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Valhalla Golf Club: Sahith Theegala closed with a hat-trick of birdies and put himself in tied second place at the end of the first round of the 106th PGA Championships.

The Indian-American, who has been playing well without being able to convert some of his good weeks into a second win on the PGA Tour, shot 6-under 65 but was still three behind runaway leader, Xander Schauffele’s bogey free 62, which was the lowest round in PGA Championship history.

The 30-year-old Schauffele, who was bested by Rory McIlroy in the final round at Wells Fargo despite a great week, made good use of the conditions which saw the Valhalla Golf Club play soft. He one-putted 12 times in the round and twice it was for a par..