Tiger Woods,
Padraig Harrington and
Rich Beem have seven Wanamaker Trophy among them. They're playing together the first two days of the 91st PGA Championship, and midway through the first round, Tiger is alone in first place after a 5-under, 67, Paddy trails by one, and Beemer is tied for 13th at 1-under.
Apart from Woods, who is the story whenever he tees it up, Harrington arrived at Hazeltine
after a demoralizing loss at last week's WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. But any doubts about his mental state were quickly erased on the front nine Thursday.
Paddy went out in 34 strokes, matching Tiger shot for shot (as did Beem, who won the PGA Championship the last time it was at Hazeltine in 2002, but hasn't done much in the seven years since). On the back, Woods separated himself, needing only 33 strokes to get to the clubhouse. Harrington was steady and efficient, shooting a 34 on the way in, and Beem, save a double-bogey on No. 3 (his 12th hole), looked like he belonged, carding a 36.