August 15-18
Medinah CC (No. 3), Medinah, Illinois
$9,250,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4
Justin Thomas and Jason Kokrak both equalled the course record with seven-under 65s to top the leader board after the first round of the BMW Championship.
Tiger Woods had a poor day, though, and finished six off the pace at Medinah Country Club in Illinois.
Thomas said he had had a terrible warm-up before the first round.
"I mean, I probably would say that I had the worst warm-up I've ever had in my life this morning," he told reporters.
"I didn't know what it was going to do. I didn't know how I was going to hit it. My dad [caddie Jimmy Johnson] and I just kind of said that we were going to have to guess out there and just try to find something."
He ended the day with seven birdies, a joint course record and joint lead.
As well as Thomas and Kokrak, three other players have shot 65 at Medinah: Skip Kendall at the 1999 PGA Championship, and Mike Weir and winner Tiger Woods at the 2006 PGA.
Woods, who got two of his 15 major championship wins at Medinah, started well with three birdies on the first five holes.
He got one more birdie before the day was out, but also three bogeys.
"Didn't chip it, didn't make that many putts and consequently I'm one under," Woods told reporters.
"It's just not sharp, I'm trying to make changes in my swing and it's just not quite there yet.
"I need reps and I just haven't put in a lot of reps.
"I didn't feel any tightness in my oblique at all, I didn't feel any pull and so that was a positive, I just need to clean up my rounds and get going."
Englishman Justin Rose finished the day on four under, with Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy one further back on three-under 69.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
T1 |
Justin Thomas | USA |
-7 |
65 |
T1 |
Jason Kokrak | USA |
-7 |
65 |
T3 |
Jim Furyk | USA |
-6 |
66 |
T3 |
Joel Dahmen | USA |
-6 |
66 |
T3 |
Lucas Glover | USA |
-6 |
66 |
T3 |
Brandt Snedeker | USA |
-6 |
66 |
T3 |
Patrick Cantlay | USA |
-6 |
66 |
T8 |
Rory Sabbatini | SVK |
-5 |
67 |
T8 |
Scott Piercy | USA |
-5 |
67 |
T8 |
Tony Finau | USA |
-5 |
67 |
T8 |
Adam Scott | AUS |
-5 |
67 |
T8 |
Xander Schauffele | USA |
-5 |
67 |
T8 |
Collin Morikawa | USA |
-5 |
67 |
T8 |
Adam Hadwin | CAN |
-5 |
67 |
T8 |
Chez Reavie | USA |
-5 |
67 |
T8 |
Rickie Fowler | USA |
-5 |
67 |
T17 |
J. T. Poston | USA |
-4 |
68 |
T17 |
Kevin Kisner | USA |
-4 |
68 |
T17 |
Abraham Ancer | USA |
-4 |
68 |
T17 |
Brooks Koepka | USA |
-4 |
68 |
T17 |
Patrick Reed | USA |
-4 |
68 |
T17 |
Ryan Palmer | USA |
-4 |
68 |
T17 |
Justin Rose | ENG |
-4 |
68 |
T17 |
Jon Rahm | ESP |
-4 |
68 |
T25 |
J. B. Holmes | USA |
-3 |
69 |
T25 |
Corey Conners | CAN |
-3 |
69 |
T25 |
Rory McIlroy | NIR |
-3 |
69 |
T25 |
Graeme McDowell | NIR |
-3 |
69 |
T25 |
Wyndham Clark | USA |
-3 |
69 |
T25 |
Kevin Tway | USA |
-3 |
69 |
T25 |
Sung-Hoon Kang | KOR |
-3 |
69 |
T25 |
Hideki Matsuyama | JPN |
-3 |
69 |
T25 |
Troy Merritt | USA |
-3 |
69 |
T25 |
Keegan Bradley | USA |
-3 |
69 |
T25 |
Rafael Cabrera Bello | ESP |
-3 |
69 |
T36 |
Si-Woo Kim | KOR |
-2 |
70 |
T36 |
Phil Mickelson | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T36 |
Ian Poulter | ENG |
-2 |
70 |
T36 |
Jordan Spieth | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T36 |
Sung-Jae Im | KOR |
-2 |
70 |
T36 |
Paul Casey | ENG |
-2 |
70 |
T36 |
Gary Woodland | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T36 |
Max Homa | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T36 |
Jason Day | AUS |
-2 |
70 |
T36 |
Louis Oosthuizen | RSA |
-2 |
70 |
T36 |
Charles Howell III | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T36 |
Tommy Fleetwood | ENG |
-2 |
70 |
T36 |
Dustin Johnson | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T36 |
Webb Simpson | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T50 |
Bryson DeChambeau | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T50 |
Cameron Champ | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T50 |
Ryan Moore | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T50 |
Billy Horschel | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T50 |
Cheng Tsung Pan | TPE |
-1 |
71 |
T50 |
Tiger Woods | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T50 |
Andrew Putnam | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T50 |
Matt Kuchar | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T50 |
Byeong-Hun An | KOR |
-1 |
71 |
T59 |
Nate Lashley | USA |
Par |
72 |
T59 |
Keith Mitchell | USA |
Par |
72 |
T59 |
Francesco Molinari | ITA |
Par |
72 |
T59 |
Shane Lowry | IRL |
Par |
72 |
T59 |
Emiliano Grillo | ARG |
Par |
72 |
T59 |
Harold Varner III | USA |
Par |
72 |
T59 |
Marc Leishman | AUS |
Par |
72 |
T59 |
Dylan Frittelli | RSA |
Par |
72 |
T59 |
Adam Long | USA |
Par |
72 |
68 |
Vaughn Taylor | USA |
1 |
73 |
69 |
Joaquin Niemann | CHI |
2 |
74 |