It took Jordan Spieth a pair of birdies during his final three at Quail Hollow to finish the 2017 PGA Championship’s first day at 1-over 72, five back of the leader. That’s a bit of an inauspicious start for the 24-year-old as he takes his first crack at the career grand slam following winning the British Open last month.
PGA Championship 2017 leaderboard: Jordan Spieth stumbles out of the gate
With his first crack at the career grand slam, Spieth had to rally back to finish at 1-over on Thursday.
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After starting on the back nine, Spieth made the turn at even-par 36, recording a bogey at the start of the Green Mile following a birdie on the 15th hole. His putt on the 12th hole is what everyone’s going to talk about, however. A 71-footer set up an easy par putt after taking a hard left turn.
His score climbed to as high as 3-over following bogeys on the first, fifth, and sixth holes before birdying the seventh and eighth holes to get back to 1-over.
“I didn’t have easy putts, but speed control was a little off today,” Spieth told TNT after his round. “... It’s been a struggle for me this year, my putter. It’s just a setup thing.”
Dane Thorbjorn Olesen leads currently at 4-under through 16 holes. Grayson Murray, Gary Woodland, and Brooks Koepka follow a stroke back at 3-under. All have finished their rounds for the day.
PGA favorite Rory McIlroy took to the course at just after 1:42 p.m.
PGA Championship leaderboard 2017
Rank | Name | Total | Thru | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Kevin Kisner | -8 | F* | -4 |
| T1 | Hideki Matsuyama | -8 | F | -7 |
| 3 | Jason Day | -6 | F | -5 |
| T4 | Francesco Molinari | -5 | F* | -7 |
| T4 | Louis Oosthuizen | -5 | F* | -4 |
| T4 | Chris Stroud | -5 | 13* | -2 |
| T7 | Rickie Fowler | -3 | F* | -1 |
| T7 | Justin Thomas | -3 | F | -5 |
| T7 | Paul Casey | -3 | F | -1 |
| 10 | Byeong Hun An | -2 | F | -2 |
| T11 | D.A. Points | -1 | F | 2 |
| T11 | Ryan Fox | -1 | F | -5 |
| T11 | Grayson Murray | -1 | F* | 2 |
| T11 | Sung Kang | -1 | F* | E |
| T11 | Brooks Koepka | -1 | F | 2 |
| T11 | Scott Brown | -1 | 15 | -3 |
| T11 | James Hahn | -1 | 14* | -3 |
| T18 | Ryan Moore | E | F* | E |
| T18 | Chez Reavie | E | F | -1 |
| T18 | Patrick Reed | E | F | 2 |
| T18 | Gary Woodland | E | F* | 3 |
| T18 | Zach Johnson | E | 15 | E |
| T23 | Bud Cauley | 1 | F | 3 |
| T23 | Graham DeLaet | 1 | F | 2 |
| T23 | Patrick Cantlay | 1 | F | E |
| T23 | Shane Lowry | 1 | F | -2 |
| T23 | Tony Finau | 1 | F* | 3 |
| T23 | Alex Noren | 1 | F | -2 |
| T23 | Daniel Summerhays | 1 | F | -4 |
| T23 | Lee Westwood | 1 | 15 | -1 |
| T31 | Omar Uresti | 2 | F | -1 |
| T31 | Rory McIlroy | 2 | F* | 1 |
| T31 | Brian Harman | 2 | F | 4 |
| T31 | Bill Haas | 2 | F | -2 |
| T31 | Bryson DeChambeau | 2 | F* | E |
| T31 | Dylan Frittelli | 2 | F* | E |
| T31 | Robert Streb | 2 | F | -1 |
| T31 | Chris Wood | 2 | F | 1 |
| T31 | Jim Herman | 2 | F* | 4 |
| T31 | Charl Schwartzel | 2 | F | -1 |
| T31 | Dustin Johnson | 2 | F | 3 |
| T31 | Henrik Stenson | 2 | F | -1 |
| T31 | Keegan Bradley | 2 | 16 | -1 |
| T31 | Thorbjorn Olesen | 2 | 15* | 6 |
| T31 | Richard Sterne | 2 | 13* | E |
| T46 | Lucas Glover | 3 | F* | -1 |
| T46 | Jason Kokrak | 3 | F* | -1 |
| T46 | Anirban Lahiri | 3 | F | 2 |
| T46 | Jon Rahm | 3 | F* | 4 |
| T46 | Steve Stricker | 3 | F | -1 |
| T46 | Matt Kuchar | 3 | F* | 3 |
| T46 | Jordan L Smith | 3 | F* | 4 |
| T46 | Jamie Lovemark | 3 | F* | E |
| T46 | Ian Poulter | 3 | F | E |
| T46 | Tommy Fleetwood | 3 | F | 4 |
| T46 | Vijay Singh | 3 | F* | -1 |
| T46 | Jordan Spieth | 3 | F | 2 |
| T46 | Charley Hoffman | 3 | 16 | -1 |
| T46 | David Lingmerth | 3 | 15 | 2 |
| T46 | K.T. Kim | 3 | 14* | 1 |
| T61 | Hideto Tanihara | 4 | F* | 4 |
| T61 | Russell Henley | 4 | F | E |
| T61 | Pat Perez | 4 | F* | 5 |
| T61 | Webb Simpson | 4 | F* | -1 |
| T61 | Billy Horschel | 4 | F* | -1 |
| T61 | Marc Leishman | 4 | F | E |
| T61 | Jason Dufner | 4 | F* | 1 |
| T61 | Sean O'Hair | 4 | F* | 4 |
| T61 | Kelly Kraft | 4 | 14 | 2 |
| T70 | Satoshi Kodaira | 5 | F* | 5 |
| T70 | Adam Scott | 5 | F* | 5 |
| T70 | Kevin Chappell | 5 | F | 4 |
| T70 | Cody Gribble | 5 | F | 4 |
| T70 | Charles Howell III | 5 | F* | -2 |
| T70 | J.B. Holmes | 5 | F* | 2 |
| T70 | Hudson Swafford | 5 | 15* | -1 |
| T70 | Bernd Wiesberger | 5 | 15* | 3 |
| -- | Projected Cut | 5 | -- | -- |
| T78 | Justin Rose | 6 | F* | 1 |
| T78 | Ross Fisher | 6 | F* | 2 |
| T78 | Jeunghun Wang | 6 | F | 4 |
| T78 | Hao Tong Li | 6 | F | 4 |
| T78 | Kevin Na | 6 | F* | -2 |
| T78 | Peter Uihlein | 6 | F* | 3 |
| T78 | Brendan Steele | 6 | 15* | 3 |
| T78 | Scott Hend | 6 | 14 | 5 |
| T86 | Joost Luiten | 7 | F | 2 |
| T86 | Luke Donald | 7 | F* | 2 |
| T86 | Tyrrell Hatton | 7 | F | 1 |
| T86 | Daniel Berger | 7 | F* | 5 |
| T86 | Martin Laird | 7 | F | 1 |
| T86 | Graeme McDowell | 7 | F | 5 |
| T86 | Rafa Cabrera Bello | 7 | F* | 4 |
| T86 | Alexander Levy | 7 | F | 3 |
| T86 | Luke List | 7 | F* | 3 |
| T86 | Bubba Watson | 7 | F | 1 |
| T86 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 7 | 15 | 3 |
| T97 | Shaun Micheel | 8 | F | 6 |
| T97 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | 8 | F* | 3 |
| T97 | Jimmy Walker | 8 | F* | -2 |
| T97 | Mackenzie Hughes | 8 | F | 1 |
| T97 | Jhonattan Vegas | 8 | F* | 1 |
| T97 | Russell Knox | 8 | F | 2 |
| T97 | Ernie Els | 8 | F | -1 |
| T97 | William McGirt | 8 | F* | 2 |
| T97 | Sergio Garcia | 8 | F | 4 |
| T106 | Yuta Ikeda | 9 | F | 8 |
| T106 | Branden Grace | 9 | F* | 3 |
| T106 | Soren Kjeldsen | 9 | F | 7 |
| T106 | Jonas Blixt | 9 | F | 6 |
| T106 | Pablo Larrazabal | 9 | F | 3 |
| T111 | Emiliano Grillo | 10 | F | 3 |
| T111 | Jim Furyk | 10 | F* | 5 |
| T111 | Wesley Bryan | 10 | F* | 7 |
| T111 | Andy Sullivan | 10 | F* | 3 |
| T111 | Kyle Stanley | 10 | F* | 5 |
| T111 | Danny Willett | 10 | F* | 8 |
| T111 | Padraig Harrington | 10 | 16 | 2 |
| T111 | Davis Love III | 10 | 16 | 3 |
| T111 | Greg Gregory | 10 | 14* | 4 |
| T120 | Thongchai Jaidee | 11 | F | 2 |
| T120 | Phil Mickelson | 11 | F* | 3 |
| T120 | Rich Berberian, Jr. | 11 | F* | 3 |
| T120 | Fabrizio Zanotti | 11 | F* | 2 |
| T120 | John Daly | 11 | F* | 8 |
| T120 | Kenny Pigman | 11 | 14 | 6 |
| T126 | Matt Dobyns | 12 | F* | 7 |
| T126 | Danny Lee | 12 | F | 7 |
| T126 | Jaysen Hansen | 12 | F | -1 |
| T126 | Rich Beem | 12 | F* | 1 |
| T126 | Brandon Stone | 12 | 15* | 4 |
| T131 | Y.E. Yang | 13 | F | 8 |
| T131 | Adam Hadwin | 13 | F | 5 |
| T131 | Xander Schauffele | 13 | F* | 10 |
| T131 | Cameron Smith | 13 | 15* | 9 |
| T131 | Patrick Rodgers | 13 | 14 | 5 |
| T136 | Thomas Bjorn | 14 | F* | 6 |
| T136 | Chris Kirk | 14 | F* | 5 |
| T136 | JJ Wood | 14 | F | 7 |
| T136 | David McNabb | 14 | F* | 7 |
| T136 | Thomas Pieters | 14 | F* | 6 |
| T136 | Rod Pampling | 14 | F* | 8 |
| T142 | Jamie Broce | 15 | F | 7 |
| T142 | Scott Hebert | 15 | F | 3 |
| T142 | Young-han Song | 15 | F* | 6 |
| T145 | Mike Small | 17 | F* | 8 |
| T145 | Alex Beach | 17 | F* | 9 |
| T145 | Chris Moody | 17 | F* | 7 |
| T145 | Adam Rainaud | 17 | F* | 7 |
| T145 | Ryan Vermeer | 17 | 13* | 6 |
| 150 | Rod Perry | 21 | F | 10 |
| T151 | Paul Claxton | 23 | F | 12 |
| T151 | Stuart Deane | 23 | F | 10 |
| 153 | David Muttitt | 25 | F | 12 |
| WD | Andrew Johnston | -- | -- | -- |
| WD | Si Woo Kim | -- | -- | -- |
| WD | Brian Smock | -- | -- | -- |
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