Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, OK — May 19, 2022
The eyes of the golf world were focused on the star-studded threesome that teed off on the 10th hole of Southern Hills Country Club yesterday at 8:11 in the morning (local time). The paring of Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, and Tiger Woods provided early drama in the 104th edition of the PGA Championship.
The venue, located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, hosted the tournament in 2007 with Tiger hoisting the Wanamaker Trophy during a weekend that was marked by record-setting heat. The forecast for this year’s tournament is much milder. The heat will come from the competition as the best professional golfers in the world chase the second major championship of the year.
Early Excitement
McIlroy started his round going three-under-par after the first five holes. His playing partners followed suit with Tiger at two-under and Spieth sitting at one-under over the opening holes.
The 417-yard, par four, 15th hole set the tone for the remainder of the day. McIlroy made his fourth straight birdie while Woods and Spieth each carded a bogey.
Tiger bogeyed the 18th which began a streak of three straight culminating with a birdie on hole number three. But, bogies on four, eight, and nine left Woods at four-over-par for the round, tied for 98th place out of the 156 golfers in the tournament. Only the top 70 players in the field advance to play the final two rounds.
An interesting twist to the cut line rules for the PGA championship allows PGA of America club professionals to play all four rounds regardless of their score. That won’t help Tiger as he will need to rebound, likely with a score under par in round two to survive the cut.
Spieth recorded three more bogies before scoring a birdie on the seventh hole to give him an opening-round score of 72 on the par-70 layout. He sits tied for 56th and cannot afford a blow-up on Friday if he is going to compete in all four rounds.
McIlroy went on to birdie the second and fifth holes running his score to six-under-par before bogeying the sixth and eighth holes. A birdie on the ninth and final hole of the day returned him to five-under for the round and sole possession of the lead after round one.
Packed Leaderboard
Will Zalatoris and Tom Hoge are tied for second at four-under-par. Matt Kuchar, Abraham Ancer, and Justin Thomas all shot three-under to finish in a tie for fourth. A total of 26 players broke par including notables Xander Schauffele(-2), Kevin Na(-2), and Tony Finau(-1).
Masters Champion Scottie Scheffler finished tied for 38th at one-over-par.
2022 PGA Championship Round One Leaderboard
| Rank | Name | Total |
| 1 | Rory McIlroy | -5 (65) |
| 2t | Will Zalatoris | -4 (66) |
| 2t | Tom Hoge | -4 (66) |
| 4t | Matt Kuchar | -3 (67) |
| 4t | Abraham Ancer | -3 (67) |
| 4t | Justin Thomas | -3 (67) |
| 7t | Chris Kirk | -2 (68) |
| 7t | Mito Pereira | -2 (68) |
| 7t | Xander Schauffele | -2 (68) |
| 7t | Cameron Smith | -2 (68) |
| 7t | Kevin Na | -2 (68) |
| 7t | Davis Riley | -2 (68) |
| 7t | Matthew Fitzpatrick | -2 (68) |
| 7t | Lucas Herbert | -2 (68) |
| 7t | Joaquin Niemann | -2 (68) |
| 16t | Dean Burmester | -1 (69) |
| 16t | Tony Finau | -1 (69) |
| 16t | Stewart Cink | -1 (69) |
| 16t | Thomas Pieters | -1 (69) |
| 16t | Patrick Reed | -1 (69) |
| 16t | Beau Hossler | -1 (69) |
| 16t | Talor Gooch | -1 (69) |
| 16t | Kyoung-Hoon Lee | -1 (69) |
| 16t | Webb Simpson | -1 (69) |
| 16t | Patton Kizzire | -1 (69) |
| 16t | Aaron Wise | -1 (69) |
| 27t | Robert MacIntyre | E (70) |
| 27t | Alex Noren | E (70) |
| 27t | Tyrrell Hatton | E (70) |
| 27t | Max Homa | E (70) |
| 27t | Viktor Hovland | E (70) |
| 27t | Ryan Fox | E (70) |
| 27t | Francesco Molinari | E (70) |
| 27t | Gary Woodland | E (70) |
| 27t | Brendan Steele | E (70) |
| 27t | Shane Lowry | E (70) |
| 27t | Russell Henley | E (70) |
| 38t | Y.E. Yang | +1 (71) |
| 38t | Shaun Norris | +1 (71) |
| 38t | Kevin Streelman | +1 (71) |
| 38t | Kramer Hickok | +1 (71) |
| 38t | Justin Rose | +1 (71) |
| 38t | Si Woo Kim | +1 (71) |
| 38t | Sam Burns | +1 (71) |
| 38t | Cameron Young | +1 (71) |
| 38t | Justin Harding | +1 (71) |
| 38t | Seamus Power | +1 (71) |
| 38t | Jason Day | +1 (71) |
| 38t | Rickie Fowler | +1 (71) |
| 38t | Harold Varner III | +1 (71) |
| 38t | Scottie Scheffler | +1 (71) |
| 38t | Adam Schenk | +1 (71) |
| 38t | Sepp Straka | +1 (71) |
| 38t | Tommy Fleetwood | +1 (71) |
| 38t | Charl Schwartzel | +1 (71) |
| 56t | John Daly | +2 (72) |
| 56t | Adri Arnaus | +2 (72) |
| 56t | Hideki Matsuyama | +2 (72) |
| 56t | Cameron Davis | +2 (72) |
| 56t | Jason Dufner | +2 (72) |
| 56t | Jordan Spieth | +2 (72) |
| 56t | Bubba Watson | +2 (72) |
| 56t | Yuki Inamori | +2 (72) |
| 56t | Laurie Canter | +2 (72) |
| 56t | Lanto Griffin | +2 (72) |
| 56t | Alex Cejka | +2 (72) |
| 56t | Jesse Mueller | +2 (72) |
| 56t | Cameron Tringale | +2 (72) |
| 56t | Keegan Bradley | +2 (72) |
| 56t | Marc Leishman | +2 (72) |
| 56t | Collin Morikawa | +2 (72) |
| 56t | Henrik Stenson | +2 (72) |
| 56t | J.J. Spaun | +2 (72) |
| 56t | Kevin Kisner | +2 (72) |
| 56t | Keith Mitchell | +2 (72) |
| 56t | Chan Kim | +2 (72) |
| 56t | Bernd Wiesberger | +2 (72) |
| 78t | Ryan Palmer | +3 (73) |
| 78t | Matt Borchert | +3 (73) |
| 78t | Troy Merritt | +3 (73) |
| 78t | Jinichiro Kozuma | +3 (73) |
| 78t | Denny McCarthy | +3 (73) |
| 78t | Matt Jones | +3 (73) |
| 78t | Min Woo Lee | +3 (73) |
| 78t | Anirban Lahiri | +3 (73) |
| 78t | Rich Beem | +3 (73) |
| 78t | Adam Hadwin | +3 (73) |
| 78t | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | +3 (73) |
| 78t | Dustin Johnson | +3 (73) |
| 78t | Jon Rahm | +3 (73) |
| 78t | Branden Grace | +3 (73) |
| 78t | Daniel Berger | +3 (73) |
| 78t | Louis Oosthuizen | +3 (73) |
| 78t | Sergio Garcia | +3 (73) |
| 78t | Maverick McNealy | +3 (73) |
| 78t | Alex Beach | +3 (73) |
| 78t | Jhonattan Vegas | +3 (73) |
| 78t | Joel Dahmen | +3 (73) |
| 99t | Sam Horsfield | +4 (74) |
| 99t | Rikuya Hoshino | +4 (74) |
| 99t | Tiger Woods | +4 (74) |
| 99t | Richard Bland | +4 (74) |
| 99t | Garrick Higgo | +4 (74) |
| 99t | Daniel Van Tonder | +4 (74) |
| 99t | Sebastian Munoz | +4 (74) |
| 99t | Brian Harman | +4 (74) |
| 99t | Hudson Swafford | +4 (74) |
| 99t | Russell Knox | +4 (74) |
| 99t | Jason Kokrak | +4 (74) |
| 99t | Cameron Champ | +4 (74) |
| 99t | Zach Johnson | +4 (74) |
| 99t | Harry Higgs | +4 (74) |
| 99t | Luke List | +4 (74) |
| 114t | Kyle Mendoza | +5 (75) |
| 114t | Sadom Kaewkanjana | +5 (75) |
| 114t | Lucas Glover | +5 (75) |
| 114t | Lee Westwood | +5 (75) |
| 114t | Ryan Vermeer | +5 (75) |
| 114t | Brooks Koepka | +5 (75) |
| 114t | Billy Horschel | +5 (75) |
| 114t | Erik van Rooyen | +5 (75) |
| 122t | Shaun Micheel | +6 (76) |
| 122t | Bio Kim | +6 (76) |
| 122t | Ryan Brehm | +6 (76) |
| 122t | Corey Conners | +6 (76) |
| 122t | Patrick Cantlay | +6 (76) |
| 122t | Martin Kaymer | +6 (76) |
| 122t | Ian Poulter | +6 (76) |
| 122t | Matthew Wolff | +6 (76) |
| 130t | Takumi Kanaya | +7 (77) |
| 130t | Mackenzie Hughes | +7 (77) |
| 130t | Padraig Harrington | +7 (77) |
| 130t | Pablo Larrazabal | +7 (77) |
| 130t | Wyatt Worthington II | +7 (77) |
| 130t | Tim Feenstra | +7 (77) |
| 130t | Adam Scott | +7 (77) |
| 130t | Chad Ramey | +7 (77) |
| 138t | Colin Inglis | +8 (78) |
| 138t | Michael Block | +8 (78) |
| 138t | Nic Ishee | +8 (78) |
| 138t | Shawn Warren | +8 (78) |
| 138t | Oliver Bekker | +8 (78) |
| 138t | Dylan Newman | +8 (78) |
| 138t | Brandon Bingaman | +8 (78) |
| 138t | Nicolai Hojgaard | +8 (78) |
| 138t | Scott Stallings | +8 (78) |
| 138t | Joohyung Kim | +8 (78) |
| 138t | Austin Hurt | +8 (78) |
| 138t | Paul Dickinson | +8 (78) |
| 150t | Carlos Ortiz | +9 (79) |
| 150t | Casey Pyne | +9 (79) |
| 150t | Ryosuke Kinoshita | +9 (79) |
| 150t | Tyler Collet | +9 (79) |
| 150t | Jared Jones | +9 (79) |
| 155 | Zac Oakley | +11 (81) |
| 156 | Sean McCarty | +12 (82) |
