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Streb Shoots 63, Joins Walker in Lead at PGA Championship

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Robert Streb became the latest player to shoot 63 in a major, and hardly anyone noticed in a PGA Championship with endless action across Baltusrol on Friday.

Streb was on the far end of the rain-soaked course when he holed a 20-foot birdie putt on his last hole, the par-3 ninth, to become the 28th player with a 63 in a major. It was the fourth 63 at Baltusrol, following Jack Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf in the opening round of the 1980 U.S. Open and Thomas Bjorn in the third round at 2005 PGA.

It gave Streb a share of the lead with Jimmy Walker (66), and they tied the 36-hole record at the PGA Championship at 131.

Most of the crowd was at the par-5 closing holes at Baltusrol, and there was no shortage of entertainment.

Defending champion Jason Day went on a tear after taking a double bogey on No. 7 by making seven birdies over his next eight holes and having a chance at 63. He needed birdies on the final two holes, both pars, but instead drove left next to the hospitality tents, and then hit an iron into right rough off the tee at No. 18. He had to settle for two pars and a 65.

Even so, the world’s No. 1 player was in solid shape to try to join Tiger Woods as the only back-to-back PGA champions in the stroke-play era. Day was at 7-under 133 with Emiliano Grillo, who sent the tone for an afternoon of birdies on his way to a 67.

By the end of the day, it was easy to overlook a familiar figure — Henrik Stenson, the British Open champion who made eagle on the 18th at the turn and polished off another 67.

He was only four shots behind in his bid to match Ben Hogan as the only players to win two straight majors at age 40.

Phil Mickelson made the cut, and that might have been the most entertaining of all.

He began his round with a tee shot so far left that it sailed off the property, bounced along Shunpike Road and caromed to the left down Baltusrol Way. Wherever it finished, it was out-of-bounds, and Mickelson had to scramble for a triple bogey. He spent the rest of the day battling to get back, and he delivered on the 18th with a birdie to post a 70.

A dozen players were separated by five shots going into the weekend, a group that included Martin Kaymer and Patrick Reed, and even Rickie Fowler, who salvaged his round with a birdie-eagle finish.

LEADERBOARD

PGA Championship Scores

Friday

At Baltusrol GC (Lower Course)

Springfield, N.J.

Purse: $10 million

Yardage: 7,428; Par 70

Second Round

Jimmy Walker 65-66–131

Robert Streb 68-63–131

Emiliano Grillo 66-67–133

Jason Day 68-65–133

Henrik Stenson 67-67–134

Martin Kaymer 66-69–135

Patrick Reed 70-65–135

Brooks Koepka 68-67–135

Hideki Matsuyama 69-67–136

Harris English 67-69–136

Rickie Fowler 68-68–136

Jamie Donaldson 69-67–136

Yuta Ikeda 70-67–137

Jordan Spieth 70-67–137

William McGirt 70-67–137

Daniel Summerhays 70-67–137

Zach Johnson 71-66–137

Billy Hurley III 72-65–137

Adam Scott 70-67–137

Gregory Bourdy 69-68–137

Hideto Tanihara 71-66–137

John Senden 68-70–138

Alexander Noren 70-68–138

Webb Simpson 69-69–138

Louis Oosthuizen 68-70–138

Ryan Moore 71-67–138

Jon Curran 69-69–138

K.J. Choi 68-70–138

David Lingmerth 68-70–138

Branden Grace 70-68–138

Paul Casey 69-69–138

Scott Hend 68-70–138

Andy Sullivan 67-71–138

Andrew Johnston 70-69–139

Steve Stricker 69-70–139

Danny Lee 69-70–139

Young-han Song 71-68–139

Tyrrell Hatton 71-68–139

Marcus Fraser 71-68–139

Brandt Snedeker 73-66–139

Lee Westwood 69-70–139

Soren Kjeldsen 70-69–139

Vaughn Taylor 68-71–139

Kevin Na 71-68–139

George Coetzee 72-67–139

Ross Fisher 66-73–139

Jhonattan Vegas 68-71–139

Russell Henley 68-72–140

Marc Leishman 71-69–140

Russell Knox 70-70–140

Bubba Watson 71-69–140

Cameron Tringale 72-68–140

Kyle Reifers 70-70–140

Bradley Dredge 69-71–140

Brian Stuard 70-70–140

Daniel Berger 71-69–140

Aaron Baddeley 70-70–140

Kevin Kisner 71-69–140

James Hahn 67-73–140

Bill Haas 70-70–140

Rich Beem 69-72–141

Francesco Molinari 71-70–141

Jim Furyk 74-67–141

Thomas Pieters 71-70–141

Danny Willett 71-70–141

Padraig Harrington 71-70–141

Justin Thomas 69-72–141

Keegan Bradley 73-68–141

Phil Mickelson 71-70–141

Colt Knost 69-73–142

Ryan Palmer 71-71–142

Billy Horschel 72-70–142

Matthew Fitzpatrick 72-70–142

Jason Dufner 71-71–142

Kiradech Aphibarnrat 70-72–142

Thongchai Jaidee 72-70–142

Justin Rose 70-72–142

Charl Schwartzel 73-69–142

Joost Luiten 72-70–142

Freddie Jacobson 71-71–142

Patton Kizzire 71-71–142

Jason Kokrak 70-72–142

Ernie Els 73-69–142

Rafa Cabrera Bello 72-70–142

Matt Jones 74-68–142

Roberto Castro 72-70–142

Failed to make the cut

Scott Piercy 72-71–143

Y.E. Yang 72-71–143

Luke Donald 72-71–143

Chris Kirk 74-69–143

Chris Wood 69-74–143

Victor Dubuisson 69-74–143

Rory McIlroy 74-69–143

Ryan Helminen 72-71–143

Smylie Kaufman 73-70–143

Harold Varner III 72-72–144

Thorbjorn Olesen 70-74–144

Brendan Steele 71-73–144

Byeong Hun An 72-72–144

Si Woo Kim 71-73–144

J.B. Holmes 75-69–144

Vijay Singh 74-70–144

Rikard Karlberg 72-72–144

Rod Perry 73-71–144

Zac Blair 73-71–144

Kevin Chappell 72-73–145

Gary Woodland 73-72–145

Shane Lowry 72-73–145

Sergio Garcia 71-74–145

Ben Polland 72-73–145

Bryce Molder 74-71–145

Kevin Streelman 75-70–145

Jason Bohn 71-74–145

Matt Dobyns 73-72–145

Darren Clarke 74-71–145

Charley Hoffman 75-70–145

Rich Berberian, Jr. 72-74–146

Anirban Lahiri 73-73–146

Matt Kuchar 74-72–146

Bernd Wiesberger 75-71–146

Peter Malnati 73-73–146

Mark Brown 75-71–146

Kristoffer Broberg 72-74–146

Jonas Blixt 75-71–146

Rob Labritz 71-76–147

David Toms 74-73–147

Tony Finau 77-70–147

Soomin Lee 77-70–147

Brian Gaffney 74-73–147

John Daly 74-73–147

Jamie Lovemark 71-76–147

David Muttitt 73-74–147

Michael Block 72-76–148

Johan Kok 72-76–148

Fabian Gomez 75-73–148

Jim Herman 77-71–148

K.T. Kim 77-71–148

Jeunghun Wang 73-75–148

Josh Speight 77-71–148

Greg Chalmers 72-76–148

Nicolas Colsaerts 72-76–148

Joe Summerhays 76-73–149

Troy Merritt 77-72–149

Rocco Mediate 76-73–149

Dustin Johnson 77-72–149

Graeme McDowell 74-75–149

Brandon Stone 79-71–150

Mitch Lowe 74-76–150

Tommy Sharp 77-73–150

Omar Uresti 72-78–150

Shaun Micheel 77-74–151

Brad Ott 79-72–151

Wyatt Worthington II 76-76–152

James Morrison 78-76–154

Rick Schuller 78-76–154

Brad Lardon 83-74–157

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