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First round notes, facts and figures from the first round of the 95th PGA Championship at Oak Hill. FURYK, SCOTT SHARE LEAD, MATCH CAMPBELL: With their 65s today, 2003 U.S. Open Champion Jim Furyk and 2013 Masters Champion Adam Scott share the lead after the first round of the 95th PGA Championship.  They also tied Chad Campbell for the low round posted in a PGA Championship here at Oak Hill. Campbell’s 65 in the third round in 2003 helped him to a runner-up finish. The 65 also is Furyk’s lowest ...

A visit to the mechandise tent at any Major Championship is always a must. Here is a selection of snaps of the goods on offer this week at Oak Hill.  

Adam Scott set about becoming the first-ever Australian to win two majors in a single season after posting a five under par 65 on the opening day of the PGA Championship at Oak Hill. Scott’s score also is his lowest by three shots in 43 rounds of the season-ending Major and is two shots fewer than a proir best of 67 he signed for on the final day of the 2006 PGA Championship. Hereunder is a transcript of Scott’s post round interview with journalists present here at Oak Hill. ADAM SCOTT:  ...

Scott Jamieson did himself proud scrambling to a one under par 69 on his debut in the PGA Championship at Oak Hill in Rochester. Jamieson headed the field of seven Scottish born competitors teeing up in the season’s final major to be lying just four strokes behind former US Open champion, Jim Furyk. Furyk, 43 is competing in his 19th PGA Championship while his score of 65 on the par 70 Oak Hill layout is his best starting round ever and also seven shots fewer than his first round when the championship ...

Paul Casey reckons he’s found a novel way of getting back into a winning zone – watching videos of some of Hollywood’s biggest block-busters. Casey and girlfriend, Pollyanna Woodward sat down last week in Akron, Ohio to watch the original Jaws movie along with Despictable 11. Now the Englishman is looking to become PGA Championship Top Gun after this week viewing the Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis smash hit movie. If anything a night at the movies seems to be helping as Casey revealed ...

Padraig Harrington already seems to be looking ahead to next week’s PGA Tour Wyndham Championship after his 76 left his sharing 147th place in a now 154-player field following the withdrawal of American Bo Van Pelt. Harrington had 31 putts but it was the longest club in the bag hurting the Irishman the most as he could hit just eight of the 14 fairways. He was already struggling to be five over par after nine holes that included taking a double at his sixth hole, and while he got back to four ...

Back-to-back bogeys dampened Rory McIlroy’s drive just prior to a thunderstorm halting play late on day one of the PGA Championship in Rochester. Play was halted at 4.25pm local time with McIlroy dropping back to one under par after 11 holes on the Oak Hill course. McIlroy had raced to three under par after just four holes and easily putting aside on-going questions over his game. The defending PGA champ holed a three-footer at the first, a six-footer at the third and then a three-footer at the ...