Jordan Spieth was stuck in neutral for most of Thursday's first round in the 2018 PGA Championship en route to a one-over 71 at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis.
Spieth started in ominous fashion with a double bogey on the opening hole. He recovered from the early setback with birdies on Nos. 7 and 15, but he could never get on the prolonged hot streak he needed to make a serious charge up the leaderboard. A bogey on the 17th caused him to finish the day in black numbers.
The round left him seven strokes behind the lead pace being set by Gary Woodland with the afternoon wave of play ongoing in the season's final major tournament.