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HOT OFF THE PRESS! Here’s Ewan Murray’s opening dispatch from Bellerive.
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Another birdie for Dustin Johnson, a big left-to-right curler toppling in at the very last turn on 11. That’s four birdies in six for the big man, and he’s now -3. Just a shot behind him, Kevin Kisner, who came close at Quail Hollow last year, and nearly won at Carnoustie three weeks ago. He keeps knocking at the door, and after a dropped shot at 4, has just birdied 6, 8 and 9 – the latter the reward for a 50-footer whistled straight into the cup. He’s -2.
-5: Fowler (F)
-3: Cook (F), Poulter (F), Perez (F), Day (F), Gay (F), Cink (F), Schniederjans (F), Stanley (12*), D Johnson (11)
-2: Fox (F), Horschel (F), Matsuyama (F), Ikeda (F), Simpson (F), Grace (F), Fisher (F), Korhonen (F), Kisner (9), Rose (8), Stroud (4)
Written by Scott Murray (now) and Michael Butler (for a bit)
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 – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
