PGA Championship Thursday: Why is EVERYONE (except Rory and Bryson) still in this?
5/15/202622 min
0:00: Surprise, surprise -- Scottie is tied for the lead
03:00: Why did the course play so much tougher than anticipated?
07:30: What happened to Rory (74) and Bryson (76)?
12:00: Player conduct policy under the microscope this week
17:00: What on earth was Garrick Higgo thinking?
20:00: What to watch for during Friday's second round
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Ryan Lavner· Host0:27
[upbeat music] Hello and welcome to this edition of the Golf Channel Podcast with Rex and Lav. We are here after the opening round of the PGA Championship. And Rex, when we go through this recap, uh, for the opening round here at Aronimink, it actually may be easier to discuss the players who are not in the mix- Yeah ... [laughs] than talk about those who are. As we stand here right now, and there's still a couple of groups that are still left on the golf course, we have 48 players who are within three shots of the lead. That would be, uh, historical. Rex, the previous high was 47 sho- uh, players within three shots of the lead back at the 1993 Open Championship. It is as bunched as can be. When you do look at the seven players though who are among those tied for the lead at 3 under 67, the Big Dane stands out, the player that you and I both picked to win this golf tournament.
Rex Hoggard· Host1:19
Yeah.
Ryan Lavner· Host1:19
No surprise, world number one Scottie Scheffler.
Rex Hoggard· Host1:21
No surprise he's in the lead.
Ryan Lavner· Host1:23
Yeah.
Rex Hoggard· Host1:23
I think there's a bit of a surprise of how he got there. His ball striking was average, I wanna say. Uh, certainly he drove the ball well. He hit 13