After a fog delay That lasted-three hours and 10 minutes, pushing the tea first time back to 10:10 am CDT, the opening of the 1918 PGA Championship finally got Underway. Many golfers Did not complete rounds before girls on Their natural phenomenon - darkness - Them forced to do one so early Friday morning at Whistling Straits in Kohler, WIS.
At the end of a long day, one That Tiger Woods jokingly Said they enjoyed Because of the fog and - "three breakfasts... That's always good" - Florida's Bubba Watson and Italy's Francesco Molinari Stood atop the leaderboard on the posting four-under 68 pages .
Also at 4-under par are Ernie Els and Matt Kuchar, vain They have four holes to go.
One of the groups That'll be the Completing Their first rounds Friday am - Fog permitting - is the marquee Threesome featuring the year's major champions-three: Phil Mickelson (Masters), Graeme McDowell (U.S. Open) and Louis Oosthuizen (British Open). With seven holes still to go tomorrow, Mickelson Stood at one-under while McDowell was plus-2 and the South African Even-par.
Woods was one Ken Played 18 holes, they shot a 1-under 71 - Helping befog the memories of a Difficult Bridgestone Invitational last week at Firestone - that was bookended by birdies, with-three bogeys in the mix.
"I Played too good NOT TO shoot under par, and it'd Have Been very disappointing and frustrating to end up at Even par as well as I Played today," Woods Said afterward. (See full interview at his at http://www.cybergolf.com/golf_news/woods_pleased_with_opening_round_in_pga_championship.)
Watson, Ken notched at his first victory on the PGA Tour earlier this year in the Travelers Championship, was working with a new caddy Thursday. His usual Looper, Ted Scott, went home to Be with at his wife and newborn son, so Watson had Mark Carens is the bag.
"I scrambled for a caddy last week and then but we have Planned jo is having" a Different caddy this week, "Watson said. "So Hopefully (Scott is) home watching and cheering me on." (See below for Watson's full post-round interview, wakes up involves an emotional article "when Bubba talks about cancer-Stricken at his father.)
Molinari Also had a good day, Firing-three birdies and a bogey on the front nine for an outgoing two-under 34 on the par-36-36 = 72 course, and adding two more birdies on the back.
"It was a pretty solid round," said Molinari, whose brother Edoardo is also in the year's final major and shot a 1-under 71 "I hit the ball quite well all day and basically just tried Thurs stay out of trouble and get some birdies here and there" when I had the chances. So I think today everything was going pretty much According to the plan, but their Obviously the week is very long and it's not going to be so easy for me all week. "
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