BMW PGA Championship 2016: Thursday Leaderboard Scores and Highlights

Joost Luiten, Scott Hend and Y.E. Yang set the clubhouse target on Thursday after each hitting an opening-round 65 to finish the first day of the 2016 BMW PGA Championship at the top of the leaderboard.   

Danny Willett finished on 66 and had to settle for finishing one shot off the leaders, despite being the only player not to hit a bogey on day one at Wentworth Club.

Englishmen Robert Rock and Luke Donald kept pace with the leaders, thanks to rounds of 67 and 68, respectively. Meanwhile, some late struggles undermined Graeme McDowell’s efforts to do the same.

Here’s what the leaderboard looks like after the opening round:

Recap

Hend was in superb form, shooting par eight times and hitting seven birdies over the first 14 holes, before trouble struck at the 15th. That was when Hend hit a bogey, but the Australian soon bounced back.

He rebounded in style by finishing one under at the par-four 16. The official European Tour Twitter feed relayed a highlight of the putt that claimed the hole with a shot to spare:

16 holes. 8 birdies.How to bounce back after your first bogey of the day. https://t.co/YAeFA8u4dK

— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) 26 May 2016

While Hend had begun strongly, Yang slipped to a bogey at the opening hole. But he soon steadied his nerves to hit eight birdies from the next 17 holes in an efficient assault of the course.

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