Perennial bridesmaid Xander Schauffele came agonisingly close to the first 61 ever recorded at a major in a blistering opening round at Valhalla Golf Club.
Xander Schauffele has blasted into the lead at the US PGA Championship, breaking the tournament scoring record with a nine-under-par, course record 62 in the first round at Valhalla Golf Club.
“I’d say it’s very close to my best, if not it,” said Schauffele. “I’ll take a 62 in any major any day.” Seizing on the rain-softened conditions at Valhalla, Schauffele, coming off a runner-up finish last week in the Wells Fargo Championship, played the back nine in 31 and then ran off three birdies in a four-hole stretch in the middle of the front nine, all the putts inside 10 feet.
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