Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Kiawah Island, SC — May 20, 2021
The 103rd PGA Championship is being contested on the Ocean Course in beautiful Kiawah Island, South Carolina. Day one saw Canadian Professional Corey Conners sitting atop the leaderboard after shooting a 5 under par round of 67. Six golfers, Keegan Bradley, Cam Davis, Sam Horsfield, Viktor Hovland, Brooks Koepka, and Aaron Wise are tied for second at 3 under.
A group of seven players are tied for eighth at 2 under, including Phil Mickelson, Collin Morikawa, and Gary Woodland. Other notables include Rickie Fowler at -1, Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm even par, Jordan Spieth +1, Rory McIlroy +3, Dustin Johnson +4, and Sergio Garcia +5. It was a tough day for the always colorful John Daly. The former PGA Champion carded an 85.
Things get serious Friday as players work to make the cut and stay in contention for the weekend.
Highlights
Full Leader Board
| Position | Name | Round 1 | To Par |
| 1 | Corey Conners | 67 | -5 |
| T2 | Keegan Bradley | 69 | -3 |
| T2 | Viktor Hovland | 69 | -3 |
| T2 | Brooks Koepka | 69 | -3 |
| T2 | Aaron Wise | 69 | -3 |
| T2 | Cameron Davis | 69 | -3 |
| T2 | Sam Horsfield | 69 | -3 |
| T8 | Branden Grace | 70 | -2 |
| T8 | Kevin Streelman | 70 | -2 |
| T8 | Sungjae Im | 70 | -2 |
| T8 | Cameron Tringale | 70 | -2 |
| T8 | Martin Laird | 70 | -2 |
| T8 | Collin Morikawa | 70 | -2 |
| T8 | Phil Mickelson | 70 | -2 |
| T8 | Gary Woodland | 70 | -2 |
| T16 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 71 | -1 |
| T16 | Richy Werenski | 71 | -1 |
| T16 | Joaquin Niemann | 71 | -1 |
| T16 | Padraig Harrington | 71 | -1 |
| T16 | Rasmus Hojgaard | 71 | -1 |
| T16 | Talor Gooch | 71 | -1 |
| T16 | Paul Casey | 71 | -1 |
| T16 | Rickie Fowler | 71 | -1 |
| T16 | Tyrrell Hatton | 71 | -1 |
| T16 | Jason Dufner | 71 | -1 |
| T16 | Louis Oosthuizen | 71 | -1 |
| T16 | Stewart Cink | 71 | -1 |
| T16 | Jason Kokrak | 71 | -1 |
| T16 | Tom Lewis | 71 | -1 |
| T16 | Will Zalatoris | 71 | -1 |
| T31 | Adam Long | 72 | E |
| T31 | Harry Higgs | 72 | E |
| T31 | Scottie Scheffler | 72 | E |
| T31 | Bubba Watson | 72 | E |
| T31 | Bryson DeChambeau | 72 | E |
| T31 | Erik van Rooyen | 72 | E |
| T31 | Jon Rahm | 72 | E |
| T31 | Cameron Smith | 72 | E |
| T31 | Ben Cook | 72 | E |
| T31 | Justin Rose | 72 | E |
| T41 | Carlos Ortiz | 73 | +1 |
| T41 | Shane Lowry | 73 | +1 |
| T41 | Patrick Cantlay | 73 | +1 |
| T41 | Andy Sullivan | 73 | +1 |
| T41 | Dylan Frittelli | 73 | +1 |
| T41 | Matt Jones | 73 | +1 |
| T41 | Harold Varner III | 73 | +1 |
| T41 | Byeong Hun An | 73 | +1 |
| T41 | Garrick Higgo | 73 | +1 |
| T41 | Jimmy Walker | 73 | +1 |
| T41 | Henrik Stenson | 73 | +1 |
| T41 | Xander Schauffele | 73 | +1 |
| T41 | Lee Westwood | 73 | +1 |
| T41 | Hideki Matsuyama | 73 | +1 |
| T41 | Jason Scrivener | 73 | +1 |
| T41 | Charley Hoffman | 73 | +1 |
| T41 | Matt Wallace | 73 | +1 |
| T41 | Brad Marek | 73 | +1 |
| T41 | Denny McCarthy | 73 | +1 |
| T41 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | 73 | +1 |
| T41 | Jordan Spieth | 73 | +1 |
| T62 | Ian Poulter | 74 | +2 |
| T62 | Dean Burmester | 74 | +2 |
| T62 | Tony Finau | 74 | +2 |
| T62 | Abraham Ancer | 74 | +2 |
| T62 | Marc Leishman | 74 | +2 |
| T62 | Joel Dahmen | 74 | +2 |
| T62 | Tom Hoge | 74 | +2 |
| T62 | Zach Johnson | 74 | +2 |
| T62 | Ryan Palmer | 74 | +2 |
| T62 | Lanto Griffin | 74 | +2 |
| T62 | Kalle Samooja | 74 | +2 |
| T62 | Rich Beem | 74 | +2 |
| T62 | Brendon Todd | 74 | +2 |
| T62 | Jason Day | 74 | +2 |
| T62 | Patrick Reed | 74 | +2 |
| T77 | Daniel Van Tonder | 75 | +3 |
| T77 | Mackenzie Hughes | 75 | +3 |
| T77 | Brendan Steele | 75 | +3 |
| T77 | George Coetzee | 75 | +3 |
| T77 | John Catlin | 75 | +3 |
| T77 | Robert MacIntyre | 75 | +3 |
| T77 | Martin Kaymer | 75 | +3 |
| T77 | Harris English | 75 | +3 |
| T77 | Rory McIlroy | 75 | +3 |
| T77 | Justin Thomas | 75 | +3 |
| T77 | Chan Kim | 75 | +3 |
| T77 | Mark Geddes | 75 | +3 |
| T77 | Webb Simpson | 75 | +3 |
| T77 | Takumi Kanaya | 75 | +3 |
| T77 | Brian Harman | 75 | +3 |
| T77 | Si Woo Kim | 75 | +3 |
| T77 | Wyndham Clark | 75 | +3 |
| T77 | J.T. Poston | 75 | +3 |
| T77 | Y.E. Yang | 75 | +3 |
| T77 | Alex Beach | 75 | +3 |
| T97 | Lucas Herbert | 76 | +4 |
| T97 | Steve Stricker | 76 | +4 |
| T97 | Tommy Fleetwood | 76 | +4 |
| T97 | Chris Kirk | 76 | +4 |
| T97 | Patrick Rada | 76 | +4 |
| T97 | Ben Polland | 76 | +4 |
| T97 | Rob Labritz | 76 | +4 |
| T97 | Thomas Detry | 76 | +4 |
| T97 | Charl Schwartzel | 76 | +4 |
| T97 | Rikuya Hoshino | 76 | +4 |
| T97 | Greg Koch | 76 | +4 |
| T97 | Dustin Johnson | 76 | +4 |
| T97 | Thomas Pieters | 76 | +4 |
| T110 | Chez Reavie | 77 | +5 |
| T110 | Sebastian Munoz | 77 | +5 |
| T110 | Adam Hadwin | 77 | +5 |
| T110 | Billy Horschel | 77 | +5 |
| T110 | Sergio Garcia | 77 | +5 |
| T110 | Kevin Kisner | 77 | +5 |
| T110 | Hudson Swafford | 77 | +5 |
| T110 | Brandon Hagy | 77 | +5 |
| T110 | Danny Willett | 77 | +5 |
| T110 | Alex Noren | 77 | +5 |
| T110 | Emiliano Grillo | 77 | +5 |
| T110 | Brian Gay | 77 | +5 |
| T110 | Brett Walker | 77 | +5 |
| T110 | Matt Kuchar | 77 | +5 |
| T110 | Robert Streb | 77 | +5 |
| T110 | Jazz Janewattananond | 77 | +5 |
| T110 | Kurt Kitayama | 77 | +5 |
| T127 | Russell Henley | 78 | +6 |
| T127 | Maverick McNealy | 78 | +6 |
| T127 | Kyoung-Hoon Lee | 78 | +6 |
| T127 | Bernd Wiesberger | 78 | +6 |
| T127 | Adam Scott | 78 | +6 |
| T127 | Peter Malnati | 78 | +6 |
| T127 | Victor Perez | 78 | +6 |
| T127 | Jim Herman | 78 | +6 |
| T127 | Sami Valimaki | 78 | +6 |
| T127 | Brandon Stone | 78 | +6 |
| T127 | Max Homa | 78 | +6 |
| T138 | Daniel Berger | 79 | +7 |
| T138 | Antoine Rozner | 79 | +7 |
| T138 | Derek Holmes | 79 | +7 |
| T138 | Kevin Na | 79 | +7 |
| T138 | Danny Balin | 79 | +7 |
| T138 | Tim Pearce | 79 | +7 |
| T144 | Larkin Gross | 80 | +8 |
| T144 | Peter Ballo | 80 | +8 |
| T146 | Aaron Rai | 81 | +9 |
| T146 | Joe Summerhays | 81 | +9 |
| T146 | Shaun Micheel | 81 | +9 |
| T149 | Cameron Champ | 82 | +10 |
| T149 | Stuart L. Smith | 82 | +10 |
| T149 | Omar Uresti | 82 | +10 |
| T152 | John Daly | 85 | +13 |
| T152 | Sonny Skinner | 85 | +13 |
| 154 | Frank Bensel | 86 | +14 |
| 155 | Tyler Collet | 88 | +16 |
| Sam Burns | WD |
