India’s Anirban Lahiri, who welcomed the arrival of his second child and held nine-hole drills with Tiger Woods on Wednesday, scored 73 to spare himself to cut halfway at the PGA Championship here, his first. Majors start in about three years.
Lahiri, 34, started his day with a bogey and birdie on the 10th and 11th holes and bogeyed down on the fourth from the greenside bunker before taking a costly double bogey on par-5, the greenside bunker after suffering trouble in the fifth hole.
The Indian is currently ranked 78th and 20 others are entering the second day of the second Major of the year on Friday.
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In-form Korean star KH Lee carded his lowest round in the Majors when he fired a 1-under 69 in the first round of the PGA Championship on Thursday, four strokes behind leader Rory McIlroy.
McIlroy’s 65 is his best opening-round score to level in a major championship, as he started the last of his four major championship wins with a 5-under 66 at the 2014 PGA Championship in Valhalla. The Northern Irishman, winning the CJ Cup last October for his 20th PGA Tour victory, made four consecutive birdies on his outside nine before posting three more birdies against two bogeys, led by one from Will Zalatoris and Tom Hoge.
Tiger Woods, winner of the 2007 PGA Championship in Southern Hills, scored 4 over 74, while world No. 1 and FedExCup leader Scotty Scheffler started with 1 over 71.
The 30-year-old Lee, who successfully defended his AT&T Byron Nelson title on the PGA Tour last week, recorded three birdies against two bogeys in Tulsa’s Southern Hills and marked his sixth career start in his 60s. Did.
“Last week was a very happy time for me and my family, and hopefully I try to keep the rhythm well. Well played… I’m very happy now,” said Lee, who is ranked 16th as the highest-ranked Asian golfer in the second major of the year.
Compatriot Ye Yang, who led Asia’s first major victory at the 2009 PGA Championship, and three-time PGA Tour winner Si Woo Kim started 38th with 71, while Japanese star Hideki Matsuyama carded 72.
Lee has not leveled in his last five starts in the Major, where he has yet to make a cut. He scored 78 and 77 at the PGA Championship last year after his win over Byron Nelson and missed the cut after a round of 74-75 at the Masters tournament last month.
However, he is now riding on new found form and confidence after going back to work with his old swing coach Chris Mason and his former mental trainer. He took the win last week by winning a 26-under total.
“I try a new challenge,” Lee said of his major discovery. “Just try to keep my pace. I always want to play well every week. Hopefully the whole week will be good till Sunday.”
He three-putted his first hole on the 10th for the bogey and rolled into a 20-footer for the birdie on the 18th and turned even. He converted eight and six feet of putts on the first and fifth holes for a forward advantage, sandwiching a bogey on hole number 2 when he found the greenside bunker.
first round leaderboard
Rory McIlroy 65 (-5);
Will Zalatoris 66 (-4), Tom Hoge 66 (-4);
Matt Kutcher 67 (-3), Abraham Anser 67 (-3), Justin Thomas 67 (-3).
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