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PGA Championship: The world’s best golfers struggle in opening round with an unlikely name in the lead

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    • 88:88
      By the way, this is going to be the last answer that I give on playing it up (preferred lies) or down,
      The Independent
      Scheffler said
    • 88:88
      Xander Schauffele
      I wouldn’t want to go in the locker room because I’m sure a lot of guys aren’t super happy with sort of the conditions there,
      CNN
      Schauffele said
    • 88:88
      At the end of the day, we try so hard to play good at these events. … We getting older, getting wiser, maybe not putting so much pressure on yourself and letting the game happen. It’s kind of the approach I’ve been taking so obviously worked out today,
      CNN
      Vegas said
    • 88:88
      But it was nice to get an opportunity to play,
      CNN
      Smalley told reporters
    • 88:88
      It’s kind of what we dreamed for,
      CNN
      Vegas told the ESPN broadcast
    • 88:88
      We are mowing the fairways this evening. We are looking forward to an exciting opening round to the 107th PGA Championship,
      CNN
      the PGA of America added in a statement Wednesday
    • 88:88
      It’s always a ton of fun to get paired with those two guys. I think what excites us the most as players is getting to play against the best competition, and having the top three guys in the world all playing together is a tremendous amount of fun,
      CNN
      the two-time major winner said after his round
    • 88:88
      Xander Schauffele
      It sucks that you're kind of 50/50 once you hit the fairway,
      Reuters
      Schauffele said
    • 88:88
      When you think about the purest test of golf, I don't personally think that hitting the ball in the middle of the fairway you should get punished for,
      Reuters
      Scheffler said
    • 88:88
      Xander Schauffele
      I'm not the only guy. I'm just in front of the camera,
      Reuters
      Schauffele said of his disappointment that players were not allowed to clean golf balls with mud on them
    • 88:88
      Xander Schauffele
      It was almost a penalty to hit in the fairway, to be honest,
      Newsweek
      Schauffele told Darlington
    • 88:88
      He said he knows they don't like to 'play it up' (preferred lies) in Majors, but he felt like it was warranted today,
      Newsweek
      Darlington wrote
    • 88:88
      Xander Schauffele
      Everyone is getting a bit of a luck box with where it ends up,
      Newsweek
      Schauffele continued
    • 88:88
      There's absolutely no reason on a links golf course you should play the ball up,
      Newsweek
      he said
    • 88:88
      A lot of guys are dealing with it, ... but it’s just unfortunate to be hitting good shots and to pay them off that way. It’s kind of stupid.”
      NBC News
      Schauffele said
    • 88:88
      I did a good job battling and keeping a level head out there during a day which there was definitely some challenging aspects to the course, ... and I did a good job posting a number on a day where I didn’t have my best stuff.”
      NBC News
      Scheffler said
    • 88:88
      Hopefully tomorrow we will play a little bit better,
      NBC News
      Scheffler said afterward
    • 88:88
      I kept the honor with making a double on a hole, ... and I think that will probably be the first and last time in my career unless we get some crazy weather conditions.”
      NBC News
      Scheffler said with a smile
    • 88:88
      If I can keep hitting the driver in the fairway, ... I’ll be fine.”
      NBC News
      he said
    • 88:88
      I hit in the middle of the fairway, you’ve got mud on your ball and it’s tough to control where it goes after that,
      Guardian
      Scheffler said