Walker grabs early PGA lead
Jimmy Walker fired a five-under par 65 to grab a one-shot lead over Argentina's Emiliano Grillo in the first round of the PGA Championship.
|||Jimmy Walker, who missed the cut in three of his four prior major starts, fired a five-under par 65 to grab a one-shot lead over Argentina's Emiliano Grillo in the first round of the PGA Championship.
Walker, a 37-year-old American ranked 48th in the world, began off the 10th tee and birdied the 13th and 15th holes, sank a 15-foot birdie putt at the par-3 16th and added back-to-back birdies at the par-5 18th and par-4 first, the latter on a 20-foot putt.
After taking his lone bogey of the day at the sixth, Walker responded with a 31-foot birdie putt at seven to grab the lead.
Grillo fired six birdies against two bogeys to stand second in the clubhouse with Americans Harris English and James Hahn sharing third on 67.
South Korea's K.J. Choi, American Rickie Fowler and Sweden's David Lingmerth shared fifth on 68.
Defending champion and world number one Jason Day of Australia was two-under with three holes to play. – AFP