PGA Championship - Round One: Leaderboard, tee times and updates as Rory McIlroy impresses and Xander Schauffele breaks course record - but can Scottie Scheffler catch him?
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22:46
Scheffler gets bounce back birdie on 15
Scheffter bounces back from a three-putt bogey in the 14th hole by securing a birdie in the 15th to remain at -4. Harman also birdied while Clark got a par.
22:18
Scheffler joins -4 group
Scheffler contniunes to lead the group after securing a birdie from four feet on the 13th hole at Valhalla.
21:45
Scheffler gets par on 11
Scheffler and Harman secure par on the 11th. On his birdie attempt, Scheffler's ball went speeding past the par-3 hole. Clark gets bogey.
21:37
World No 1 leads group through 10 holes
Scheffler (-3) leads Clark (-2) and Harman (-1) after ten holes.
21:32
Scheffler misses from five feet
Harman and Clark misread birdie attempt on the tenth. World No 1 misses the hole from five feet on par-5 hole and putts ball in for bogey.
21:08
Scheffler gets par on 9
Scheffler misses 31-foot putt for birdie opportunity on par-4 hole. All three golfers in the group finish on their fourth stroke.
20:50
Scheffler gets two putt on 8th
Scheffler misses birdie by inches and gets two putt to finish the 8th. Clark gets birdie from outside ten feet.
20:46
Scheffler leads group through 7 holes
Scheffler (-3) leads Wyndham Clark and Brian Harman ahead of the 8th hole.
20:41
Scheffler gets birdie on 7th hole
Scottie Scheffler gets birdie on the seventh hole after missing eagle opportunity.
20:07
John Daly was not the worst competitor thus far at Valhalla
That honor belongs to Jeff Kellen who is the PGA Head Golf Professional at North Shore Country Club in Sea Cliff, New York.
19:43
Scheffler bogeys on 5
Scottie Scheffler's pursuit of Xander Schauffele's record-breaking round took a little bump, as he is now two-under-par after a bogey, seven strokes back of the leader.
Half a lifetime ago, Tiger Woods won the duel of legend at Valhalla Golf Club. 24 years later, he’s back, but Woods is far from the young hotshot who outlasted journeyman Bob May.
19:16
Jon Rahm off to shaky start
Jon Rahm's PGA Championship is not off to a good start with two bogeys to sit at two-over-par through four holes.
Xander Schauffele stormed into a huge lead at the PGA Championship and broke the Valhalla course record with an incredible nine-under-par 62 on Thursday.
17:09
Schauffele's putt upcoming
If Xander Schauffele sinks it from about 30 feet out, he'll shoot the first 61 in major golf championship history.
16:57
Schauffele's incredible first round
Heading into his last hole of the day...
16:53
Schauffele saves par to stay at -9, one stroke ahead of course record
Xander Schauffele finished with a par on his penultimate hole of the day at Valhalla to stay at -9.
He heads into the final hole of the day one stroke ahead of the course record, Jose Maria Olazabal's 8-under at the 2000 PGA Championship.
16:49
Rory with another birdie to continue his great back half
Rory McIlroy has another birdie on his final nine holes of the day to move to -4, five shots off leader Xander Schauffele.
16:46
Block finishes first round +5
After a quadruple bogey on his second hole of the day, last year's Cinderella story, Michael Block, finishes the first round at Valhalla at 5-over.
Rory McIlroy was lucky not to have his second shot on hole No 6 end up in the bunker. The little patch of rough connecting the green and bunker is where the ball fell, giving the Northern Irishman a tough chip for birdie, but a likely par on the hole.
16:40
Xander with a birdie on 16, now on pace to SET Valhalla record
Xander Schauffele birdied on his 16th hole of the day to move to -9 and head of Jose Maria Olazabal's course record of 63 with two holes to go.
The reports of Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods' deteriorating relationship came to life on Thursday at the PGA Championship as a frosty exchange between the pair was caught on camera.
15:57
Schauffele continues amazing first round
Xander Schuaffele just sank his eighth birdie of the day to take a three-stroke lead at -8 during the first round of the PGA Championship at Valhalla. Tony Finau is in second place at -5.
Through the back nine of his first round of the PGA Championship at Valhalla, Rory McIlroy sits at -1.
The Northern Irishman birdied his first hole, but has settled for only one birdie since and bogeyed on 17.
15:11
Current leaders, Rory, Tiger
1. Xander Schauffele (-5)
2. Tony Finau (-4)
T3. Doug Ghim (-3)
T3. Steohan Jaeger (-3)
T3. Robert MacIntyre (-3)
T3. Jordan Spieth (-3)
T16. Rory McIlroy (-1)
T44. Tiger Woods (+1)
15:07
Rory and PGA officials looking for his ball
No one has any idea where Rory McIlroy's drive on hole No 18 went. The Northern Irishman and several others are searching for the ball after he sliced it. It possibly ended up in the water.
15:04
Jaeger creeping up the leaderboard
Stephan Jaeger is now at -3, two strokes off the lead.
It took eight holes, but Rory McIlroy had his first drop shot of the day, falling to -1 at hole No 17, four strokes off the leader, Xander Schauffele.
14:56
Tiger completes back-nine at +1
Tiger Woods could have had a way more disastrous start at Valhalla, but made some clutch putts to keep him near even at +1 through nine holes, six shots off the leader.
Rory McIlroy stays one shot off the leaders after remaining at -2 with a par on his fifth hole of the day at No 14.
13:51
Schauffele and Spieth rise up the leaderboard
Xander Schauffele and Jordan Spieth have risen up the leaderboard to join Viktor Hovland at -3 for the lead at Valhalla.
13:44
Hovland is the first to -3
Viktor Hovland has broken the logjam of golfers at 2-under and is the first to hit -3 at Valhalla. He has taken the lead.
13:42
MacIntyre now at -2 as well
We have now reached 20 golfers to start their first rounds at Valhalla under-par. MacIntyre joins the leaders at -2, with Rory McIlroy also part of the top group.
13:36
Spieth joins the leaders at -2
Jordan Spieth has also putted in his second birdie of the day and is now with the leaders at -2.
Rory McIlroy is now in a five-way tie for the lead at the PGA Championship at -2 after a beautiful birdie putt on the island green of No 13.
Sahith Theegala, Doug Ghim, Viktor Hovland and Xander Schauffele all are also at -2.
13:28
Hovland joins the leaders
There is now a three-way lead for the top spot at the PGA Championship at Valhalla between Xander Schauffele, Doug Ghim and Viktor Hovland
13:21
Tiger birdies on No 13
When Tiger Woods won the PGA Championship at Valhalla in 2000, he did not birdie in any of the four rounds on the iconic No 13 hole. After 24 years, he finally got that birdie to pull even.
13:16
Rory stays at -1 after three holes
Rory's long birdie putt on No 12 fell just short, keeping the Northern Irishman at -1.
13:11
Schauffele and Ghim hold the lead at -2
Xander Schauffele and Doug Ghim hold an early lead at Valhalla at -2. Ghim has completed six holes of his first round, while Schauffele just finished his fourth.
13:06
Great putt from Tiger!
Through three holes, Woods stays at +1. However, his putt to save par on No 12 must have felt like a birdie, sinking it from about 20 feet.
Rory stayed at 1-under after his second hole of the day with a par on No 11.
12:58
Ghim bogeys, putting Rory in a tie for the lead
Although it is incredibly early at Valhalla, Rory McIlroy's birdie on his first hole currently has him in a tie for the lead at -1 with several others.
12:53
Long lines to get in to see Rory and Tiger
If you're attending the PGA Championship in Kentucky, get to the course early!
12:50
The defending champ tees off
Brooks Koepka is off and running at Valhalla, as he's paired with Max Homa and Jordan Spieth.
Rory McIlroy had a great approach on No 10 to set up a birdie on his first hole of the day.
12:43
Ghim takes the lead!
After a birdie for Doug Ghim on hole No 13 and a Luke Donald misfire on No 14, Ghim has taken the early lead at Valhalla with most of the field still prepping to tee off.
As Rory McIlroy approaches the green on hole No 10 amid his recently filed divorce, he is forced to keep his eyes on the PGA Championship
12:35
Tiger misses birdie on first hole...
Tiger Woods had to settle for par on his first hole of the PGA Championship after missing a birdie opportunity on hole No 10 wide right.
12:33
Donald out to an early lead
Luke Donald is out to an early lead at Valhalla, at 2-under par through four holes. Doug Ghim and Matt Wallace (-1) are the only other golfers at the moment to be under par.
Rory McIlroy received a huge ovation from the crowd behind tee No 10 at Valhalla Golf Club to tee off first in his pairing with Dustin Johnson and Justin Rose.
12:25
Tee times delayed
Message from PGA Championship: 'All afternoon Starting Times have been delayed 10 minutes.'
Rory McIlroy is set to tee off at Valhalla in a few minutes, taking congratulations from fellow golfers for his win at the Wells Fargo Championship on the way to hole No 10.
12:19
Tiger tees off after brief delay
Tiger Woods started his chance at a 16th all-time major tournament victory with a solid drive on hole No 10.
12:07
All going wrong for Block...
A disastrous start for last year's PGA Championship hero Michael Block, who bogeyed the first and has now carded an eight on the par-four second.
He's five-over-par thru 2...
11:52
Valhalla's looking beautiful this morning
11:51
Tiger's in the house
All eyes are Woods again this week (when aren't they?), and he's off in under 30 minutes...
11:44
Big start for Luke Donald
It's been 11 years since the Englishman finished inside the top 10 at a major championship, but it's a birdie on 1 today. He tops the very, very early leaderboard.
11:37
Look who's arrived...
Rory McIlroy tees off in just under an hour, and he's out on the range at Valhalla to get some last-minute practice in before Round One...
11:28
BREAKING NEWS: Play delayed
This just in from PGA Championship officials:
'AM starting times for the first round of the 2024 PGA Championship are delayed 10 minutes due to fog.'
So that's Michael Block, Luke Donald and Shaun Micheel now heading out at 7:25am local time.
11:27
Rory McIlroy latest
Before the golf gets underway, it would be remiss of us to not mention the story that has dominated the headlines leading into this tournament: Rory McIlroy's divorce from his wife Erica Stoll.
Although the media were warned about questioning McIlroy on the subject, it's fair to say it was a huge shock - with the news dropping just three days out from the start of play this morning.
McIlroy filed the divorce papers in Florida on Monday, and has been putting on a brave face
11:09
So who's out first?
There's British and American interest in the first group out at Valhalla this morning, with England's Luke Donald heading out alongside Michael Block (remember him?) and Shaun Micheel.
Block will have very, very fond memories of this tournament, having shot to fame last year with his 15th-placed finish.
11:07
Hello and welcome!
Morning all, and welcome to Mail Sport's live blog for round one of the PGA Championship from Valhalla in Kentucky. Been a quiet week, wouldn't you say?
Amid all the drama, attention now turns to the golf, with the first players teeing off in the next 10 minutes. For many (Rory, we're looking at you), some actual competitive on-course action has been a long time coming.
Stay with us throughout the day for all the latest...