Nightmarish start: Ishikawa posts opening-round 85

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – How nightmarish was Ryo Ishikawa’s opening circular Thursday on the PGA Championship.
The 19-year-old phenom from Japan lost observe of how numerous balls he strike inside the drinking water shooting an 85.
.“I did not count them,” Ishikawa stated via a translator. “This program has so numerous drinking water holes, every single time I produced a mistake it seemed to go inside the water.”
For the record, Ishikawa strike 6 balls inside the water.
“This will be the very first i have strike so numerous balls inside the water,” he said.
The 85 was Ishikawa's greatest rating in 31 rounds of leading championship golf. it absolutely was a shocking efficiency provided Ishikawa was anticipated to contend to gain his very first leading inside the wake of his operate on the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational final week. Ishikawa tied for fourth at Akron, Ohio.
Ishikawa stated his swing felt “stiff” this morning, also it obtained stiffer with every single poor shot. His scorecard incorporated 5 double bogeys, a triple bogey and two bogeys with no just one birdie.