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Kiawah Island was the longest course in major championship history when it staged the same event in 2012, but lost that claim to fame to US Open venue Chambers Bay in 2015, which was then itself supplanted by Erin Hills two years later. But adding 200 yards for a monstrous total of 7,876 has regained Kiawah’s place in the record books, not long after Masters chairman Fred Ridley said he hoped the day would never come when any major would be played on a course measuring 8,000 yards. The windy conditions on South Carolina’s Atlantic coast – which contributed to a second-round scoring average of 78.09 in 2021 – means it is unlikely tournament organisers will stretch the course to its limit, but practice rounds have left every player in no doubt of the size of their task. “If the wind blows this way for the rest of the week, it’s going to be a battle to just get in the clubhouse,” former Masters champion Adam Scott said. “One (major) that comes to mind of just surviving was when Geoff Ogilvy won the US Open (in 2006). He was the only guy to play the last four holes in par that day, I believe, and it could be something similar for anybody kind of near the lead. “It is a long course, but the wind… when you stand on 16 and it’s 608 yards, it’s playing like 750, and it’s probably numbers that we’ll never hopefully see on golf courses. But that’s what it’s playing like.” USPGA Championship 2021 full leaderboard

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Russell Henley grabbed an early lead after shooting a 6-under 64 in the opening round, and that held up by the end of the day.