicted to be +4. Brooks Koepka escapes with par, but only just, a tentative prod from six feet threatening to stay out on the right before dropping. That’s three in a row for the US Open champ, though, and he stays in a very healthy place at -3.
An opening birdie for Thorbjorn Olesen at the par-five 10th. He’s closed the gap at the top to three. Jason Day opens with two pars, though he has to fight for the one on 2, his first putt left well out to the right, a staunch eight-footer nailed to save the situation. He remains at -1.
-8: Kisner (F)
-5: Olesen (1*)
-4: Woodland (3*)
-3: Fowler (F), Koepka (2), Stroud
Thanks to Tom there. So I was going to suggest the little burst of rain in Charlotte might slow these hysterically fast greens down a tad. And well they might. But it’s all in context. Spieth just tapped a 25-footer towards the hole on 2 there, and looked to have lagged it dead. And then it whistled a good five feet past. The Open champ knocks in the return to save his par and stays at +1. Birdie for Matsuyama on 5 meanwhile; he moves to -2. And a fine par save for Louis Oosthuizen, the 2010 Open champion curling in a big left-to-right breaker from the fringe at the back of 11. He’s -2.
Jason Day was another to find himself in a bunker on the 1st but he sand-wedges expertly onto the green to set up an easy putt for par to stay one under. His partner, Dustin Johnson, is in the same position. Spieth, meanwhile, again overhits a second shot, on 2, and is then confounded by the slope with his birdie putt, which looks well judged until it carries on rolling and rolling just past the cup, but his uphill par putt is sunk confidently. Koepka by contrast plonks his second drive to within a pleasing distance short of the pin and he makes par. Tommy Fleetwood meanwhile is combining the sublime with the ridiculous, following two bogeys with an excellent birdie at the 3rd to move to level-par overall.
And with that, I’ll hand you back to Scott who’ll guide you through the rest of the day’s play.
In other chasing-pack news, Gary Woodland continues to purr along nicely, making par at the 11th – his second hole of the day – to stay four-under. But it’s all over for Mickelson for the week – a round of three birdies is still nowhere near enough, and he signs for a three-over 74, but his first-round 79 did for him really.
-8: Kisner (F)
-4: Olesen, Woodland (2*).
-3: Fowler (F), Koepka (1), Stroud
-2: An (F), Reed (2), Casey (1), Oosthuizen (1*)
The garlanded group of Koepka, García and Spieth – three under, four over and one over respectively – are underway, each beginning with fine firm, straight tee shots. Sergio’s second is a beauty too, up and down and plonked within tasty putting distance of the pin. Spieth’s is a little too audacious though, and is too far and too wide and lands in the second of the two bunkers to the left of the green, while Koepka avoids both, but not by much, and is handily placed on the green. Koepka’s birdie putt is better but doesn’t quite make it and he remains three under. Sergio just falls short too so has to settle for par too, as does Spieth after a decent recovery shot out of the bunker. The man to catch, though, is Kisner, who makes par on the last to sign for another 67, eight under overall. Another terrific performance.
Points makes a hash of his approach on 17, and then sends his bogey putt just right of the hole to suffer his second double-bogey in a row and move back to one under. Also dropping back is Jim Herman, bogeying his first hole, the 10th, to fall to one-under. Woodland, on the other hand, produces a masterful putt to birdie his first hole of the day and go to four under.
-8: Kisner (17*)
-4: Olesen, Woodland.
-3: Fowler (F), Koepka, Stroud
-2: An (F), Reed (1), Casey
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McIlroy – his mojo coming and going like nobody’s business – smacks an impressive tee-shot 365 yards down the middle at the par four ninth, his final hole. And he’s ridiculously, agonisingly, short with a precise birdie putt that dangles on the edge of the hole but gravity can’t quite do the rest and he makes par to sign for a one-over 72. leaving him two-over overall. His partner Fowler makes par too, and remains very well placed on three under going into the weekend.
Points meanwhile loses some more ground, having gained some, with an overhit and slightly wide par putt on the 16th to drop back to three under. While the leader Kisner makes par on 8 to remain eight-under. An, meanwhile, finds an impressive way through the trees with his second shot on the 18th that takes him to the edge of the green. But a wayward putt means he drops a shot.
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Kisner continues to fire: no sooner does Points cut into his lead than the American produces a magnificent long putt from the fringes of the green to give him an eagle three on the 7th. He goes three shots clear at eight under. At the other end of the leaderboard, Phil Mickelson’s still running on empty and moves to 11 over after another missed par putt.
-8: Kisner (16*)
-5: Points (15),
-4: Olesen
-3: An (17), Fowler (17*) Murray (2*), Woodland, Koepka, Stroud
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Thanks Scott. Evening/afternoon everyone. Live golf may be going on, but the BBC introduces its red-button coverage of today’s later stages with several superfluous minutes of day-one punditry. All the while, McIlroy has made a second successive birdie, at 8, built on a strong 300-yard drive to within easy reach of the green. He moves to two-over and, you would think, has secured his presence until Sunday. While Points is now five-under, a shot behind the lead.
And with that, I’ll be handing over to Tom Davies, who will be your guide for the next hour. See you again soon, by which time we’ll know whether Rory has survived the cut or not. (The projection has moved out to +5, and he’s just birdied 7 to rise to +3, so the signs are good!)
The PGA has been the breakthrough tournament for some big names in the past: the aforementioned Rory McIlroy, for example, who came close as a young man in 2009 and 2010, or John Daly’s explosion from nowhere in 1991. I wonder what price Grayson Murray this year? Whatever happens now, he’s announced himself to the world all right. While Jordan Spieth was winning the Open last month, the 23-year-old Murray was claiming his first PGA Tour victory at the Barbasol. He’s from nearby Raleigh, and local knowledge appears to be standing him in good stead. He shot a marvellous 68 yesterday, and has just started out today with birdie on 10. That puts him in a tie for second alongside DA Points, who has just birdied 14, and Thorbjorn Olesen, who isn’t out for an hour or so yet. Byeong Hun An has just carded back-to-back birdies at 14 and 15, too, so after a long morning of relative peace at the top of the leaderboard, we have ourselves some action!
-6: Kisner (15*)
-4: Points (14), Murray (1*), Olesen
-3: An (15), Fowler (15*), Woodland, Koepka, Stroud
Rory McIlroy is now in serious danger of missing the cut for the second PGA in a row. A fourth bogey in five holes, this time at 6, and the wheels really have come clattering off the pre-tournament favourite’s Major Jalopy. He’s +4, and if the projected cutline stays where it is, that’s him away home. This has been nothing short of a disastrous year in the majors for McIlroy, which seems absurd to say given he’s tied for seventh at the Masters and fourth at the Open. But he never seriously looked like winning either title, and missed the cut at the US Open, and these are the high standards he sets himself. Is he putting himself under too much pressure? Are we? This is going to be three years without a serious tilt at a major now. But then Jack Nicklaus won nothing between the 1967 US Open and the 1970 Open; even the best of them go through droughts. He’ll be back in the mix soon enough. Let’s cut him some slack.
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There’s no stopping Ryan Fox. Birdie at 10 now, his fifth of the day, and he’s -1. Meanwhile Patrick Cantlay remains at level par: another birdie, thanks to a 30-footer holed at 16, was followed by a dropped stroke at 17, the result of missing the par-three down the swale to the right.
Jason Dufner’s renaissance has come to a crashing halt. And in spectacular style too. Out in 32, through the Green Mile without trouble, he’s since bogeyed 1 and 2, and doubled 3, the latter the result of dumping a chip into a bunker and not making a particularly good job of splashing back out of it. He’s suddenly tumbled all the way down to +3, and so much for all that good work.
Rory McIlroy’s bid for a first major since his win in this championship at Valhalla in 2014 continues to fall apart. It’s three bogeys in four holes now, this latest one coming at 5, his putter letting him down from close range yet again. He’s +3. A dropped shot for his partner Jon Rahm, too, and he slips to +3 as well. The third member of that group, Rickie Fowler, maintains his equilibrium: a sixth par on the bounce, and he remains at -3. Fowler’s in a tie for third now, because DA Points bogeyed 12 to slip out of a tie for second with Thorbjorn Olesen.
-6: Kisner (13*)
-4: Olesen
-3: Fowler (14*), Points (12), Murray, Woodland, Koepka, Stroud
Some late-round bloody-minded brilliance from Graham DeLaet. He dropped four shots in his first six holes today, and at one point, having started the day at -1 after yesterday’s 70, sailed out as far as +4. But birdies at 13, 15 and 18 have hauled him right back into contention. A 73’s not ideal, but after that start, it’s mightily impressive. He’s alongside his playing partner Bud Cauley on the leaderboard; Cauley followed up his opening-round 69 with a birdie-free 74 today. For what it’s worth - and what it’s worth is absolutely nothing - they’re the current clubhouse leaders at +1.
Ryan Fox reaches the turn in 31! A birdie at 9 to go with the shots picked up at 3, 5 and 7 for the in-form Kiwi. Jordan Smith continues to slip the other way, sadly: bogeys at 18 and 1 sent him down the leader board to +1. And there’s really not been a lot of recent action at the top. Perhaps the PGA were right to hive off the coverage to places it couldn’t be seen*.
-6: Kisner (12*)
-4: Points (11), Olesen
-3: Fowler (14*), Murray, Woodland, Koepka, Stroud
* No they weren’t
Patrick Cantlay is making his PGA Championship debut this week. It’s also the 25-year-old Californian’s first appearance in any major for five years. In between times, he’s suffered serious back injuries, and the tragedy of watching his best friend and caddie Chris Roth die in a hit-and-run accident. So his Tour comeback - he came second at the Valspar, and tied third at the RBC Heritage - is one of the feel-good stories of the year. He’s currently level par for the tournament, following up yesterday’s one-over 72 with a solid round today, one under through 15 holes. A young man who has been through far too much, he’ll be carrying a lot of goodwill into the weekend.
A birdie for Phil Mickelson at long last! His first of this year’s tournament comes at the 31st time of asking. He rolls in a 17-footer on the par-three 4th, though it’s come far too late to save him: he’s +10, and off home for the weekend. Meanwhile also looking very unlikely to make the cut: Graeme McDowell, who has suffered horrendously on the front nine this morning. Five bogeys, and he’s out in 40 strokes, crashing down the leader board to +7. And while we’re rubbernecking at former major champions struggling pitifully, how about erstwhile Masters champ Adam Scott? A neat and tidy 71 yesterday; he’s currently on his way to a 78 today unless he can pick up a stroke on his last four holes. Seeing he’s just bogeyed 1, 3 and 5, that’s not looking particularly likely, but either way he’ll be taking a break this weekend too.
Rory McIlroy continues to bitterly disappoint in the majors. He follows up his bogey at 2 with another dropped shot at 3. He slips to +2, alongside his playing partner Jon Rahm, who went out in 39 strokes. Rickie Fowler is holding the side up in this morning marquee group: pars at 18, 1, 2 and 3 since that birdie at 17, and he’s -3, nicely placed for the weekend if he can just get himself home safely. Would there be a more popular winner if the extremely likeable Fowler got the major monkey off his back? It’s hard to think of one.
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Lucas Glover followed up his David Duval-pipping 2009 US Open victory with a fifth-placed finish in that year’s PGA. But apart from those outliers, he’s done very little of note in the majors. Could that be about to change? An opening-day 75 suggested not, but he played the back nine in 34 strokes this morning, and now he’s birdied 3 and 5 to move as high as +1. The 37-year-old’s move will be popular with the galleries: he’s something of a local lad, sort of, from just over the border in South Carolina.
Ryan Fox is staging something of a comeback after his opening-day 75. Birdies at 3, 5 and 7, and the son of world-champion All Black star Grant looks in the mood to build on his fine recent form, having recently finished high in France, Ireland and Scotland. He’s +1, not bad at all on his PGA debut.
Rory McIlroy made his way through the Green Mile without too much bother. But having escaped trouble on the hardest stretch Quail Hollow has to offer, he’s slipped back having failed to get up and down from thick rough to the right of 2. He’s +1 again, and while he’s hardly out of this tournament yet, there’s no real sign of him gathering any sort of meaningful momentum. A step forward, a step back. His season in microcosm.
Pat Perez shot an impressive one-under 70 late yesterday. This morning’s work isn’t so impressive: having played the back nine in 37, he’s now bogeyed 1, 3 and 4. He’s +3. Also going backwards at a rate of knots after a fine opening round: Bud Cauley, who follows yesterday’s 69 with bogeys at 4, 12 and 13. He slips to +1. Hideto Tanihara, who flew out of the blocks today with three birdies in his first five holes, has shed five shots in his last eight; he’s +3, having been a couple of shots off the lead a couple of hours ago. But birdie meanwhile for Byeong Hun An at 10; he’s now -2.
How about this start from Kevin Na?! Birdies at 10, 11, 13, 14 and now 15! That’s a blistering run, if one can use such speedy language for the, uh, methodical Na. Shame about the 79 he posted yesterday. But at +3, he’s now above the projected cut line.
The leader Kevin Kisner has negotiated the Green Mile without any knocks. Three pars, and he’s reached the turn in 34, remaining two clear of DA Points and Thorbjorn Olesen. Meanwhile Jordan Smith’s fairytale comes to an abrupt end. For now, at least. Back-to-back bogeys at 15 and 16, and he clatters down the leader board to -1.
Birdie for DA Points at 8; he’s back to -4, a couple of shots behind Kevin Kisner. Apoloiges for the sparse updates, but the coverage on offer in the UK by the PGA, Twitter and the BBC is farcical and borderline insulting: even the leader board is seizing up. The PGA might as well have commissioned a pigeon to do a few laps of the planet. Si Begley can speak for me: “Rather than rescheduling the tournament to increase its popularity/prestige, letting us watch the flippin thing in the first place might help.” Preach on, brother.
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DA Points smacks a wild drive into deep oomska down the left of the par-five 7th. He’s always chasing his par from there, barely able to get his ball back out into play, so there goes a shot. He’s back to -3, which means the top of the leader board now looks like this, with added Rickie Fowler:
-6: Kisner (7*)
-4: Olesen
-3: Fowler (8*), Points (7), Smith (5*), Murray, Woodland, Koepka, Stroud
As things stand right now, the cut will send everyone at +4 and worse home. More on that anon, but just to say that Justin Rose is trying his level best to survive it. Having slipped to +7 after bogeys at 11 and 13, he’s birdied 14 and 16, and was an inch or so away from draining a 35-footer for another birdie on 17. He’s +5 and scrapping in his trademark style. Matt Kuchar is beginning to splutter, though: he’s followed up those back-to-back birdies at 13 and 14 with back-to-back bogeys at 15 and 16. A couple of short putts missed there, his Achilles heel. He very nearly makes it three short misses in a row on 17, leaving his first putt a testing eight feet short, but knocks that one in for a par that steadies the ship. He remains at +1.
Eagle for Byeong Hun An at the par-five 7th. He chips in from 30 yards down the fairway; having bogeyed the opening hole, that moves him into credit for the day in one fell swoop. He’s -1 after yesterday’s 71, a round which promised better. Rickie Fowler meanwhile flashes a wonderful tee shot at the testing par-three 17th to 15 feet, and rolls in the putt for his second birdie of the day. He moves to -3 and a tie for fourth spot. And it’s another birdie for Jason Dufner, this time at 18. He’s played the back nine in 32 strokes. Perhaps more significantly, that’s the Green Mile dealt with in one under par; that’s gaining nearly two shots on the field, on average. He’s -1 and now right in this tournament. How he’ll be ruing that cold start yesterday: five bogeys in the first six holes. This is some comeback.
Back to the business end of the leader board, and a couple of significant moves. Kevin Kisner extends his lead to two strokes once again, with birdie at 15. Green Mile coming up! Behind him in second, Thorbjorun Olesen, who isn’t out until the afternoon, and DA Points, who has just rattled in a 35-footer on the par-three 6th for his second birdie of the day.
-6: Kisner (6*)
-4: Points (6), Olesen
-3: Smith (5*), Murray, Woodland, Koepka, Stroud
Some old warriors struggling out there. Phil Mickelson, the 2005 winner, shot a birdie-free 79 yesterday, most uncharacteristic behaviour. Good news continues to elude the veteran genius: bogeys at 11, 14 and 16 haul him down the leader board as low as +11. He’s got the 2002 winner Rich Beem there for company; Beem shot 82 yesterday, but isn’t out until the afternoon. The 2009 winner YE Yang, still the only man to hunt down Tiger Woods on the final day of a major, follows up yesterday’s 76 with some more grim action: bogeys at 1 and 6, plus a double at 3, and he’s +9 now. The 2003 winner Shaun Micheel is five over for his round today through the first eight holes; he’s +7 after a decent 73 yesterday. It’s not getting any easier, so penny for Padraig Harrington’s thoughts: the 2008 champ’s out later today having carded a first-round 79. But some good news: the reigning champion Jimmy Walker, still regaining his strength after illness and having shot 81 yesterday, is two under for his second round through his first eight holes. At +8 he won’t be making the weekend, unless he puts something spectacular together, but it’ll be good to see the champ sign off on a positive note after a difficult year.
Another birdie for Jordan Smith! This is the 24-year-old from Bath’s major-championship debut, having been invited as a result of his Porsche European Open win at Green Eagle in Germany. He’s making the step up with confidence, which is hardly surprising seeing that first European Tour victory came only a fortnight ago. He continues to walk on air with birdie at 13. He’s two off the lead at -3!
Rory makes his first move of the day! He’s in a greenside bunker at the par-five 15th in two. An up and down, and the birdie brings him back to level par for the tournament. The next three holes - the famous Green Mile - could go a long way in shaping how he’s going to fare this weekend. If he can get through them unscathed, and launch an attack on Quail Hollow’s front nine, his status as pre-tournament favourite may well be justified. A lot of ifs there, admittedly, but this is what happens when there’s no golf to watch. You drift off. Jon Rahm continues to falter, however. Having just bogeyed 14, he faffs around in a greenside bunker at 15 and that’s two shots gone in two holes. He’s +1, two over for his round today, and moving in the wrong direction at pace.
Another birdie for Matt Kuchar, having driven into the bunker to the left of the short par-four 14th, and splashed out to a couple of feet. He’s -1. Jordan Smith, the new European Open champion from Bath, has followed up his fine first-round 70 with an opening-hole birdie at 10; he’s -2. Rickie Fowler is back to -2 with a birdie at 14. And Mr Darren Andrew Points has reclaimed the shot he dropped at 1 with birdie at 4; DA’s back to -3, just a couple off Kisner’s lead.
A couple of good scores apart, Quail Hollow is playing even tougher today. There’s been no rain, so the greens are very hard, very fast, and very difficult to hold. The storms over the weekend will probably allow for some lower scoring after the course has had a drink, but for now receptiveness is at a premium. By way of illustration, the leader Kevin Kisner misses the green at the par-three 13th, then trundles his chip all the way across it and over the other side. Bogey, and he’s back to -5, his lead over Thorbjorn Olesen now just the one.
Another birdie for Kevin Kisner, this time at 12, and he’s put a bit of daylight between himself and the rest of the field at the top of the leader board! He’s -6. Meanwhile the Somnambulist keeps on moochin’: birdie at 14, his third of the day, and the 2013 champ rises to level par. It’s good to see Dufner, one of golf’s great Everyman characters, back and firing at his brilliant, easy-going best, coming off the back of his best-ever performance at an Open, a top-15 finish at Birkdale. God speed through the Green Mile, sir.
HOT TWITTER ACTION!!! All is forgiven, little bird! Matt Kuchar, coming off the back of bogey at 12, gently taps a putt from the fringe at the back of 13. It picks up speed, and picks up speed, and looks like it’s going to sail by the left and zip off down the rock-hard and very fast green. But the left lip grabs the ball and sucks it down into the cup. The gallery erupts to celebrate this popular player’s birdie. Kuuuuuuch! He blows out his cheeks and laughs, knowing he might have got away with one there. Level par again. But Justin Rose bogeys the hole; following a dropped shot at 11, he’s now +7. He was level par at the turn yesterday afternoon. This is a very disappointing capitulation by Rose, whose average around Quail Hollow - something in the region of 69 if memory serves - is only bettered by a certain Rory McIlroy.
Here’s a local boy doing very well today. Jason Kokrak lives in Charlotte, and while he didn’t exactly use his local knowledge to good extent yesterday, shooting 75, he’s proving its worth today. Birdies at 10, 13, 14 and now 16, the first of the treacherously difficult Green Mile holes, have more than offset bogey at 12. He’s three under for his round, the hottest player out on the course right now, and +1 overall.
It’s been an uneventful start to pre-tournament favourite Rory McIlroy’s second round. Uneventful in one sense at least: three pars, and he stays at +1 overall through 12. But he did come up with something that Seve/Bubba/Spieth would have approved of on the par-five 10th. Having sliced his approach way over the trees to the right of the hole, he manufactured a recovery shot up a cart path and through a branch-lined avenue, finding the green from nowhere and saving his par. You can see it here on otherwise piss-poor golf delivery mechanism Twitter, which has to be good for something. Bogeys for Jon Rahm and Rickie Fowler at 12, incidentally; both drop back to -1.
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Twitter’s featured group after two holes: Matt Kuchar (E), Justin Rose (+6), Chris Kirk (+10). More, please, PGA! Meanwhile a fast start for the 2013 champ Jason ‘The Somnambulist’ Dufner: birdies at 10 and 12 for the most heroically relaxed man on tour, and he glides up the leaderboard in serene fashion to +1 for the tournament. However an awkward opening to Adam Scott’s round: a double at 11 followed by another dropped shot at 12, and the 2013 Masters champion drops to +3 after a steady 71 yesterday. The genial Aussie just can’t get anything going in the majors right now.
The invisible Jon Rahm, unable to showcase his talents in the UK thanks to the ineptitude/evil of Twitter, has started well this morning. He stumbled over the closing stretch last night, but has reclaimed one of those late bogeys with birdie at 10. He’s back to -2. Moving in the other direction: DA Points. One of yesterday’s surprise packages with a late-evening 69, Darren Andrew isn’t enjoying the morning so much: bogey on 1, and he drops to -2.
The first significant move of the day has been made by the 18-hole co-leader Kevin Kisner. A birdie at 10, and the relatively local lad - he’s from just over the border in South Carolina - grabs top spot for himself. He’s -5. A positive early move too by Hideto Tanihara. Apart from a top-five finish at Hoylake in the 2006 Open, the 38-year-old Japanese has done very little in the majors. This may now change. Birdies at 13 and 14 have just propelled him up the leaderboard to -2.
-5: Kisner (1*)
-4: Olesen
-3: Murray, Woodland, Koepka, Stroud
Incidentally, we had been hoping to follow Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler and Jon Rahm this morning. But we can’t see them play. The featured group on the UK feed, brought to you exclusively by popular television station Twitter, for the love of all that’s good and proper - is Justin Rose, Matt Kuchar and Chris Kirk. Kuchar’s going OK I suppose at level par, but Rose is +5 while Kirk is +9. Still, regardless of how those chaps are doing, it’s fairly clear that the McIlroy-Fowler-Rahm group is this morning’s marquee treat. The coverage of this tournament in the UK has been a risible farce, golf fans treated with utter contempt just so the PGA can throw spurious cutting-edge shapes. Twitter’s already jiggered journalism, the concept of rational debate and the US presidency; now it’s after major-championship golf as well.
Here we go, then. It’s cloudy, humid and still this morning at Quail Hollow. There’s a chance of a spot of rain in the afternoon; the thunder isn’t likely to arrive until tomorrow, so the dude with the klaxon can rest up awhile yet. A slightly stormy morning for Graham DeLaet, however. The Canadian started the day only three strokes off the lead, but drove into trouble at 2, was forced to take his medicine, and then three putted for a double-bogey six. A couple more bogeys followed, though birdie at 5 has steadied the listing ship a little. He’s +2 now.
Good morning, North Carolina!
And in true Friday fashion, there’s no need for a meandering preamble ahead of a long, long second round. Plenty of time for words.
Yesterday was a fascinating, if slightly undistinguished day. A great one for 2015 Players nearly man Kevin Kisner, and the big Dane Thorbjorn Olesen, who lead the field after fuss-free 67s. A few of the pre-tournament fancies - Brooks Koepka, Paul Casey, Rickie Fowler, Hideki Matsuyama, Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm and Louis Oosthuizen - are very well placed. And your Jordan Spieths and Rory McIlroys have hardly played themselves out of contention yet, five off the lead at +1.
So this could be a cracker, as some of golf’s big names manoeuvre for position. It’ll be like Moving Day, but 24 hours early, and without the cultural currency. Here we go! It’s on!
How they stand after day one...
-4: Olesen, Kisner
-3: Murray, Woodland, Koepka, Stroud, Points
-2: Finau, Herman, Reed, Casey, Cauley, Fowler, Harman
-1: Matsuyama, Kang, Fleetwood, Oosthuizen, Day, D Johnson, DeLaet, Perez, Rahm, Smith
And here’s where and when they’re setting off. From the first tee...
7.20am (12.20pm): David Muttitt, Bud Cauley, Graham DeLaet
7.30am (12.30pm): Rod Perry, Yuta Ikeda, Emiliano Grillo
7.40am (12.40pm): Joost Luiten, Paul Claxton, Russell Henley
7.50am (12.50pm): Patrick Cantlay, Thongchai Jaidee, Soren Kjeldsen
8am (1pm): Omar Uresti, YE Yang, Shaun Micheel
8.10am (1.10pm): Danny Lee, Marc Leishman, Anirban Lahiri
8.20am (1.20pm): Byeong Hun An, Kevin Chappell, Mackenzie Hughes
8.30am (1.30pm): Jonas Blixt, Steve Stricker, Brian Harman
8.40am (1.40pm): DA Points, Tyrrell Hatton, Adam Hadwin
8.50am (1.50pm): Martin Laird, Bill Haas, Graeme McDowell
9am (2pm): Jeunghun Wang, Alexander Levy, Jamie Broce
9.10am (2.10pm): JJ Wood, Ryan Fox, Haotong Li
9.20am (2.20pm): Jaysen Hansen, Chez Reavie, Cody Gribble
12.35pm (5.35pm): Shane Lowry, Stuart Deane, Pablo Larrazabal
12.45pm (5.45pm): Alex Noren, Scott Hebert, Russell Knox
12.55pm (5.55pm): Hideki Matsuyama, Ernie Els, Ian Poulter
1.05pm (6.05pm): Daniel Summerhays, Robert Streb, Chris Wood
1.15pm (6.15pm): Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Thomas, Patrick Reed
1.25pm (6.25pm): Bubba Watson, Charl Schwartzel, Paul Casey
1.35pm (6.35pm): Sergio Garcia, Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth~
1.45pm (6.45pm): Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, Henrik Stenson
1.55pm (6.55pm): Padraig Harrington, Keegan Bradley, Davis Love III
2.05pm (7.05pm): Zach Johnson, Lee Westwood, Charley Hoffman
2.15pm (7.15pm): David Lingmerth, Scott Brown, Nicolas Colsaerts
2.25pm (7.25pm): Scott Hend, Kenny Pigman, Andrew Johnston
2.35pm (7.35pm): Kelly Kraft, Brian Smock, Patrick Rodgers
... and from the 10th:
7.25am (12.25pm): Lucas Glover, Matt Dobyns, Hideto Tanihara
7.35am (12.35pm): Mike Small, Jason Kokrak, Satoshi Kodaira
7.45am (12.45pm): Thomas Bjorn, Branden Grace, Pat Perez
7.55am (12.55pm): Adam Scott, Luke Donald, Webb Simpson
8.05am (1.05pm): Billy Horschel, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Si Woo Kim
8.15am (1.15pm): Jimmy Walker, Phil Mickelson, Jason Dufner
8.25am (1.25pm): Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Rickie Fowler
8.35am (1.35pm): Matt Kuchar, Justin Rose, Brandt Snedeker
8.45am (1.45pm): Daniel Berger, Jim Furyk, Kevin Kisner
8.55am (1.55pm): Ross Fisher, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Ryan Moore
9.05am (2.05pm): Jhonattan Vegas, Bryson DeChambeau, Jordan Smith
9.15am (2.15pm): Alex Beach, Sean O’Hair, Kevin Na
9.25am (2.25pm): Chris Moody, Luke List, Jamie Lovemark
12.30pm (5.30pm): Grayson Murray, Rich Berberian Jr., Peter Uihlein
12.40pm (5.40pm): Adam Rainaud, Tony Finau, Fabrizio Zanotti
12.50pm (5.50pm): Younghan Song, Dave McNabb, Charles Howell III
1pm (6pm): Sung Kang, Wesley Bryan, Dylan Frittelli
1.10pm (6.10pm): William McGirt, Francesco Molinari, Jim Herman
1.20pm (6.20pm): Gary Woodland, Andy Sullivan, Kyle Stanley
1.30pm (6.30pm): Rich Beem, Vijay Singh, John Daly
1.40pm (6.40pm): Louis Oosthuizen, Danny Willett, JB Holmes
1.50pm (6.50pm): Thomas Pieters, Xander Schauffele, Rod Pampling
2pm (7pm): Thorbjorn Olesen, Brendan Steele, Hudson Swafford
2.10pm (7.10pm): Cameron Smith, Bernd Wiesberger, Brandon Stone
2.20pm (7.20pm): KT Kim, Greg Gregory, James Hahn
2.30pm (7.30pm): Richard Sterne, Ryan Vermeer, Chris Stroud
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