PGA Championship – Round One: Leaderboard, tee times and updates as Rory McIlroy gets his opening round underway for the first time since filing for divorce as Tiger Woods takes to the course
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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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
Valhalla’s looking beautiful this morning
Tiger’s in the house
All eyes are Woods again this week (when aren’t they?), and he’s off in under 30 minutes…
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.
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…
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.
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
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…