SAN FRANCISCO – In just his third start since March, Haotong Li moved into the lead early Friday at the PGA Championship with a bogey-free 65 that left him two strokes clear of the field.
Li said he waited out the PGA Tour's coronavirus hiatus back home in China, and he explained he had plenty of places to play and practice during the shutdown, but even so, he wasn't exactly game-ready when he returned to the Tour. He missed the cut at last month's Memorial and at last week's WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, where he finished tied for 75th out of 78 players.