Former Kansas golfer Gary Woodland shot a 6-under 64, taking the Day 1 lead at the PGA Championship on Thursday at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis.
Woodland, a Topeka native, opened with a bogey on No. 1 before putting together a string of seven birdies on the final 11 holes.
“Maybe pressing a little bit early. I really settled in. I played great today, all day outside of that,” Woodland said in an interview on the PGA’s Twitter account. “It was nice to maybe get the jitters off early and get rolling. I saw some putts go in, and when I see putts go in, things change for me pretty big.