Scheffler closes in on US PGA lead regardless of earlier arrest | EUROtoday

Day two of the US PGA Championship has been delayed by an hour due to an “accident near the course”, in line with a press release launched by the event organisers.

Louisville Police confirmed {that a} pedestrian had died after a collision involving a shuttle bus.

In an unrelated incident, World No 1 Scottie Scheffler was ‘detained in handcuffs’ by police as he tried to make his solution to the course in line with ESPN.

More rainfall is forecast for Friday at Valhalla and there’s additionally the potential for thunderstorms.

More precipitation would additional soften a course that was on the mercy of the world’s greatest gamers on Thursday, with chief Xander Schauffele three photographs clear after a glowing nine-under 62.

Schauffele matched the bottom rating in males’s main championship historical past, the Olympic champion recording 9 birdies in a flawless 62 to match the mark set by Branden Grace within the 2017 Open.

Grace’s feat was equalled by Rickie Fowler and Schauffele himself within the opening spherical of final 12 months’s US Open, though neither man went on to elevate the title at Los Angeles Country Club.

“It feels great,” Schauffele mentioned. “It’s just day one, but if someone had said I was going to shoot nine under, I would certainly have taken it.

“I’ve been playing some really good golf, having a lot of close calls, so me and my team say why not keep chugging along?”

Despite such a low rating, Schauffele was solely three photographs away from compatriots Tony Finau and Sahith Theegala, with Rory McIlroy and Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre a part of a five-strong group on 5 below.

World primary Scottie Scheffler and defending champion Brooks Koepka each shot 67, whereas Jon Rahm fought again from 4 over par after six holes to return a 70.

Only three gamers have held a three-shot lead after the opening spherical of the US PGA, Dick Hart (1963), Bobby Nichols (1964) and Raymond Floyd (1982). Hart was the one one to not go on and elevate the Wanamaker Trophy.

Scheffler is among the many early starters with McIlroy off later this night.