Scott ran off five straight birdies early in his round at soft and vulnerable Oak Hill, and finished with a 15-foot par for a 5-under 65 that gave him a share of the lead Thursday with Jim Furyk in the PGA Championship.
Scott finally became a major champion at Augusta National in April when he won a playoff at the Masters. Just three weeks ago, he had the lead on the back nine at Muirfield in the British Open until he made four bogeys to fall back. In the last major of the year, Scott at times looked unstoppable.
His five straight birdies quickly put him atop the leaderboard with Furyk, and after a 71-minute delay when storms moved into the area, Scott added a sixth birdie on the par-3 15th to reach 6 under.
He was on pace to tie the major championship record at Oak Hill until a three-putt bogey on the 16th.
?Just got on a bit of a roll and hit a few shots close,? Scott said. ?I didn?t have too much putting to do. You?ve got to take advantage when it happens, because it doesn?t happen too much in the majors. Nothing to complain about in 65.?
There were hardly any complaints on Oak Hill, a course that has yielded only 10 72-hole scores under par in five previous majors.
It?s only Thursday, and the players felt as if they got off easy. Rain overnight and humid conditions kept the course soft, and birdies were dropping at an alarming pace.
Except for Tiger Woods.
The world?s No. 1 player made only two birdies despite playing in the still of the morning, and he watched his round fall apart with a bogey on par-5 fourth and a double bogey on his final hole when his flop shot out of a deep rough floated into a bunker. Woods had a 71, not a bad start at Oak Hill, except on this day.
There were 35 rounds under par, compared with only a dozen rounds in the 60s when the PGA Championship was here 10 years ago.
?The round realistically could have been under par easily,? Woods said.
Furyk, who won his lone major at the U.S. Open in 2003 at Olympia Fields, has gone nearly three years since his last win at the Tour Championship to capture the FedEx Cup and win PGA Tour player of the year. Still fresh are the four close calls from a year ago, including the U.S. Open.
He was as steady as Scott, rarely putting himself in trouble until the end of the round. Furyk missed the fairway to the right and had to pitch out because of thick rough and trees blocking his way to the green. That led to his only bogey, but still his lowest first-round score in 19 appearances at the PGA Championship.
?Usually disappointed with ending the day on a bogey,? Furyk said. ?But you know, 65, PGA, is not so bad.?
David Hearn of Canada, an alternate until a week ago, had a 66 in the morning. Also at 66 was Lee Westwood, who had his best score ever in the PGA and offered evidence that there was no hangover from losing a 54-hole lead in the British Open last month.
There were no record scores at Oak Hill despite the soft conditions, just a lot of low rounds.
?If you don?t hit it in the fairways, then you won?t score well,? Westwood said. ?These guys are good. There are a lot of good players playing in the tournament. Somebody is going to hit it straight, and somebody is going to shoot a good score.?
Even Rory McIlroy got in on the act. The defending champion, at the end of a major season that has been a major disappointment, came out firing with three birdies on the opening four holes and made the turn in 32 until back-to-back bogeys. He wound up with a 69.
A resurgent Paul Casey was in the group at 67, while U.S. Open champion Justin Rose, British Open runner-up Henrik Stenson and the ageless Miguel Angel Jimenez were among 11 players at 68.
British Open champion Phil Mickelson wound up with the same score as Woods, only they arrived at 71 on vastly different roads. Woods had only two birdies. Mickelson shot 71 despite two double bogeys. On the par-5 fourth hole, he hooked his tee shot out-of-bounds and nearly lost the next tee shot in the same place. And on the closing hole, Mickelson looked as if he was back at Winged Foot ? wild left off the tees, a reckless attempt into the trees and another double bogey.
He headed straight to the practice range, even summoning coach Butch Harmon down from the Sky Sports television booth.
Scott hasn?t won since the Masters, though he has shown full control of his swing. He looks at these next 10 years as a chance to win more majors and establish himself as a major force in his generation.
?I put a lot into my game the last two years with a focus on the big tournaments,? Scott said. ?Everyone around me has had the same focus, as well. We come here to do business.?
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP SCORES
Thursday
At Oak Hill Country Club, East Course
Pittsford, N.Y.
Purse: TBA ($8 million in 2012)
Yardage: 7,163; Par: 70 (35-35)
First Round
Jim Furyk 32-33?65
Adam Scott 30-35?65
David Hearn 33-33?66
Lee Westwood 32-34?66
Robert Garrigus 33-34?67
Paul Casey 36-31?67
Matt Kuchar 34-33?67
Marcus Fraser 34-33?67
Scott Piercy 35-32?67
Jason Day 34-33?67
Kiradech Aphibarnrat 34-34?68
Steve Stricker 34-34?68
Jason Dufner 36-32?68
Bill Haas 34-34?68
Henrik Stenson 35-33?68
Rafael Cabrera-Bello 34-34?68
Jonas Blixt 34-34?68
Roberto Castro 36-32?68
Miguel Angel Jimenez 32-36?68
Martin Kaymer 35-33?68
Justin Rose 32-36?68
Charley Hoffman 35-34?69
Billy Horschel 36-33?69
Tommy Gainey 33-36?69
Sergio Garcia 35-34?69
Keegan Bradley 36-33?69
David Lynn 34-35?69
Scott Jamieson 35-34?69
Ryo Ishikawa 36-33?69
Darren Clarke 34-35?69
Tim Clark 32-37?69
Ryan Moore 35-34?69
Rory McIlroy 32-37?69
Woody Austin 34-35?69
Zach Johnson 33-36?69
Marc Leishman 35-35?70
Hunter Mahan 34-36?70
Rickie Fowler 32-38?70
Graeme McDowell 36-34?70
Thomas Bjorn 36-34?70
Kevin Streelman 34-36?70
Bernd Wiesberger 34-36?70
Brandt Snedeker 34-36?70
Bubba Watson 34-36?70
Thongchai Jaidee 34-36?70
Vijay Singh 35-35?70
Brett Rumford 34-36?70
Ian Poulter 35-35?70
Graham DeLaet 38-32?70
Shane Lowry 36-35?71
Matt Every 36-35?71
Luke Guthrie 34-37?71
Hiroyuki Fujita 36-35?71
Josh Teater 37-34?71
Rich Beem 35-36?71
J.J. Henry 36-35?71
David Toms 32-39?71
Charl Schwartzel 36-35?71
Tiger Woods 33-38?71
Thorbjorn Olesen 36-35?71
Branden Grace 37-34?71
Brooks Koepka 39-32?71
Charles Howell III 34-37?71
Jimmy Walker 36-35?71
Joost Luiten 34-37?71
Nicolas Colsaerts 33-38?71
Luke Donald 35-36?71
Martin Laird 37-34?71
Phil Mickelson 37-34?71
Charlie Beljan 37-34?71
Brendon de Jonge 36-35?71
Chris Stroud 34-37?71
Chris Kirk 34-37?71
John Senden 36-36?72
Hideki Matsuyama 36-36?72
Michael Thompson 37-35?72
Richard Sterne 37-35?72
Y.E. Yang 36-36?72
Peter Hanson 36-36?72
Dustin Johnson 35-37?72
Paul Lawrie 35-37?72
Matt Jones 33-39?72
John Huh 35-37?72
Derek Ernst 37-35?72
Matteo Manassero 36-36?72
Kohki Idoki 32-40?72
Boo Weekley 37-35?72
Francesco Molinari 37-35?72
Webb Simpson 40-32?72
Richie Ramsay 37-35?72
Bob Sowards 38-35?73
Ryan Palmer 37-36?73
Marcel Siem 37-36?73
Scott Brown 38-35?73
Ben Curtis 36-37?73
Brian Gay 38-35?73
Ryan Polzin 36-37?73
Scott Stallings 35-38?73
Jeff Sorenson 34-39?73
JC Anderson 37-36?73
Danny Balin 37-36?73
Tom Watson 35-38?73
Danny Willett 38-35?73
D.A. Points 38-35?73
Mikko Ilonen 37-36?73
Kyle Stanley 36-37?73
Gary Woodland 35-38?73
Bob Gaus 38-36?74
Ernie Els 37-37?74
David Lingmerth 38-36?74
Davis Love III 37-37?74
David McNabb 38-36?74
Jason Kokrak 38-36?74
Jaco Van Zyl 38-36?74
George Coetzee 37-37?74
Harris English 38-36?74
Geoff Ogilvy 38-36?74
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano 36-38?74
Jordan Spieth 39-35?74
Carl Pettersson 38-36?74
Kevin Stadler 37-37?74
Marc Warren 36-38?74
Mark Sheftic 37-38?75
Stewart Cink 37-38?75
Stephen Gallacher 37-38?75
Caine Fitzgerald 37-38?75
Ken Duke 37-38?75
John Merrick 38-37?75
Sang-Moon Bae 39-36?75
Chris Wood 38-37?75
David Muttitt 36-39?75
Pablo Larrazabal 38-38?76
Shaun Micheel 37-39?76
Padraig Harrington 40-36?76
K.J. Choi 35-41?76
Nick Watney 39-37?76
Russell Henley 39-37?76
Freddie Jacobson 36-40?76
Alex Noren 41-35?76
Lucas Glover 36-40?76
Kirk Hanefeld 37-39?76
Mike Small 41-35?76
Sonny Skinner 39-37?76
Peter Uihlein 41-36?77
Mark Brown 42-35?77
Rob Labritz 43-35?78
Stuart Smith 39-39?78
Jeff Martin 37-41?78
Paul McGinley 37-41?78
Rod Perry 41-37?78
Kevin Chappell 40-39?79
Bo Van Pelt 41-39?80
Angel Cabrera 40-40?80
Jamie Donaldson 42-38?80
Lee Rhind 39-42?81
Chip Sullivan 41-43?84
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP TEE TIMES
At Oak Hill Country Club
Piitsford, N.Y.
All Times EDT
Today
Hole 1
7:10 a.m. ? Mark Brown, United States; Scott Piercy, United States; Brooks Koepka, United States
7:20 a.m. ? Derek Ernst, United States; Jeff Martin, United States; Charles Howell III, United States
7:30 a.m. ? Ken Duke, United States; Matteo Manassero, Italy; Jimmy Walker, United States
7:40 a.m. ? Danny Willett, England; Joost Luiten, Netherlands; Russell Henley, United States
7:50 a.m.? Freddie Jacobson, Sweden; George Coetzee, South Africa; Harris English, United States
8 a.m. ? Boo Weekley, United States; Francesco Molinari, Italy; Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand
8:10 a.m. ? Jamie Donaldson, Wales; Ryan Moore, United States; Alex Noren, Sweden
8:20 a.m. ? Brett Rumford, Australia; Geoff Ogilvy, Australia; John Merrick, United States
8:30 a.m. ? Sang-Moon Bae, South Korea; Woody Austin, United States; Martin Laird, Scotland
8:40 a.m. ? Carl Pettersson, Sweden; D.A. Points, United States; Mikko Ilonen, Finland
8:50 a.m. ? Graham DeLaet, Canada; Kirk Hanefeld, United States; Kyle Stanley, United States
9 a.m. ? David Muttitt, United States; Charlie Beljan, United States; Brendon de Jonge, United States
9:10 a.m. ? Lee Rhind, United States; Chris Kirk, United States; Marc Warren, Scotland
12:25 p.m. ? Charley Hoffman, United States; Bob Sowards, United States; Matt Every, United States
12:35 p.m. ? Mark Sheftic, United States; Robert Garrigus, United States; Hiroyuki Fujita, Japan
12:45 p.m. ? Hunter Mahan, United States; Paul Casey, England; Billy Horschel, United States
12:55 p.m. ? Hideki Matsuyama, Japan; Steve Stricker, United States; Jason Dufner, United States
1:05 p.m. ? Sergio Garcia, Spain; Matt Kuchar, United States; Rickie Fowler, United States
1:15 p.m. ? Graeme McDowell, Northern Ireland; Ernie Els, South Africa; Bill Haas, United States
1:25 p.m. ? David Toms, United States; Padraig Harrington, Ireland; Y.E. Yang, South Korea
1:35 p.m. ? Henrik Stenson, Sweden; Dustin Johnson, United States; Charl Schwartzel, South Africa
1:45 p.m. ? Davis Love III, United States; Keegan Bradley, United States; Tiger Woods, United States
1:55 p.m. ? Peter Uihlein, United States; Jim Furyk, United States; Thomas Bjorn, Denmark
2:05 p.m. ? K.J. Choi, South Korea; Ryan Polzin, United States; Jonas Blixt, Sweden
2:15 p.m. ? Scott Stallings, United States; Jason Kokrak, United States; Jeff Sorenson, United States
2:25 p.m. ? Scott Jamieson, Scotland; Roberto Castro, United States; Stuart Smith, United States
Hole 10
7:15 a.m. ? John Huh, United States; Ryo Ishikawa, Japan; Danny Balin, United States
7:25 a.m. ? Darren Clarke, Northern Ireland; Tom Watson, United States; Paul McGinley, Ireland
7:35 a.m. ? Kohki Idoki, Japan; Rod Perry, United States; Nick Watney, United States
7:45 a.m. ? Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium; Jason Day, Australia; Brandt Snedeker, United States
7:55 a.m. ? Tim Clark, South Africa; Lee Westwood, England; Bubba Watson, United States
8:05 a.m. ? Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain; Webb Simpson, United States; Angel Cabrera, Argentina
8:15 a.m. ? Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland; Vijay Singh, Fiji; Martin Kaymer, Germany
8:25 a.m. ? Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Spain; Luke Donald, England; Jordan Spieth, United States
8:35 a.m. ? Adam Scott, Australia; Justin Rose, England; Phil Mickelson, United States
8:45 a.m. ? Lucas Glover, United States; Ian Poulter, England; Zach Johnson, United States
8:55 a.m. ? Kevin Chappell, United States; Christopher Wood, England; Mike Small, United States
9:05 a.m. ? Kevin Stadler, United States; Chip Sullivan, United States; Chris Stroud, United States
9:15 a.m. ? Sonny Skinner, United States; Gary Woodland, United States, Richie Ramsay, Scotland
12:20 p.m. ? Rob Labritz, United States; John Senden, Australia; Shane Lowry, Ireland
12:30 p.m. ? Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thailand; Bob Gaus, United States; Luke Guthrie, United States
12:40 p.m. ? Marc Leishman, Australia; Josh Teater, United States; Pablo Larrazabal, Spain
12:50 p.m. ? Tommy Gainey, United States; Ryan Palmer, United States; David Hearn, Canada
1 p.m. ? Michael Thompson, United States; Marcel Siem, Germany; Bo Van Pelt, United States
1:10 p.m. ? Shaun Micheel, United States; Rich Beem, United States; J.J. Henry, United States
1:20 p.m. ? Richard Sterne, South Africa; Scott Brown, United States; David Lingmerth, Sweden
1:30 p.m. ? Ben Curtis, United States; Marcus Fraser, Australia; Peter Hanson, Sweden
1:40 p.m. ? Stewart Cink, United States; Paul Lawrie, Scotland; Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Spain
1:50 p.m. ? Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark; Brian Gay, United States; David Lynn, England
2 p.m. ? Stephen Gallacher, Scotland; David McNabb, United States; Branden Grace, South Africa
2:10 p.m. ? Caine Fitzgerald, United States; Kevin Streelman, United States; Bernd Wiesberger, Austria
2:20 p.m. ? JC Anderson, United States; Matt Jones, Australia; Jaco Van Zyl, South Africa
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