- JOHNS CREEK, Georgia: Steve Stricker has never won one of golf’s biggest championships, and the Americans are mired in their longest drought of the modern era.
Maybe the 44-year-old Stricker will take care of both in one week.
Stricker made a brilliant start at the PGA Championship on Thursday, starting out by playing the tough back nine at 4-under par, and making another birdie after the turn to stretch his lead to three strokes.
Jerry Kelly and Alexander Noren are at 3 under, while Adam Scott is in the group at 2 under.
Tiger Woods was actually tied for the lead after birdies on three of his first five holes. But a tee shot into the water at the 15th led to a double bogey, and he’s fallen apart since then: 5 over through 13 holes.