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PHILADELPHIA \u2014 Scottie Scheffler shot himself into a crowd of seven players tied for the lead after the first round of the PGA Championship at 3-under par late Thursday evening at Aronimink.<\/p>\n

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Scheffler, who is seeking back-to-back wins at the PGA Championship, finished with five birdies. According to researchers at Elias Sports Bureau, it is the first time in 27 starts that Scheffler has held a lead \u2014 tied or outright \u2014 after the opening round of a major tournament.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think the emphasis would be [on] share of the lead,\u201d Scheffler said after his round. \u201cI think there\u2019s like six or seven guys up there. I mean, it\u2019s a really tight leaderboard. At this moment, it\u2019s anybody\u2019s tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s opening round had a record-breaking number of players finish within three strokes of the lead. Forty-eight players are within three strokes of the lead heading into Friday, breaking a record set by the 1993 British Open, which had 47 players within three strokes of the lead after day one.<\/p>\n

While there was talk that a softened Aronimink could prove too easy for the world\u2019s best golfers, the nearly century-old course had some bite. Rory McIlroy (+4), Wyndham Clark (+5), and Bryson DeChambeau (+6) were among the top players in the field who struggled.<\/p>\n

The leading group was held unusually near par, too. The last time a score of 3-under par held the lead after the opening round of a PGA Championship was in 2008 at Oakland Hills in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.<\/p>\n

McIlroy started with a bogey on hole 10 and bogeyed five out of his last six holes. McIlroy, the world No. 2 and back-to-back Masters champion, switched to a wider shoe after being bothered by a blister on his toe during Wednesday\u2019s practice rounds, but he said his toe was not an issue after his round.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just not driving the ball well enough,\u201d McIlroy said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a problem all year for the most part. I miss it right, and then I want to try to correct it. And then I\u2019ll overdo it, and I\u2019ll miss it left. It\u2019s a little bit of back and forth that way. That\u2019s pretty frustrating, especially when I pride myself on driving the ball well.\u201d<\/p>\n

McIlroy said the elements were a factor in low scores. Rain clouds were still hanging over the course when the first group teed off at 6:45 a.m. Though the sun came out by the late morning, the field of golfers battled gusty winds.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s the breezy conditions that are sort of making the scoring what it is,\u201d McIlroy said. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to get the ball close. Some of the pins are tucked away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other notable first-round finishing scores included Xander Schauffele at 2-under; and Jon Rahm, Jordan Spieth and Brooks Koepka at 1-under.<\/p>\n

Among the early 3-under finishers was Ryo Hisatsune, who had seven birdies. After his round, Hisatsune said the course was a little softer thanks to early morning rain in Newtown Square.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a really nice start,\u201d Hisatsune said. \u201cA little wet, little soft conditions today, so it\u2019s a little help for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

After shooting a 1-under-par 69, Garrick Higgo spent nearly a half-hour in the scorer\u2019s tent behind the clubhouse talking with PGA officials.<\/p>\n

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Higgo, a South African golfer ranked No. 85 in the world, was issued a standard penalty before he touched a club on Thursday morning. He was less than a minute late for his 7:18 a.m. tee time, but it cost him two strokes.<\/p>\n

Higgo could have been part of the group leading the tournament if not for the penalty and said after his round that he was \u201ctoo casual\u201d in his approach to his starting point at the first tee box.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you know me, then you know I am very casual and laid-back,\u201d Higgo said. \u201cI don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t want to be there 10 minutes early. I know that five minutes is fine. I thought I had time. I was obviously too casual.\u201d<\/p>\n

Higgo said his extended conversation with officials in the scorers tent was an attempt to \u201cget evidence\u201d of his lateness. The PGA\u2019s rules treat tee times as exact, meaning that Higgo needed to be at the tee box at the moment the clock turned to 7:18 a.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was there on time, but the rule is, if you\u2019re one second late, you\u2019re late,\u201d Higgo said. \u201cSo if you think about it, I was there on time, if you know what I mean.\u201d<\/p>\n

Higgo parred the par-4 first hole, but it went into his scorecard as a double-bogey 6.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, it wasn\u2019t great,\u201d Higgo said. \u201cI just focused on what I need to do. I mean, I wasn\u2019t going to give up and shoot 80. There was only one thing that I could do, and that was make birdies and pars and hit it where I wanted to hit it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like Higgo, Braden Shattuck started his round with a double-bogey on 1. Shattuck, a Delco native who earned one of 20 PGA Championship spots reserved for club professionals, finished his round at 11-over.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t put me in a very good mood,\u201d Shattuck said of his double-bogey. \u201cIt makes it hard to get into a rhythm. But it definitely takes the edge off quick, if you know what I mean.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shattuck needs a miraculous round to put himself back in contention to make the cut Friday. The field will narrow to the top 70, plus ties. The cut was at 2-over after Thursday\u2019s opening round.<\/p>\n

\u201cGolf\u2019s a weird game,\u201d Shattuck said. \u201cYou can go out and shoot 80, and then the next round, you shoot 65. That could happen. I keep that in the back of my mind, knowing that I can turn it around, shoot a really good one tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regardless of the outcome, Shattuck is relishing the opportunity to play in a major in his home region. He played in the first grouping alongside PGA Tour cardholders Alex Fitzpatrick and Ben Griffin.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody\u2019s been super supportive, even though they\u2019re watching me make double [bogeys] on every hole,\u201d Shattuck said. \u201cThat just goes to show how great those people are, and it could be worse.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

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