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Hello, and welcome to live coverage here on the BBC of the final Major

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of the season - the PGA Championship from Quail Hollow in North Carolina.

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97 of the world's top 100 players are here, including 30 Major

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champions. Amongst them, a man looking to become the youngest to

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complete a Grand Slam of Majors. Could Jordan Spieth make history

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this week? Plenty of players are trying to stop him. Here are some of

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the favourites heading into the season's Major finale.

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Well, Quail Hollow has proved to be a very tough test on day one. But it

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was one of the morning starters who was setting the earliest pace. The

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course is playing long and the greens are fast, but it is

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27-year-old ball beyond Oryx and -- Thorbjorn Olesen with these birdie

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putt on 18. In it would roll. His sixth birdie of the day. A couple of

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drop shots, but he had a clubhouse lead of 4-under par. The US opens

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champion Brooks Koepka, this was his third. -- the US Open champion. He

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was chipping in there. That was for a birdie on the second to go to

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1-under par. US Open champion Brooks Koepka, this time his third to the

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par-4 3rd hole. His 12 whole of the day. He started on the tenth. That

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would take into 1-under par. So will his 12 hole of the day. He would

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finish on 3-under. This man is looking for the Grand Slam, Jordan

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Spieth. His second shot to the eighth, his 16th hole of the day.

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That would be good enough for back-to-back birdies, and he would

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sign for a 72, 1-over par for the day. A very up-and-down day for

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Luiten. A triple bogey seven on the 15th. -- Joost Luiten.

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How about that for a little light relief? He would sign for 76. After

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all that, 5-over par. Celebrations, though. Pretournament favourite Rory

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McIlroy. This was his third shot to the par-4 3rd. It would trickle in

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to put him 1-under par. But he had a nightmare on the 14th, ended up with

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a double bogey there. He is currently 1-over par. So, let's see

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how things stand. Thorbjorn Olesen with the clubhouse leader 4-under

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par. He is being chased by a bunch of Americans. Grayson Murray, Gary

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Woodland, Chris Stroud, the only bogey-free man of the day. US Open

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champion Brooks Koepka all on 3-under par. To any Finau on

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2-under. Patrick Reed looking for his first top ten finish in a Major.

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He is in the clubhouse on to wonder, alongside England's Paul Casey. A

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nice opening 69 for Paul Casey. Some of the chase is still out on the

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course. Jon Rahm is playing alongside Rickie Fowler. Also on

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2-under par. Some good scores. Louis Oosthuizen had an eagle on the back

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nine to help into a 70, 1-under par. Alongside Tommy Fleetwood and former

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champion Jason Day. Also in the clubhouse, Zach Johnson,

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former Open champion. Adam Scott just finishing off his round on

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level par. Ben and started the day on fire but he's fallen back. He is

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level par through his first 15 holes. Chris Wood, a 72 today,

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1-over par. Alongside Jordan Spieth, who is coming into this Championship

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trying to make history. And there is Rory McIlroy. Through 16 holes he is

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1-over par. Can he pull a couple back before he signs for his card in

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the clubhouse? Keep going a little further down. There is Danny

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Willett, 2-over par, 73, alongside Lee Westwood. Let's get out on the

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course with your commentators, Ken Brown and Peter Alliss., Tait and

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there's DeChambeau. He has a strange way of playing. When few weeks ago.

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He makes it work -- winner there a few weeks ago. It's a bit of a

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struggle today, but that's a good one.

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A familiar face, Luke Donald. Average score today is 75. The

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bottom at the 18th for a round of 76ers. No birdies on it.

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Softish fairways. Firm and very fast greens today. Kevin Na.

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Can he? That's a bit of a shirt, isn't it with Lexmark well might it

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is! It's not doing him much good. It really has been a struggle, the

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last, well, two or three hours. We're so used to seeing players six

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or 7-under par. It's a change when you see them struggling like this.

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Please go! He's all right to... Safe! 260 yard par-3 at the 6th

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today. The Phil Mickelson. -- to Phil Mickelson.

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39, he took a six at the 10th. Three more bogeys. 8-over par. Playing in

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his 100th Major Championship. What he won't want to remember, thus far

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anyway, Fowler at the 17th, just two holes left, he is to wonder. -- he

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is 2-under. Elevated tee at the 17th. The greens

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are five or six yards further. The red dots are the people who have

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missed the green to the right hollow, who have often dropped a

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stroke. Dangerous part three, tests the best. Rory McIlroy, a 6-iron.

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Get in the whole! Oh!, long... -- come along. That's a fine result.

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Haven't seen many birdies in the last hour or so. On the 14th of

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15th, he to 3-under. A 6-iron. 226 yards, and he has

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shoved it into the little hollow, I think. It has a 50-50 chance,

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judging by the little dots, whether he will get down in two, very

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tricky. Luke Watt faces Phil Mickelson, his

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18th. The shot down the hill, and you play up the hill, a little green

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runs down the left and a bunker on the right. -- a little stream.

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Effect, absolutely perfect. -- perfect.

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Looks pretty, but it hasn't been kind to too many people stop yellow

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no, and some of these players will be glad to get away tonight and

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think what might have been. He has got some holes left to play.

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He could catch our leader, the man from Denmark.

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2-over, Graeme McDowell. He was 1-under at one time. Oh, good shot.

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Well done. 1-under, second into the 15th.

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Slightly fluffy lie. Big tee shot. See how they keep rolling about. It

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just shows you how tight the fairways are, the slopes and the

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speed. It has rolled at least ten or 12 yards. YE Yang, he won this

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Championship in the days of Tiger Woods.

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Well, it ended up pretty good, really. I thought it was going to be

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one shot. -- one shot. Kevin Chappell, an

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eagle chance at the 7th. And he's done it. Outstanding. Seven and

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eight do offer some chances, but there haven't been too many evils

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there. -- too many eagles. The little hollow to the right of

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the 17th, like so many before. Very tricky to get up and down. You have

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to chip it up the bank, and then it green slides away from you. Kisner,

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16th. 3-under. He would be delighted to stay at

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3-under. Long par 36, DA Points. A little

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unlucky that he didn't Rahm after that week chip shot.

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Expected the ball to run so much more down the hill.

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The same with the putt. Oh, it's getting there. But it won't quite

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rich. The shot dropped back to 1-under for arm. -- it won't quite

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rich. For Hahn. A long afternoon, coming up to 6:30pm, local time.

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Rickie Fowler. No! Just ran out. Just ran out of speed. Scoring the

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last couple of hours has rocketed up. Babs only 1-under par, four or

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five game, 79s, 76s. Ryan bought, slightly more awkward angle than it

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would have been if the ball had stopped by the track. Now, Rory need

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something to brighten his round-up. No. Most extraordinary. He has

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wonderful moments, and then, on occasions, a couple of poor shots,

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weak shots, careless shots, a couple of missed putts, and he's back with

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the pack. This is one of his favourite

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courses. He's got a wonderful record here. He's going to have to do

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something pretty good tomorrow on the weekend. It is a bad 13, 14. He

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didn't play well there at all. Point surname gets away with another

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one. He really is quite extraordinary. -- Points. Mickelson.

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Good drive at the last. Now, Dufner. Playing alongside

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Mickelson. STUDIO: It is still Thorbjorn Olesen

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out in front. Amongst those at 3-under, Grayson Murray. He lives

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just 2.5 miles from Quail Hollow. His debut at the PGA. He shot

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3-under today. As did Gary Woodland. He missed the cut in his past three

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PGAs. He is looking for his first top ten finish in a Major this week.

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Chris Stroud, the only man without a bogey on his card, is also on

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3-under par. Rickie Fowler is on to wonder, as is Bud Cauley, a

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27-year-old from Dawidiuk, -- is an 2-under. -- from Florida. Jason Day,

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the winner two years ago at Whistling Straits, he carded a 70,

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alongside Hideki Matsuyama, who had 61 on Sunday to win at Bridgestone.

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Matt Kuchar. COMMENTATOR: 226 yard 17, Matt

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Kuchar. A couple of holes to go, and then think about what you're going

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to have for dinner! That looks a bit like another

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bailout... And such a difficult chip from there.

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Bill Haas. Son of famous dad, 6-over par.

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Steady... Oh, that could do well. If it just gets on the green... Yes!

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JB Holmes. He is on a different hole. I thought that was Graeme

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McDowell's impression of JB Holmes, I think! He has changed his swing

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the past couple of years. He takes it more inside now, he has got rid

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of the lay-off. But I'm not sure I prefer it. He's gone off the boil

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the last couple of years. He was a very competent player. And that's

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the beauty. That is absolutely... 63 players are the rover and better.

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The cut looks like something of 5-over, given another good day. So

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this course pretty much reading havoc on the field, when you

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consider the position is. McIlroy at the final hole. We really could do

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with a birdie here, or something. We certainly don't want to drop shot.

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Par from 72, which runs a course like this is not bad, really. In

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real terms. At this moment the best score is 67. He has made a couple of

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unforced errors. Here is Points, remarkable watching him put his

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round together. Three holes left. Asking for a bit of fade... And not

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getting it. What's it to the bunker? The players' badge on his belt. It's

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always a very elaborate belt given to the players at the PGA.

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Now, Mickelson. Is this going to be the end? Or will the battle

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continued? The battle will... Oh, will it ever continue?! What are you

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doing, Philip?! I have never seen him play like this, I don't think.

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I've been watching him for a long time.

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A couple of bogeys in the last two holes. On the fairway at 18. All

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three players very similarly placed, perfect.

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Yes? ... No! Just wiggled in the end. These are new greens. They

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haven't quite settled in yet, consistently, I don't know, but a

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lot of putts have been missed. They certainly have. Now Mickelson, this

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to break 80. Oh! That's real pressure.

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Well, if you thought the front nine was bad, the rest is slightly worse.

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TNT kindly providing details of Phil's worst career round this

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weekend. He will be overjoyed at people knowing that! At the British

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Open he wants shot 85. -- he wants shot. Dufner finishing off.

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Five bogeys in the inward nine. Out in 2-under. All a big struggle.

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Jimmy Walker, the defending champion, the other member of this

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group. Double bogeyed the last round of 81. To say it was a lacklustre

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trio is definitely an understatement.

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Lahiri, 2-over, playing his last hole, the night. -- Wehrlein. Come

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on, up you come! No. All this is good, well done. Two starting tees,

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which is frowned upon rather by the bigwigs over in the UK. But it gets

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the job done fairly quickly. Fowler first player this 80. Front

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right -- at this 18. Got to get over a little false front. Oh, that's

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beautifully done by Fowler. Absolutely perfect for distance.

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Must be at least 178 yards to the second shot. 7-iron or 8-iron,

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colossal. Now Rory. 494 yards, Peter. You're probably spot on,

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there. That looked less, didn't it? That

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looked like a wedge. Chance of a birdie four McIlroy.

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That will send him home happy. He has been at times a bit untidy

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today. A couple of slack shots. Final hole the Marc Leishman. -- for

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Marc Leishman. This for a 74. Not to be. So, that one will be for around

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75. -- round 75. Playing with Lahiri. Danny Lee, the New

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Zealander. Ben and for a birdie at the 8th, his

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17th. And look where that has finished, right behind the hole.

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Can't believe it took so long to turn.

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Justin Rose, like so many, heading out at 17. But able to putt it,

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which is a bit of help. Not doing too badly at all.

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Rafa. Cabrera-Bello S3 over. -- is 3-over.

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Oh! A rather fortunate escape there. Now, who is that? He gave that a

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very serious lash. Long and high, Ross. He should

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relish this course. Only 1-over. That's a good shot. Perfect lie. Jon

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Rahm. At the 18th. The crowds have stayed right to the

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bitter end. It is nice to see the summer aparel after some rather grim

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golfing conditions in the UK. The spectators look like they're about

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to climb the Matterhorn. And here it is bright and fine silks. You have

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been watching those old Bob Hope films again? No, that's classic

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stuff. Now, Rory, send us home happy. Or happier! Down the left.

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Down the left. Down the left! Everyone's missed it right, haven't

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they? Incredible. Not what he wanted ready, but he

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still has got to hole this for a 72. That is not the end of the world,

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but it ain't good. I suppose on reflection it's better than average.

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Much better than average. I wonder if Fowler will have learned

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from both Rahm and McIlroy? Well, he should have done if he is coming

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down from there. You have got to aim it down the left side and hope

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speed's going to go just about right. Speed is important too. If he

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hits it too hard down the left, it will pass on the left. According to

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the caption. He is kind to his mother as well. Down the left. Now,

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down the left! I told him. Go straight! I guess

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that is just unholeable. It is ridiculous. What can you do? Kisner

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at the 17th. The treacherous par-3. That is going to be all right I

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think. Ooh, just got over the water! The natives are getting a bit noisy!

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Now here is Points. He is now 3-under. He is having an

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extraordinary day out. He has holed a good putt on pretty well every

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green so far. Well that was a good save there from Rory. 72 shots.

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Certainly wasted four. Tomorrow's another day. As you said, Peter,

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still very much in it. We know he has a 65 in there, no bother at all.

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Rahm, he also has let a few slip away.

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Now Fowler to finish off hopefully. He has played well apart from that

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stupid 7 at 9. But there we are. 69 with that dirty big 7 at the 5th.

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Good play. Oh that surely not, no. What a shot

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from Smith. Absolute cracker. Well Rory making his way up to the club

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house, the scoring tent. Everyone wanting souvenirs, autographs. Where

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was it he won? Hamburg. Yes, the week after the British. Just

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discussing Jordan Smith there I think. He won the week after the

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British, who we just saw hit a magnificent wood into 15. Beat Alex

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Levy in a play-off there. Why they would be talking about him, I don't

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know. Good tee shot on to this difficult

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par-3. That was a delicate putt. Didn't

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want a lot more. This is orthan Smith for an eagle.

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No we saw him play up the green. So that is only a par I think. No, yes,

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it was a par. Jordan Smith moves on to the

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leaderboard almost at minus one. 5th birdie of the day. Brilliant effort

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to get to minus 1. Olesen still leads. This looks like Steve

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Stricker. Can it be? He is like old father Thames, he just keeps rolling

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along. He is 4-over though today. Oh,

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needed a hop! Long attempt for birdie. Oh, great

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attempt. Par for him. He will stay plus 3. He will be glad of a couple

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of pars and just get into the house. It's not been his day at all. Three

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over after 4. He has kept it going well after the first four holes.

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This looks a very juicy lie, doesn't it? Brian Harman at the 8th. They're

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suggesting this is for a birdie. If that goes in, it will be in the

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Guinness Book of Records! For birdie. That was an optimistic

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caption. I think so! We are getting down to the hard core

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of scoring now. There was so many nice things said

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and written about this course before we started, I think the alterations,

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although the actual physical alterations haven't been so bad so

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far as the holes are concerned, the change of the grass on the greens

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has caused a tremendous amount of problems.

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Wang won a couple of events on the European Tour. Still only 21 or 22.

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Him and Tang and Wang, three of them who...

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That looks hard work that swing. It is very upright. Now DA. You have

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holed some putts on this nine. No, it's swinging across. You can see

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the hole starting to just disintegrate a bit on the the down

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grain side. It is wearing away, yeah.

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Beautifulfully played by Harman. Presumably he will get out of that

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with a par. And a good escape. Cloud on the top of the leaderboard

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- one ahead of tree! There we go. I think it's the time delay. It's

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getting to you, is it? Yes, jet lag! It looks quite narrow up there with

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that stream up the middle of the fairway. I don't think he likes

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that. That is careering out to the right I fancy.

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DA. Nobody know what is DA stands for! Softly. Come to me! The bunker?

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No. He has had a charmed life. Charmed life today. Here is your

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Ryan Moore. Looks good, doesn't it? Oh, come on then.

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Beauty from Moore. Currently 1-under.

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Justin Rose, bit of a struggle for Justin today, but here he is on the

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final hole putting for a birdie. He might have done it. Oh, it went the

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other way. That putt's impossible. Calm descends on the lakes here at

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Quail Hollow. The wind almost completely gone now. There is a very

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nice hospitality pavilion they put up there, they almost look like

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permanent residences, but they're nestled in the trees, various

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companies bringing their clients, giving them a day out.

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Oh, no, no, what a poor finish for Justin Rose. That is a round of 76.

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5-over on the back 9. It's one of those days. One of those

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days. You see the row of hospitality pavilions. Cure the housing

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shortage. This is a little tickler. We have seen people trying to be too

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fancy tr here. Not this time though. Made it look very easy Mr Blixt.

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When it works, it looks oh so simple.

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Oh, that plunged into the back of that. I don't think we get many

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balls plugging in the bunker, but it certainly looked as if it might.

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This is Vegas. Birdie putt at the 16th. But he is

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6-over. The grain there ripping into that

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ball. At the end of the day, the grass has grown as much as it is

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going to grow in one day. Temperature in the mid 80s. Really

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having an effect now. Started off badly, then he has kept

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his score going very well. Second shot at 8 for Points. And on

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the top level, but... A good 20 feet for his birdie.

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The unmistakable shape of Dechambeau at the 16th. Good. Good. Very good!

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Ooh! That's the way to do it! I think that putter Tees same length

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as all his irons as well. I think it is.

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Looking down the 18th. Kisner, I think he is just short. I don't

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think it made it. This is going to be a long shot out

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of the clingy Bermuda. He has got at least a 5-iron there. That's got to

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go. And it did. What a shot! Hadwin at the 8th. A hole and a half

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to go. It just rolls off into an awkward

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spot. Scotsman, Martin laird. Always

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played the Tour over here. With some success too. Today's not his day

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though. And we have said that a few times today. Yes the course has been

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the winner today. Definitely. Kevin Na. 5-over.

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Oh! Watching it in the air, dead on line, you're so happy and then,

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boom, comes up short! Ross Fisher who had such a good

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start in his golfing career, courtesy of the Wentworth Club. Oh,

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look at that go! Dear me! It really is a struggle.

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It is amazing the lack of judgment of pace we have seen as well as

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line. But they're big misjudgments, I mean seven or eight feet past.

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Chez Reavie for a birdie. Well done. Back to just one over. Par in for

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72. For birdie, Ryan Moore, cannot

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possibly move that much. Just a tweaker from off the green for

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Points. He has not hit it. Frightened of the pace down the

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hill. But that's OK. Another hole. STUDIO: It has been the lead for

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most of the day, Olesen 4-under. A group 3-under. Let's have a look

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back at their rounds earlier on today. The 27-year-old Dane

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nicknamed Thunder Bear. This was him on the par-4 8th for a birdie. That

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would take him to 2-under par. He was 33 on the way out. Par golf

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after the turn. But a birdie chance here on the par-4 14th. He would

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move to 3-under. To the next hole, the par-5 15th. This is his third

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shot A tricky one over the bunker from the fluffy stuff. Nice and

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high. Stopped it beautifully on the green. That would be good enough for

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back-to-back birdies. That would put him to 4-under par. 67 and club

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house leader. Grayson Murray at the par-3 13th. A birdie for him. He had

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a couple of drop shots. He is now 1-under par for his round. This is

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him again on the par-3 17th. Again a birdie putt on a par-3 and again the

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same outcome. A par on the last and he would sign for 3-under par. Gary

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Woodlands now. The par-4 second. The 33-year-old. A birdie at the 2nd. A

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nice start for him. He moved to 1-under par. The par-3 6th. This

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left him for birdie. It would go 2-under par. Moving along nicely.

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The 15th, the par-5. That third shot would give him another birdie

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opportunity. Which he would take to go to 4-under par. He would drop a

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shot on the 16th. But Gary Woodland would sign for a 68 and a share of

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second place. Brooks Koepka on the 13th. This is his fourth hole of the

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day. A birdie to go 1-under. This is him on the par-4 3rd. Lovely stuff

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from cope California another birdie -- lovely stuff from Koepka. He

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birdied the fifth. Koepka slotted that in. 1-under par

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and he followed that with another two birdies and finishing 3-under.

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Chris Stroud, the 35-year-old Texan, who only qualified on Sunday. He was

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bogey-free. This was a birdie on the 18th to fin wish 3-under par. Some

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nice stuff from the earlier leaders. Olesen in front and after his round

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he spoke to Rishi. Great start to thissier's PGA -- this year's PGA.

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How did you feel? It felt good, the first 15 holes I played well. Hit my

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driver well and got myself in some good positions. That was the key and

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obviously it was a really nice way to finish with that long putt on 18.

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You said it is a lovely course and the finishing holes are tough. When

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you think about a course like that, does it mean it suits your game and

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set up? Yes I was excited to get here. Played it two or three years

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ago this tournament and it is a lot different and there was a lot holes

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I couldn't remember. But I knew it would be a good course and it is.

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The greens have changed a lot. The speed. The grain on them, it is very

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tricky. If you hit a few too safe shots you leave yourself with tricky

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putts. It is very challenging, but it is good fun. Well played. Well

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done. So he is the leader and Olesen 4-under. Rory McIlroy was the

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favourite coming into this and he is 5 off the lead and finished one over

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par. He had a quick chat with Rishi. Give us your thoughts on day one?

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Yes, if someone told me I would shoot one over par, I probably

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wouldn't take it. But the course played tricky. It would have been

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nice to shoot under par. But you know I played a three hole stretch

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and three over and that really, that is the only thing that derailed my

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round. I played that and you're expecting to play that in 2-under

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par and play it in even or 1-under and the score card looks different.

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I have a chance to get the shots back and get an Arley night and get

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back at it. Thank you for your time. Ken, a bit of an up and down round

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from Rory McIlroy. He had that spell on the back 9, the bogey and the

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double-bogey. He holed two fantastic putts at 11 and 12. I thought he was

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building to a good finish. But it was his tee shot at the 14th that

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found the water. On a hole where you're looking for a 3. You have got

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to decide if you're going to attack, if you get it out with the driver

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and he paid the penalty. That was a shame. But as he said, 72 was not

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bad today. Afternoon players had it tougher and didn't seem to home as

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many long putts. I think the wind was up. 72, he would accept it. A

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lot of players have been talking about the speed of the greens. It

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had been very wet at the start of week and now it is very dry and

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they're fast. They were Superfast. They have this sub air that stucks

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the moisture out. Anything above the hole, or if you played a percentage

:58:06.:58:14.

shot a safe shot, you were always in three-putt country. They must have

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been Augusta fast today. Now let's look at the leaderboard. There has

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been a bit of movement. Kevin Kisner with a birdie at 17 has moved to

:58:26.:58:29.

4-under, joint leader. We will be back tomorrow. With the

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day 2. Everything from day 2 live from Quail Hollow from 6 o'clock on

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red button and the web-site and the iPlayer and on BBC Two from 5 past

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11. You can, and we will be back on Saturday as well. Round 3 Saturday.

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And BBC2 at half past 10. And of course on Sunday for all the final

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day's drama. You can follow featured groups tomorrow from 1.30 on the

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web-site. It is a course that has proved the

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trickiest one to conquer. What will tomorrow bring? We have two players

:59:21.:59:25.

in the club house in the lead. See you tomorrow to fine out what

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happens.

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