Xander Schauffele, the leader after the first day of the PGA Championship, made tournament history on Thursday.
The first round of the 2024 PGA Championship is almost in the books, and one player has already entered the record books.
Xander Schauffele, who paces the leaderboard after the first day, made history by shooting a 9-under 62. That’s the lowest round in the PGA Championship’s 106 years.
Seventeen players have shot a 63 in PGA Championship rounds, but no one had shot a 62 until Thursday.
Schauffele put together an incredible round of golf at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky on Thursday. The 30-year-old had nine pars and nine birdies, playing bogey-free on the tournament’s opening day. He shot a 31 on both the front- and back-nines, and had 12 one-putts over the course of the day.
According to advanced stats from Data Golf, Schauffele had a monster day on the greens, gaining 4.
