{"id":13351,"date":"2012-08-10T02:19:30","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T00:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/update-2-golf-sizzling-swede-pettersson-takes-charge-at-kiawah\/"},"modified":"2012-08-10T02:19:30","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T00:19:30","slug":"update-2-golf-sizzling-swede-pettersson-takes-charge-at-kiawah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-2-golf-sizzling-swede-pettersson-takes-charge-at-kiawah\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 2-Golf-Sizzling Swede Pettersson takes charge at Kiawah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Pettersson shoots 66 to move one stroke clear<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* McIlroy and Woodland open with 67s<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Woods cards a 69 in low-scoring conditions<\/p>\n<p> (Updates with Pettersson taking clubhouse lead)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Mark Lamport-Stokes<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>KIAWAH ISLAND, South Carolina, Aug 9 (Reuters) &#8211; Swede Carl<br \/>\nPettersson put himself in position to improve a mediocre record<br \/>\nin the majors as he spearheaded a glut of low scoring to surge<br \/>\ninto a one-shot lead in the PGA Championship opening round on<br \/>\nThursday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old, who became a U.S. citizen in January, fired<br \/>\na sizzling six-under-par 66 in ideal conditions at the<br \/>\nrain-softened Kiawah Island Golf Resort to take control of the<br \/>\nseason&#8217;s final major.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Former U.S. Open winner Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and<br \/>\nlong-hitting American Gary Woodland charged into contention with<br \/>\n67s while four-times champion Tiger Woods was overall happy<br \/>\nafter opening with a 69.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Defending champion Keegan Bradley, 1991 winner John Daly,<br \/>\nDutchman Joost Luiten, who briefly led at eight under, and<br \/>\nAustralia&#8217;s Geoff Ogilvy carded 68s on a day of dazzling<br \/>\nsunshine at Kiawah where the ocean breezes began to strengthen.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I played really good,&#8221; Pettersson told reporters after a<br \/>\nflawless six-birdie display in hot and humid conditions on the<br \/>\nultra-long, 7,676-yard Ocean Course.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Pettersson shoots 66 to move one stroke clear * McIlroy and Woodland open with 67s * Woods cards a 69 in low-scoring conditions (Updates with Pettersson taking clubhouse lead) By Mark Lamport-Stokes KIAWAH ISLAND, South Carolina, Aug 9 (Reuters) &#8211; Swede Carl Pettersson put himself in position to improve a mediocre record in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-13351","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}