The PGA Championship, the second “major” of the golf season, which is held at Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky; It has turned into chaos before the start of the second day. They explain it on Movistar+, the television that broadcasts the tournament in Spain: at 5 in the morning, a bus that transports the press and hotel workers to the tournament facilities ran over a man, with a tragic outcome. that he has died.
This unfortunate incident has caused major delays, and Scottie Scheffler, the world number one, has tried to skip the control to get to the dispute on that second day, and has ended up being arrested by the police. They take him away in handcuffs.
The start of the day is delayed an hour and a half (at 3:06 p.m. in Spain). The unknown was what would happen to the best golfer on the planet, who has to start competing at 4:08 p.m., Spanish time as well. It arrived on time.
On the first day there was the historic return of Xander Schauffele, who with 62 strokes (-9) broke the course record, which José María Olazábal had since 2000 (63 strokes) and equaled the best return he has ever made in a “major”. For his part, Jon Rahm started badly, but went from strength to strength to finish with -1, eight shots behind the leader. Regarding the other two Spaniards, Adrián Otaegui, champion last week of the Volvo China Open, finished at -1; while David Puig, in his second ‘major’, also demonstrated the level of his season, champion in February in Malaysia, and finished on par in Valhalla. Scheffler, by the way, was at -4, lurking in the lead.
2024-05-17 12:45:15
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