Xander Schauffele enters the second round of the 2024 PGA Championship in the lead, while some LIV golfers had strong showings. Here's a lookahead to Friday at Valhalla.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The opening round of the 2024 PGA Championship featured a broken course record, ideal weather conditions , a few struggling major winners and 64 players under par.
And as if Schauffele's chances this week needed any more skepticism -- since 2000, of the four players that have had a multi-shot lead after the 1st round of the PGA Championship, none finished in the top 10 and the last 8 players with a multi-shot lead after the opening round also failed to win. McIlroy is four shots back after playing a self-described"scrappy" round of golf where he put two balls in the water and still shot 66. Defending championis also looming after a first-round 67, while Scottie Scheffler showed up from a three-week hiatus and holed out for eagle on the first hole en route to a 4-under 67.
Viktor Hovland looked much improved on Thursday, gaining over three strokes on the field and driving the ball better than he has this season. Instead of a breakout 2024, Hovland missed the cut at the Masters and has only one top-20 finish this season. He's spent more time on the range trying to figure stuff out than getting airtime for being in contention.
"If you're hitting it poorly, you're not just going to figure it out by doing the same stuff. You have to change some stuff," Hovland said."I was trying to get back to what is the most natural for me to do instead of going down these other rabbit holes." Three years ago, Valhalla replaced its bentgrass fairways with zoysia grass, which was supposed to be firmer and faster. That might not be the case this week, however.
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