The PGA Championship is underway in Rochester at the Oak Hill Country Club and Jim Furyk has the early lead at five-under on the first day early on with Tiger Woods at one under and the rest of the field still has to tee off in the afternoon and some other players doing well early includes Bill Haas, Matt Kuchar and Sergio Garcia.
The field is battling with the weather and favorites Woods and Mickelson and so far things have been off to a smooth start for the final major of the year.
U.S. Open winner Justin Rose will tee off at this week's PGA Championship in very special company as he bids to transform what has already been "a fantastic year" for him into an "incredible" one.
In keeping with tradition, the season's first three major champions are grouped together for the opening two rounds so Rose will play alongside Australian Adam Scott (Masters) and American Phil Mickelson (British Open) at Oak Hill Country Club.
"I'm in the fortunate position of playing in that group that everyone wants to be in," English world number four Rose told reporters on Wednesday about starting the year's final major on Thursday in illustrious company.
"I'm really looking forward to the experience for the first time and looking to really turn a fantastic year into an incredible one.
"Obviously the more accomplished you become as a player, the more you really single out the major championships. And the more times you get to the U.S. PGA, the more you realize it's your last chance of the season to make it a fantastic year."
Making Rose's draw at Oak Hill even tastier is the fact that he and Scott are good friends while the Englishman and Mickelson have competed against one another more than once in recent years on some of golf's biggest stages.
"Adam is a great friend of mine, and I couldn't have been happier when he won the Masters," Rose said of Scott's victory in April at Augusta National where he became the first Australian to claim the year's first major.
Check full leaderboard from ESPN.com:
Leaderboard
POS START CTRY PLAYER TO PAR TODAY THRU R1 R2 R3 R4 TOT
1 1 Jim Furyk -5 -5 14 - - - - -
2 1 David Hearn -4 -4 F 66 - - - 66
T3 1 Marcus Fraser -3 -3 16 - - - -
T3 1 Robert Garrigus -3 -3 F 67 - - - 67
T3 1 Paul Casey -3 -3 F 67 - - - 67
T3 1 Matt Kuchar -3 -3 F 67 - - - 67
T3 1 Henrik Stenson -3 -3 15 - - - -
T8 1 Kiradech Aphibarnrat -2 -2 F 68 - - - 68
T8 1 Jason Dufner -2 -2 F 68 - - - 68
T8 1 Steve Stricker -2 -2 F 68 - - - 68
T8 1 Rafael Cabrera Bello -2 -2 15 - - - -
T8 1 Bernd Wiesberger -2 -2 12 - - - - -
T8 1 Matt Jones -2 -2 12 - - - - -
T8 1 Bill Haas -2 -2 17 - - - -
T15 1 Charley Hoffman -1 -1 F 69 - - - 69
T15 1 Billy Horschel -1 -1 F 69 - - - 69
T15 1 Tommy Gainey -1 -1 F 69 - - - 69
T15 1 Sergio Garcia -1 -1 F 69 - - - 69
T15 1 J.J. Henry -1 -1 17 - - - - -
T15 1 Keegan Bradley -1 -1 15 - - - - -
T15 1 Tiger Woods -1 -1 15 - - -
