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05/14 19:01 CDT Scottie Scheffler part of 7-way tie for the lead at PGA
Championship
Scottie Scheffler part of 7-way tie for the lead at PGA Championship
By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) --- The biggest logjam in 57 years after the opening
round of a major championship still had one name that stood out above the rest:
Scottie Scheffler handling everything Aronimink threw his way Thursday in the
PGA Championship.
Scheffler took advantage of two long birdie putts and one big break on the 17th
hole for a 3-under 67 to share the lead with six other players --- former PGA
champion Martin Kaymer perhaps the biggest surprise --- on a tough day in the
Philadelphia suburbs.
It was the 13th round in the majors that Scheffler has had at least a share of
the lead, and remarkably the first time after the opening round.
Joining them at 67 were Aldrich Potgieter, Stephan Jaeger, Min Woo Lee, Ryo
Hisatsune and Alex Smalley. The seven-way tie was the largest since nine
players shared the lead in the 1969 PGA Championship at NCR Country Club in
Dayton, Ohio.
And to think it could have been eight players. Garrick Higgo had a 69, which
included a two-shot penalty before he even hit a shot for being 10 seconds late
to the tee for his group's starting time.
Masters champion Rory McIlroy bogeyed his last four holes for a 74 that sent
him to the practice range for most of the afternoon.
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