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Piercy has two birdies over his first five holes and now shares the lead with Johnson at 6 under par.

Playing in tough afternoon winds, none of the trio could match the six-under par 66 posted by first-round leader Dustin Johnson in the morning.

Earlier that summer he took a three-shot lead into the final round of the US Open at Pebble Beach and did not win. Back in 1992, when finally claiming the US Open, Tom Kite famously admitted to “lying to the public for years” about being nonplussed by an inability to...

“Happy with the way I struck the ball”, said McIlroy, who ruptured a ligament in his ankle July 4 playing soccer.

Dustin Johnson has taken advantage of relatively calm early conditions to seize a one-shot lead in the opening round of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.

And the world No 278 repeatedly swore as he showed his frustration on the greens as he made five bogeys.

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.

Dustin Johnson, back at the scene of the proverbial crime, admits that he has not brushed up on the local rules for the PGA Championship.

“Whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing, I don’t know”, he said. But both decisions are the counterintuitive acts of a prodigy who is determined to balance work and play, maximize his talent yet cling to his boyhood and avoid becoming too over-serious...

Johnson closed with five consecutive pars to maintain his good standing and avoid trouble, something he hasn’t always done in major championships.

But that’s also become a golf trend elsewhere. Call it a preview of Thursday and Friday, when McIlroy and Spieth will be grouped with British Open champion Zach Johnson.

“Everything felt like a Thursday, rather than a Sunday of a major championship”.

Despite missing out on the Grand Slam when he barely lost at the British Open, Spieth could go in the record book with a win at the PGA Championship.

Namely: what if Jordan Spieth had been in the playoff?

“All four days, I didn’t think“.