Bryson DeChambeau (66), solo leader after completing the first day

Bryson DeChambeauchampion of the Open USA 2020 and now a militant of Saudi LIV Golf, alone leads the classification of PGA Championship after completing this Friday morning local time the first round at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York. The first day was suspended on Thursday at 8:30 pm due to a lack of light with 33 players marking their balls and returning to the field on Friday morning to complete their rounds.

DeChambeau leads after the first round for the third time in his career, with a round of 66 shots, 4 under par, one shot behind four players: the world number 2 scottie schefflerthe canadian Corey Connersthe former world number 1 and winner of two majors dustin johnson and the beginner Eric Cole. He marked his ball on Thursday, leading with -5 with four holes to go, but this morning he fell by signing a double bogey that finally managed to finish the round with a 67 shot.

DeChambeau did not win the tournament in question when leading after the first 18 holes. Scheffler played a bogey-free first round at a major for the first time in his career. DJ, who is also a member of LIV Golf, is a two-time runner-up at the PGA Championship (2019, 2020) and finished eighth when he played here at Oak Hill in 2013.

The number 1 in the world Jon Rahm, will have the job in the second round after signing 76 in the first. His streak (16) in the majors may be in jeopardy. The last time he missed the cut in a ‘major’ was at the 2019 PGA.

The best Spanish after completing the first day was Catalan Pablo Larrazabal, very good with a lap of 69 (-1) and a top ten. He was one of 19 players capable of beating the field with a lap under par, “the best lap of my career in the United States. A fighting lap, with two birdies and a bogey, certainly one of the best I’ve done. in a ‘major'”, confirmed the professional RCG El Prat. “My game is more smart than good, when I’m in trouble I know how to make par,” added the 40-year-old golfer.