CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- On a day when many of golf's biggest stars struggled in the opening round of the PGA Championship, some of the sport's not-so-familiar names littered the top of the leaderboard Thursday at Quail Hollow Club.
As if the day wasn't strange enough, Jhonattan Vegas, who last made the cut at a major when he tied for 57th at the 2021 U.S. Open, carded birdies on five of his last six holes to post a 7-under 64 that gave him a two-stroke lead.
Vegas, who was playing with Australia's Elvis Smylie, is the first player from Venezuela to have the lead or co-lead after the first round of the major.