Xander Schauffele hit a major record-equalling 62 to set the pace after Round 1 at the PGA Championship. He hit 9 birdies in a bogey free opening round, Finau and Theegala are 3 shots back so will be hoping to close the gap in Round 2.
Tony holds an outright lead in the LMS leaderboard posting a very impressive -19 however only 5 shots separate the top 10 so it won’t take much to change the make up of the leaderboard.
At the other end of the table Tom Murphy is struggling on +8 after picking Cam Davis who shot +7 and looks a certainty to miss the cut.
There were 43 entries who were impacted by players not qualifiying for the tournament, 39 of these had the withdrawal replacement option ticked meaning they got assigned the following golfers:
There were 4 entries who didn’t tick this option so have been refunded their entry fee.
As a result the prize pot is now £9,350 which is split as follows:
1st – £7,000
2nd – £1,875
3rd – £475
Top 10
After Round 1, the top 10 is as follows:
1st – Tony Kavanagh 2 -19 (-9,-5,-5)
2nd – Marcus Phayer 5 -18 (-9,-5,-4)
2nd – Alex Paskins -18 (-9,-5,-4)
4th – Sam chapman -17 (-9,-5,-3)
4th – Gareth Davies -17 (-9,-5,-3)
6th – Nathan Johnson 8 -17 (-9,-4,-4)
7th – Stuart Hunter 2 -16 (-9,-5,-2)
7th – Oli Bramley 3 -16 (-9,-5,-2)
7th – Ste Pierce 3 -16 (-9,-5,-2)
10th – Owen Duggan 2 -15 (-9,-5,-1)
The entries with Ludvig Åberg (100), Tommy Fleetwood (79), Taylor Pendrith (59), Jake Knapp (56) and Akshay Bhatia (51) will all be sweating today as they are in danger of missing the cut.
Individual scores can be viewed on our website by clicking on the link below
https://lms.golf/2024-lms/2024-pga-championship/2024-pga-championship-last-man-standing-leaderboard/
Shot of the Day
Shot of the day goes to Cam Smith who managed to save par from this incredible position.
https://twitter.com/PGAChampionship/status/1791166921980752110?t=zpnPPVDjb86OhkEb6VCkZw&s=19
We will send out an update after Round 2 with details on how many people have survived the cut.
Best of luck,
Cole & Alex