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Live updates from the first men’s major of the seasonRory McIlroy displays major optimism for US PGAEmail Scott with your thoughts on the actionOfficial live leaderboard 5.40pm BST Back-to-back bogeys for Daniel Berger, though, at 14 and 15. The former co-leader slips back to where he started the day. Just the 22 players at -1 now. Again: no.-2: Scheffler (9*), Cauley (5), D Johnson (4*) 5.38pm BST Bud Cauley, a 30-year-old from Daytona Beach in Florida, has no record to speak of in the majors, and no PGA Tour wins to his name. A journeyman. Then again, some players develop later than others, and he’s already had a couple of top-ten finishes on Tour this season. It’s not as though relative unknowns come bursting from the pack to snatch the Wanamaker Trophy, either; just ask Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel or John Daly. It’s probably a little early for Cauley to start dreaming … but then again, if you’ve just birdied 1, 4 and 5, more than offsetting a bogey at 2, why not? He’s -2 through 5. Continue reading…

• Live updates from the first men’s major of the season
• Rory McIlroy displays major optimism for US PGA
• Email Scott with your thoughts on the action
• Official live leaderboard

5.40pm BST

Back-to-back bogeys for Daniel Berger, though, at 14 and 15. The former co-leader slips back to where he started the day. Just the 22 players at -1 now. Again: no.

-2: Scheffler (9*), Cauley (5), D Johnson (4*)

5.38pm BST

Bud Cauley, a 30-year-old from Daytona Beach in Florida, has no record to speak of in the majors, and no PGA Tour wins to his name. A journeyman. Then again, some players develop later than others, and he’s already had a couple of top-ten finishes on Tour this season. It’s not as though relative unknowns come bursting from the pack to snatch the Wanamaker Trophy, either; just ask Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel or John Daly. It’s probably a little early for Cauley to start dreaming … but then again, if you’ve just birdied 1, 4 and 5, more than offsetting a bogey at 2, why not? He’s -2 through 5.

Continue reading…