Aug. 6 (UPI) — Brendon Todd, playing in the PGA Championship for the first time in five years, is tied for the lead with Jason Day after Thursday’s opening round at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco.
Todd made a 10-foot par putt on his final hole of the round to join Day at 5-under 65. Day had a bogey-free start to the 102nd PGA Championship, while Todd carded seven birdies and two bogeys.
Todd and Day were one shot ahead of the group behind them, which included two-time defending champion Brooks Koepka. He was at 4-under 66 with eight other players, a list that featured former major winners Justin Rose, Zach Johnson and Martin Kaymer.
Tiger Woods ran off three birdies in a four-hole stretch near the end of his round and opened with a 68. It was the 15-time major champion’s first opening-round score in the 60s at a major championship since the 2014 U.S. Open.
Woods, who was grouped with Rory McIlroy and world No. 1 Justin Thomas, had five birdies and three bogeys to finish at 2-under 68, leaving him three shots back of Day and Todd.