McIlroy Sinks 7 Birdies To Finish -5 At Southern Hills; Leads PGA Championship

The first round of the 2022 PGA Championship is underway at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa and Rory McIlroy is currently in the lead at -5 through 15 holes.

Thursday, May 19th 2022, 6:00 pm

By: David Prock, News On 6

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Rory McIlroy currently leads the PGA Championship at -5 (65) at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa.

Will Zalatoris and Tom Hoge are tied for 2nd place at -4. OU alum Abraham Ancer is tied for 4th place at -3 with Matt Kuchar. The current #1 in the FedEx Cup rankings, Scottie Scheffler is -1 after suffering back-to-back bogeys on the back nine.

Tiger Woods is sitting at +4 after struggling with seven bogeys on the day. He is tied for 66th.

Former OSU player Rickie Fowler is +1 through 6 holes. John Daly who was among the first group to tee off on Thursday finished at +2 on the day. Jordan Spieth is looking to make history this weekend and become just the seventh golfer in history to complete the Career Grand Slam and the first since Tiger Woods did it a third time in 2008. Spieth is currently +2.

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