Schauffele leads at PGA Championship as SA players struggle to keep pace

The 30-year-old American topped the leaderboard over countrymen Tony Finau, Mark Hubbard and Sahith Theegala.

Dean Burmester was the best of the South Africans, settling in a tie for 32nd place on 69, seven shots off the pace. Erik van Rooyen was a further three shots back on 72, while Christiaan Bezuidenhout , Ryan van Velzen and Thriston Lawrence were trailing near the back of the field. Schauffele already shared the record-low round in major golf history with his 62 from the first round of last year’s US Open at Los Angeles Country Club, matched by American Rickie Fowler in the same round and“I can’t nit-pick. I’ll take a 62 in any major any day,” Schauffele said.

Schauffele has had 12 top-10 major finishes without a victory, with runner-up finishes at the 2018 British Open and 2019 Masters. On the front side, Schauffele sank a four-foot putt to birdie the second, birdie putts of four feet at the fourth and just inside 10 feet at the fifth, then sank a tap-in birdie at the par-5 seventh.McIlroy battled his own personal turmoil in the first round, which came less than 48 hours after his shock divorce filing from wife Erica became public.

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