Sweaters one day, umbrellas the next. No one is sure what to expect at this PGA Championship except that Scottie Scheffler is locked in at another major and Oak Hill is a mighty test.
Scheffler delivered a mix of birdies and great recoveries from wet, nasty rough Friday until he couldn't escape one last errant tee shot on the 18th that cost him the lead, but certainly did little to dim his optimism.
Rain is in the forecast for Saturday, probably not enough to douse the anticipation of Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka playing together. They were antagonists two years ago -- remember the"Brooksy" chants directed at DeChambeau -- a relationship somewhat mended through their time in the Saudi-funded LIV Golf League.
They were at 5-under 135, with more variety on the horizon. Rain was in the forecast for Saturday, wind on Sunday, and 18 players were separated by five shots. Hovland, who shared the 54-hole lead at St. Andrews last summer, is getting used to this, too. He dropped only one shot early in his round of 67, and closed with a 7-iron out of wet, thick rough to 5 feet for birdie. It was his 10th consecutive round in the majors when he ended the day among the top 10 on the leaderboard.
The leading seven players came from the same side of the draw. They were delayed by two hours from freezing temperatures and a coat of frost on the grass. They avoided the wind Friday morning, and then passing showers took some of fire out of Oak Hill. "I think how terribly I've felt over the golf ball over the last two days, the fact that I'm only five back ... I guess that's a good thing, because I know if I can get it in play off the tee, that's the key to my success over the weekend," McIlroy said.Rahm, the Masters champion and No. 1 player in the world, opened with a 76 and couldn't get a putt to fall.
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