Rory McIlroy Still Seeking Game Improvements

John Daly showed up to the first round of the PGA Championship in an outfit so blindingly brilliant he already won, no matter how he played. John Daly’s best golfing days may be behind him but he’s never been better dressed. He finished the first round of the PGA Championship a respectable +2 but he was sitting firmly atop the drip leaderboard with a neon green polo and a pair of brightly colored pants in a Mexican Día de los Muertos motif.

Cam Smith was looking to make a move on Saturday at the PGA Championship, but it’s hard to think that hitting a fellow golfer with a drive was in his plans. At the 2022 PGA Championship, one of the idiosyncrasies of Southern Hills Country Club is the close proximity of other holes. Yes, many courses that we see often on the PGA Tour have fairways that run parallel to one another and Southern Hills has that too, but there are crossing tee-boxes and greens all throughout the Tulsa property.

A familiar name tops the leaderboard at the 104th PGA Championship: Justin Thomas, the 2017 champion, who put on a clinic in Friday’s second round at Southern Hills. Friday morning at Southern Hills promised to feature strong winds and difficult scoring conditions, and it claimed the PGA Championship hopes of many of golf’s elite. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, untouchable coming into the week, shot five-over and won’t make the cut. Dustin Johnson shot three-over, Collin Morikawa two-over.