Some relevant tweets to summarize the 1st day of the 97th PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
Current Leaderboard of PGA Championship 2015
Leaderboard: -6 Dustin -5 Lingmerth -4 Day -4 Kuchar -4 Holmes -4 English -4 Lee -4 Steele http://t.co/KNsX8gU64H pic.twitter.com/my6XqBlvYo
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) 14 Août 2015
Dustin Johnson as usual!
It’s an opening-round 66 for Dustin Johnson, who leads alone at the #PGAChamp. pic.twitter.com/V6mKZY6yGN
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) 13 Août 2015
.@DJohnsonPGA sinks a 27-footer on the 16th hole for eagle. #SapphireonLocation #PGAChamp http://t.co/MlDEx9NpmJ
— PGA.COM (@PGA_com) 13 Août 2015
Dustin Johnson (66 today) by round, last 6 majors 1st Rd: -22 2nd Rd: -15 3rd Rd: +3 Final Rd: +3
— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGC) 13 Août 2015
Dustin Johnson has held the lead after the 1st round of 3 consecutive majors 1st player to do so since 1958 (@EliasSports)
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) 14 Août 2015
And for David Lingmerth too…
.@DLingmerth cards a 5-under 67. He’s second, one stroke behind @DjohnsonPGA. #PGAChamp pic.twitter.com/j8cl4EJENq
— PGA.COM (@PGA_com) 14 Août 2015
David Lingmerth’s opening nine at the last two Majors! Open Championship: 29 (-7) PGA Championship: 31 (-5) pic.twitter.com/NMj2RldpkA
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) 13 Août 2015
David Lingmerth’s run of good play continued Thursday with a 67. Graphic below. Story here: http://t.co/GbiN9soULU pic.twitter.com/b8iRSrDNNb
— Golf Central (@GolfCentral) 14 Août 2015
The group of the Day
Now on the tee: Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Zach Johnson. #PGAChamp pic.twitter.com/8pf6i3EaQ2
— Golf Central (@GolfCentral) 13 Août 2015
Afternoon’s featured group: Spieth: -1 McIlroy: -1 Johnson: +3 #PGAChamp pic.twitter.com/D0ltOKsixW
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) 13 Août 2015
Number 1 = Number 2
Rory McIlroy drove it an average of 20 yards past Jordan Spieth. Otherwise, their rounds looked pretty similar: pic.twitter.com/JCfMZkLC0z
— Golf Central (@GolfCentral) 14 Août 2015
Rory feels good!
#PGAChamp Shot of the Day: @McIlroyRory saves par. https://t.co/RgIUC1lszh
— PGA.COM (@PGA_com) 14 Août 2015
Rory on his ankle: “The way I’m hitting the ball & the way I’m getting around the course, I have full confidence in it.”
— Rex Hoggard (@RexHoggardGC) 14 Août 2015
And Spieth always plays good!
.@JordanSpieth‘s first birdie of the day was a beauty. #SapphireOnLocation #PGAChamp http://t.co/LNGyF4oH2s
— PGA.COM (@PGA_com) 13 Août 2015
Bounce-back Pct (birdie immediately following dropped shot) TOUR average: 20% Spieth season: 28% Spieth in ’15 majors: 45% #PGAChamp
— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGC) 14 Août 2015
What about Tiger?
MY GOD –– a fairway off the first tee (No. 10)! Let’s do this.
— GC Tiger Tracker (@GCTigerTracker) 13 Août 2015
Tiger (75) has only opened with a worse score once in his 18 PGA Championship starts. Shot 77 in first round in Atlanta in 2011.
— GC Tiger Tracker (@GCTigerTracker) 13 Août 2015
Tiger Woods’ opening rounds at majors this year: 73-80-76-75. That’s a combined total of 18-over-par.
— Jason Sobel (@JasonSobelESPN) 13 Août 2015
What else?
Players who went off early in Round 1 at Whistling Straits had a big advantage Thursday: http://t.co/xahfOhazo5 pic.twitter.com/ou6Q3wmXHU
— Golf Central (@GolfCentral) 14 Août 2015
One more: @dannygolf72 had 2 top-10s in first 68 pro starts on PGA TOUR. He’s got 7 in 31 starts this year. #leefact
— PGA TOUR Media (@PGATOURmedia) 13 Août 2015
Who did the lone bogey-free round belong to today? That’d be @Brendan_Steele (-3/69) #PGAChamp
— Nathan Liewicki (@liewicks) 14 Août 2015
Hideki Matsuyama makes the turn in -4. No player from Japan has ever won a major, Players or individual WGC title. #PGAChamp
— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGC) 13 Août 2015
Whistling Straits is as beautiful… as hard!
We’re under way at Whistling Straits. Follow along: http://t.co/IDThZubJTH pic.twitter.com/kCA3rJ7M20
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) 13 Août 2015
Isn’t it Rickie?
.@RickieFowler gets his day started off with a birdie on the 10th hole #PGAChamp Watch Live: http://t.co/RiT6xcv5Mg http://t.co/PhYTJrJ6Xg
— PGA.COM (@PGA_com) 13 Août 2015
How hard are the bunkers at Whistling Straits? Rickie Fowler took 4 shots to get out of one on the 3rd. Made quad. pic.twitter.com/ev9QYudXw1
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) 13 Août 2015
Tweet of the Day
Played like Ben, putted like Hulk. Gotta love this game of golf. Nobody said it was easy. Looking forward to getting back at it 2moro #PGA
— Graeme McDowell (@Graeme_McDowell) 13 Août 2015
