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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The PGA Championship put the top three players in the world together for the first time in three years on Thursday and the conversation turned to mud.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Luke Donald and Keegan Bradley turned the opening round of the PGA Championship into their own little Ryder Cup competition Thursday.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Alex Smalley was on the putting green at Quail Hollow, going through his drills and looking like any of the other 156 players at the PGA Championship. But he wasn't.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele were supposed to be the marquis group to watch on Thursday at the PGA Championship . It didn’t look like it in Round 1 — at least on the 16th hole at Quail Hollow.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Rupe Taylor had 10 days to contemplate his most improbable path to the PGA Championship , and that wasn't enough to prepare the golf professional when he arrived at Quail Hollow.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The PGA Championship for years has been the major that lacked an identity compared with the other three. The Masters is at Augusta National , the only major held at the same course every year. The British Open has links golf.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — At Quail Hollow Club Charlotte, N.C. Purse: TBA Yardage: 7,626; Par: 71 All Times EDT Thursday-Friday First hole-10th hole 7 a.m.-12:25 p.m. — Luke Donald, England; Padraig Harrington, Ireland; Martin Kaymer, Germany. 7:11 a.m.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Rory McIlroy had a message for Bryson DeChambeau on Wednesday as to why there wasn't a lot of conversation between them in the final group at the Masters. Nothing personal, just business.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Collin Morikawa had no idea how heavy the Wanamaker Trophy was when he attempted to hoist it in the air following his victory at the 2020 PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park. The result was a near disaster.