Highlights | Round 1 | 2025 PGA Championship

Aim it right in between those two bunkers in the distance and we're off. That'll do. The depth of the rope isn't significant. The thickness of it is. Alex Noren for his opening birdie. Did he get it there? Yes. What a start. A little bit short, just kept creeping and creeping. Great moment in a career. It'll stand forever for what he did. To four. Gentlemen, good morning. Good to be with you. The first look at the par-3. 486 yards today. Luke Donald. Even for his round, he'll have a good look at birdie. This great game. All right. To take the lead on his own. Speedy putt on 13. It's with a capital S. It is super fast and it's a putt. Birdie with a capital B. Fast putts and they have to hit a slow one. It's hard to do it. To four. To par at the third. Here's Alex Noren at the par-3 fourth. Noren, an excellent look at birdie to tie the lead at 200. Looks like it's sitting up for Jason Day off the green at 11. Jason Day is one of the players that uses the club around the greens all the time and with such great success. I watched him at the Bears Club one day practice for about four hours. How the players have to trick themselves into believing they can do it sometimes. 11. Another guy who likes to give himself pep talks. John Rahm. For birdie. Wow. Just right in the middle. To get the ball to roll into the middle of the bunkers. To 13. It's interesting because it's a very distinct look to 13. Fleetwood on a fantastic line. Thank you. 205 yards. Not like 15 at Augusta where it's going to roll in. It seems like it could keep you. The PGA has done a nice job on all these slopes off these greens near the water. They've kept the grass long enough that I think it will stay there. Nice shot by Phil. I might have broken 80. Luke Donald though. Look at this. European Ryder Cup. Captain still has it. At age 47. You saw him yesterday before. Had to contend with shots like this. Yeah. Just a delicate little shot right there. Kind of a little stab. No problem. Yep. If there's anyone that can handle that type of adversity, it's Scottie Scheffler. Make it from on the short side. He just chopped down on it. Ball came out perfectly. World number one gets back to even par. He makes so many of those. Yeah, you almost expect him to at this point. There are no gaps in his game. He does everything exceptionally well. That's a nice little get back on track. This was at the second hole, Trev. Hole location cut tight to the right there. There's a ridge that falls off, so that is just spectacular. The apron area at 10 that led to Birdie. The head at 12. Back right hole location. Keegan went flag hunting. Also led to a Birdie. Just needs to dial in the irons. This one started right on the line they talked about. Just right on it. 13. Captain Bradley. Coming off Birdie. Leaning left, and that's a great line. And look at that bounce, and he puts on the brakes. Keegan. He's got to just barely carry the bunker out of the rough. Yeah, 100 yards, Andy. 100 yards, that's... He did clear that bunker. That's about as well as he could get from there. He actually took a look 20 yards further back to see if maybe it was going to be a better option. We talk about advantage long, Clares. That is not the case for Luke to 12. Sam Burns is third. He's in the under. Sam Burns. That's one way to do it. Leaning a bit. Perfect. Now it's perfect. Second for Lowry. 184. That is on a string. Fantastic for Lowry. Still have that left to stay at three under. Now Scheffler's birdie putt. On its way. Scotty Scheffler. He hasn't done anything. Chips in to make a birdie. Pulls it from off the end. He goes 200. Effort from Scotty Scheffler. He shot kind of through the tree. Could have gone anywhere. Come on. On 200. It's early, but it's never too early around these parts, I think. This is Fox chipping for his par. Looked like a par the whole way. Chipped in to win last week at Myrtle Beach. Exceptional round of golf. Birdie there. Alex Noren. Late last week outside Philadelphia. That's pretty good. And getting better just by the hole. That's quick. That's a lot of run out. That was really well. Landed about six feet on the green. Just let the slope take care of the rest. And from right there, he's watching the putt. He's watching that ball roll. Seeing what it's going to do on his next. Rasmus Boyd here for position A. And this hole, Jeff, we talk about the difficulty. But the drive and the fairway. How much of the difficulty does it eliminate? It's probably the toughest tee shot on the course. And as you can see, Rasmus from the fairway left himself out. Shane Lowry for his birdie. To a flow. Two birdies in the last four holes. Yeah, beautiful drive over the left trees. 138 needs to take the left side of the camera tower. Spin it back toward this hole. Looks like he did it. Now this one might come down. Yeah, for John Rahm. Form is thus far from Roy to four. I would love to know the average putt length for Shane Lowry. Because it has been healthy. And he makes it. That was beautiful. And his body language was awesome. To eight, Ryan Fox. His second. All right, a good opportunity for Fox to make another birdie. Alex Smalley for a long eagle attempt at the par 5 seventh. Pulled a little ridge right in this area. It'll slow down. Oh, yes. 71 feet. Oh, my. Oh, do it again. That was absolutely magic. Let's give the golf course plenty of credit right now. We'll show you how the 16th took a bite out of him and is playing incredibly difficult. Here's John Rahm here for birdie on five. This man, of course, is a U.S. Open champion. He's a Masters champion. See, that's the beauty of Rory McIlroy. He doesn't seem to allow poor tee shots. By the way, I like the trees, especially as hot as it is. Especially when you're out walking golf courses. The 17th. Hisatsune for birdie. Now they're just going in at 17. The lid's been lifted. And you get a birdie. You get a birdie. Now, Ryan Girard, born in North Carolina, bitterly disappointed to miss Heinherz last year. Said he didn't want to push too hard, but was thrilled to be here. And he is rolling. Said earlier this year after a runner-up. From the center of the fairway. Mentioned a bit earlier a torn hamstring and glute in the winter. A little burglary there. Buries it. For an eagle. Max Homa. Ball in the air. On a great line. What a start for Max. Let's go to the drivable. Van Tonder at 14, 311 yards. He hit it down through the gap between the bunker and the right-hand rough. And this looks really good. Oh, hits softly. Oh, what a shot. What a shot. And we'll have an eagle opportunity. Scottie's second on nine. Another six iron. The best he's hit today. Max Homa, as we've seen, on nine. Spectacular. From the world's number one player. Ryan Girard. Really lofted club. Get it on the edge. Downhill all the way to the hole. That's on the move. Girard. That's a three. Look at the back nine. Looks like it's on a perfect line if it's enough. And it is. What a shot by Victor Odlin. Hideki Matsuyama on the tee. Much like Spieth aiming right. Trying to work the draw. Good line here. Oh, yes. Matsuyama. Meanwhile, here at the sixth, Adam Scott for birdie. Is it going to stay up? Yes, it is. Let's check in at the action at the 12th. Yes, Tyler Collette is an assistant pro at Johns Island Golf Club. Look at that. In Barrow Beach, Florida. JJ Collette here at 13, slightly uphill. He's turning towards the flag. That green is firm. This is great. In you go. And another birdie here at 18. And Cam Davis is a couple under par. Beautiful line. His ninth hole of the day produces a birdie. 18 playing is the third hardest hole today. So, a three is tremendous. Jim, another player struggling here. Third shot for Aaron. Firm green. Oh, look out. Yes. And he knows that would have been passed, too. And Wyndham Clark to get to one under par here. This is for birdie. Just firm up the hill, pretty straight. That's what I like to see. And Vegas with a delicate touch. Oh, my goodness. Almost hit the jackpot. And the fairway's pretty dry. I mean, there's not a whole lot of moisture as Victor just picks this one off. That'll stay perfectly. He just didn't have that shot, Steve. Come down through. I love it when you hit a wedge solid. At six, birdie putt for Cam Davis to hold the lead all by himself. And he curled it right in. If I can jump in here, Cruz. He just looks like to me he should win it once or twice a year. Do you have any feelings why it's not happening? You're going to need a bit of good fortune. 72 holes of golf. Third for Hendroth here at three up. Sorry, Andy. That's okay. He hit a beautiful shot, Scott. Is it going in? Yes, it is. Good call, Van Peezy. You've seen a lot of shots held from off the green today, some bombs. He is looking straight up. This tree is only 30 feet ahead of him at the most. Oh, my goodness. I cannot believe he hit that over that tree. Bryson says, what tree? That was just a pure strength. There are about two people in the world that can hit the shot that he just hit right there. And the other one named Rory. Had to catch the strike so clean to elevate it that quickly up and over the tree and carried enough so it finds the front portion of the green. Beautiful approach. Now, Joaquin Nemeth has made his way to the final stretch. Bad day for him. Four over. That is, without question, the approach of the day at 16. Par 3-4. We saw an ace here earlier in the day. Cole. Oh, a beautiful play. Let's not forget. Let's go to 14, Tom Kim. Tom Kim with his fourth shot. Put it in the water. Speaking of 16 in the green, Justin Thomas from the back of the green. Way down below the level. Justin Thomas. These hands. This is phenomenal. Of the three birdies, two of them came from off the green. What can you say about Justin Thomas? Like a meerkat. Kim's looking for here. He's done it. And after 14, 17. That is interesting. Players staying out of the water, I think, for the most part today. Team Morikawa. Do we have another one? We do. This is pretty amazing. Maybe you're right. This is a lot. Right to left or down the hill. Beautifully done. There you go, Jonathan.