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00:00A live check-in is round number one at the second major championship of this year in
00:09golf is already underway.
00:11That's the 2024 PGA championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.
00:17And off to a strong start, Doug Gim out to an early lead alongside Xander Schauffele,
00:23who we say each and every time there's a major championship is still looking for that first
00:29major.
00:30Xander had a 14 to 1 price before this tournament got underway.
00:33That was the third best number.
00:35But of course, DRS, a lot of the focus was on those two front runners entering.
00:40Scotty Shefflin, a 4 to 1 price.
00:42The proud new papa.
00:44Rory McIlroy, second best number, plus 750, looking for his first major title in a decade
00:51when he won the 2014 PGA championship at Valhalla.
00:57Off to a good start.
00:59And under 4, Rory through his first three holes.
01:01Yeah, Rory's looking good early on.
01:03Now, the one thing we always say, the tournaments are Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Ben.
01:08You can't win that tournament on day number one.
01:10We know this, but you can certainly lose it.
01:12So just getting out there, playing good golf here before you hit the sack on Thursday night
01:17and get up to practice early Friday morning, get that going.
01:20And Rory McIlroy would have come right out of the gate with the birdie to sort of hang
01:23around.
01:24You can parlay that into a 4 under, a 5 under, a 6 under opening round, and away you go.
01:29For a guy that hasn't won a major tournament in a long time, it feels like in a decade,
01:33maybe this could be that springboard, having that steady start right out of the gate.
01:38So many storylines around Rory McIlroy entering this week.
01:42He is off the PGA Tour advisory board, of course, he announced, or at least it was reported
01:47by TMZ Sports that he filed for divorce.
01:51Those papers going through on Monday, and now, Rory, after winning each of his last
01:57two starts, the team event at the Zurich last week, the signature event at Wells Fargo
02:02Championship in Quail Hollow in Charlotte, Rory playing some really good golf, but battling
02:08with the narrative that is a decade-long drought for a major championship for one of the best
02:13golfers in the current era, and now trying to get back on top, a good start, 1 under.
02:19Donnie, what was that boost again on Roars that you had here early on a Thursday?
02:25Yeah, didn't even read the bet correctly, but it's still won anyway, so bread is bread
02:30right here at this point.
02:31It was Rory McIlroy to make a par or better in each of his first three holes, when typically
02:35that bet is handed out, Rory McIlroy to be par or better after three holes here.
02:39So I was actually rooting, like, ah, no big deal if he ends up with a bogey as long as
02:43he got the birdie.
02:44That wasn't the case.
02:45Now, I cashed in anyway, so it doesn't matter, but reading the fine print after I actually
02:49made the wager and watched the cash, that would have been interesting if he bogeyed
02:52that final hole.
02:53I was like, ah, no big deal.
02:54He's still par, and that wins it, and he didn't get cashed out.
02:57That's tricky on Fandle right now.
02:58Don't be tricky on us, guys, even though it cashed.
03:01Yeah.
03:02Listen, don't be tricky.
03:03Please do not be tricky, but either way, a strong start for Rory, who started, by the
03:08way, on the 10th hole, birdied the par 5, number 10.
03:12That's where our guy Charlie Hulme was live yesterday, and then par, par 11 and 12.
03:18Tiger also started on the back nine at Valhalla.
03:23He bogeyed his second hole, but just birdied hole number 13, Tiger Woods even through four
03:30and a 15-foot par save that he drilled on the 12th.
03:35I bet Tiger Woods had a plus-one 54 number to make the cut at the 2024 PGA Championship.
03:43It was the second longest number alongside Phil Mickelson, Michael Block, who was the
03:49story last year, the PGA professional off to a terrible start this year at the PGA Championship,
03:56by the way.
03:57He is five over through seven holes, second-to-last in the field that is already on the course,
04:03but I believe in Tiger Woods, and I said it yesterday as we previewed the event, that
04:08if you give me a plus-money price on Tiger to see the weekend, I will always sprinkle.
04:14By the way, Blockhead was a little too extra last year for me, so good that we won't be
04:18seeing him, hopefully, on the weekend this year.
04:20How's that for a take, Ben?
04:22Hey, listen, some people like to hate on fun things.
04:25You strike me as that type of guy.
04:27John Daly, three over through his first three holes here in the PGA Championship as well.
04:34Charlie Hulme gave you the look at Ludwig Obert, who had a great 2024 Masters coming
04:40in second, only behind Scotty Scheffler.
04:43He is even through his first four holes for the big Swede, and Viktor Hovland, who was
04:49maybe the hottest golfer on tour ending last year, I believe to win the FedEx Cup, has
04:54struggled here to start off this season two under through three for the Norwegian.
05:01He is tied alongside Doug Gim and Xander Schauffele atop the PGA Championship leaderboard at this
05:08moment.
05:09Schauffele remains the favorite, plus 450, but Rory, one under early, only a dollar behind,
05:14plus 550.
05:16Xander has seen that price shortened into triple digits, now nine to one.