Dustin Johnson Takes Lead at PGA Championships

Masters and U.S. Open champion Spieth was delighted with the grit that he displayed during a round highlighted by a chip-in for birdie at the par-3 12th. He made an eagle on the par-5 16th hole and birdied two other par-5s.

So he laid up with a 5-iron.

“Normally I would make a mistake earlier than that”. “And it worked out”.

It was the 14-time major champion’s second-highest opening round in the last major of the year, and leaves him nine shots behind leader Johnson.

And that’s why he wanted to get off to an easy start. Below is all the information, and more, you need to soak in the 2015 PGA Championship via online live stream.

“I hit it great today, but I made actually nothing”, Woods said. “He’s trying to win his first, so we’ll see how it goes”. It’s only the first round. “We’ve still got a lot of golf to play”. That was one of the best three woods I’ve ever hit.

A chasing pack which includes Matt Kucher, J.B. Holmes and Jason Day are at four-under-par.

Thomas Bjorn, James Morrison and Justin Rose were leading the European challenge behind Lingmerth on three-under par. Most afternoon rounds took around 5 hours.

There was no chance of a repeat Thursday. He had a one-shot lead playing the 18th and grounded his club in a bunker.

Charl Schwartzel signed for a one-over 73 for 55th place, George Coetzee ended 71st after his two-over 74 and Tim Clark struggled his way to an opening 75 for a share of 86th. He missed a sharp-breaking birdie putt from 10 feet.

Now, Tiger desperately needs to pair his improving long game with a solid short game on and around the greens on Friday. He had the 36-hole lead at St. Andrews until he disappeared on the weekend.

Spieth had carded 10 straight pars before three-putting the 11th from just 15 feet, but promptly chipped in for birdie on the 12th to get back to level par.

“Dustin Johnson saunters into scoring center, where they dropped hammer on him in 2010”.

Two months ago, Johnson began the U.S. Open with a 65.

Phil Mickelson was asked about a Wall Street Journal story this week that mentioned him as part of an insider-trading investigation. He wasn’t playing well at Firestone last week, either.

“I don’t know”, he said Thursday after his round.

And it showed on a breezy morning.

“I’ve had good putting rounds and I had bad ball-striking days on those days and then the flip side of it”, he said.

“The season is pretty much over very soon, ” Woods said. He looked sharp on the tougher end of the draw Thursday, as he continues to hit crisp iron shots. “When you go and shoot seven, eight, or nine under in a Major in the first round, it’s a lot of pressure to absorb for the rest of the week, because you’re in contention”.

“She knows what to say to me when things are going well or going poorly”.