Vijay Singh birdied the first and last holes of his opening nine to get within a shot of Tiger Woods who is not due to start his second round until 7.45pm, UK time.
Since undergoing knee surgery in January â " is there nothing the top pros won't do in order to emulate Tiger â " Singh has struggled with his game, and his performance so far this week is a minor surprise.
Singh, the champion in 1998 and 2004, has missed the cut at the PGA in the previous three years and has had a poor season so far. He has not had a single top five finish, has missed five cuts and has a best finish in the majors of tied 27th at the US Open. He says: "I haven't played well all year. I've been working hard."
Saying Singh has been working hard is a bit like saying Barbara Cartland has knocked out the odd book. The 46-year-old Fijian is always on the range. But unless the wind picks up this afternoon, Singh may find he is on the wrong side of the draw. The majority of the leaders played in dead calm conditions on Thursday morning and are due out this afternoon.
Ian Poulter is another who looks to have been on the wrong end of it, but the Englishman had three birdies in his opening seven holes to move up the leaderboard. It is quite a recovery after the demons of Turnberry.
Not many players have a stronger mind than Poulter although he was struggling to come to terms with defeat last night. He tweeted: "Fisher is beating me at tennis on the x box. He is doing my head in. I will slap him if he keeps doing it."
Such is top level sport - " a curious mix between fantasy land and virtual reality.
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