Tiger Woods walked into the interview tent beyond the 18th green at Valhalla Golf Club, expecting to discuss his first round at the PGA Championship, when he stopped suddenly. Xander Schauffele was still talking, going over the specifics of his own record-setting round, and Woods backed away to let him speak.
When you match an all-time majors record, even the GOATs give you room to say your piece.
Schauffele finished Thursday with a 9-under 62, only the fourth 62 in major championship history and the lowest score in PGA Championship history. Even more impressive: Schauffele already owns one of those prior three 62s, carded last year at the U.S. Open. (The other two belong to Rickie Fowler, also at last year’s U.S. Open, and Branden Grace at the 2017 Open Championship.)
The 62 also put him atop the leaderboard — obviously — three strokes clear of the field.
