{"id":1251324,"date":"2024-05-16T17:29:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T17:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?p=1251324"},"modified":"2024-05-17T07:18:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T07:18:22","slug":"pga-championship-2024-r1-xander-schauffele-cards-brilliant-opening-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/pga-championship-2024-r1-xander-schauffele-cards-brilliant-opening-62\/","title":{"rendered":"Xander Schauffele cards brilliant opening 62 at US PGA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Xander Schauffele equalled the lowest score in men\u2019s major championship history for the second time in 11 months in the first round of the 106th US PGA Championship at Valhalla.<\/p>\n<p>Schauffele took advantage of ideal conditions for the early starters at Valhalla to fire nine birdies in a stunning 62, matching the mark set by Branden Grace in the 2017 Open and equalled by Rickie Fowler and Schauffele himself in the opening round of last year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/us-open-2023-r1-fowler-and-schauffele-equal-lowest-score-in-mens-major-championship-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">US Open<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Starting from the 10th, Schauffele made birdies at the 11th, 13th, 15th, 16th and 18th to reach the turn in 31 and picked up further shots on the second, fourth and fifth.<\/p>\n<p>A two-putt birdie on the par-five seventh took the Olympic champion to nine under par and he safely parred the final two holes to break the course record of 63 set by Jose Maria Olazabal in 2000.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Xander Schauffele&#039;s RECORD 9-Under 62 to Lead | Round 1 Highlights | 2024 PGA Championship\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eInApXACWAg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels great,\u201d Schauffele said<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GolfTodayUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a> \u201cIt\u2019s just day one but if someone had said I was going to shoot nine under I would certainly have taken it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been playing some really good golf, having a lot of close calls, so me and my team say why not keep chugging along?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy with the way I played but I can\u2019t really think much more about it, just got to go and tee it up again tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"content_link_1251317\" class=\"ct-div-block content-link_wrap\"><a class=\"ct-link content-link_image-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/pga-championship-2024-rory-mcilroy-starts-major-bid-with-a-birdie-as-he-looks-for-valhalla-repeat\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PGA-Championship-Golf-4-scaled-e1715887791671-150x150.jpg\" class=\"content-link_image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rory McIlroy hits his second shot on his opening hole\" srcset=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PGA-Championship-Golf-4-scaled-e1715887791671-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PGA-Championship-Golf-4-scaled-e1715887791671-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PGA-Championship-Golf-4-scaled-e1715887791671-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"ct-div-block content-link_content\"><a class=\"ct-link\" href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/pga-championship-2024-rory-mcilroy-starts-major-bid-with-a-birdie-as-he-looks-for-valhalla-repeat\/\"><h5 class=\"ct-headline content-link_title\"><strong>Related:<\/strong> Rory McIlroy starts major bid with a birdie as he looks for Valhalla repeat<\/h5><\/a><div class=\"ct-text-block content-link_text\">McIlroy picked up a shot on the par-five 10th to start his US PGA Championship campaign.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American matched the record he had already held with Branden Grace and Rickie Fowler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1251325,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,24],"tags":[65,9051,555,7057,78],"class_list":["post-1251324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-pga-championship","category-majors","tag-golf-major","tag-pa-news","tag-pga-championship","tag-valhalla-golf-club","tag-xander-schauffele","priority_tax-homepage-slider"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.8 (Yoast SEO v23.8) - 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