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PGA Championship day one: by the numbers

by Evin Priest , 4 years ago

3 minute read

Australian Jason Day has finished the first round of the PGA Championship six shots behind Brooks Koepka, who took the lead with a course record 63.

JASON DAY of Australia plays a shot from a bunker on the second hole during the 2018 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
JASON DAY of Australia plays a shot from a bunker on the second hole during the 2018 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Picture: Jamie Squire/Getty Images

THE LEADERS - Brooks Koepka (63) at seven under; Danny Lee (64) second at six under; and Tommy Fleetwood (67) third at three under.

THE AUSSIES - Jason Day (69) at one under; Adam Scott (71); Cameron Smith (73); Lucas Herbert and Marc Leishman (74); Brendan Jones (78); Stuart Deane and Craig Hocknull (82).

BEST ROUND - 63 - Koepka, set the course record at Bethpage Black.

TALKING POINT: Tiger Woods struggled to a two-over 72, extinguishing hopes he can follow on from his Masters win in April, but Koepka's 63 has him in position for a fourth major victory in two years.

QUOTE OF THE DAY - "I was freaking out and asking my wife, 'Are we going to open up a Korean barbecue restaurant now?'" Second-placed Lee on a career-threatening back injury in 2017.

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