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Darragh Culhane

Shane Lowry caught with foul-mouthed hot mic on day one of PGA Championship

Shane Lowry was cuaght with a foul-mouthed hot mic on day one of the PGA Championship on Thursday.

The second major of the year got underway at Oak Hill Country Club and players were warned they were in for a tough challenge.

Oak Hill was rumoured to be set up similar to a US Open in terms of difficulty and scoring was low on the opening day.

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Offaly man Lowry, however, found himself in a spot of bother early on as he flew the green with a bunker shot on the 14th hole and could be heard shouting an expletive live on air.

The 2019 Open winner would go on to bogey the hole but found the going tough with two more bogeys on the day to leave him middle of the field.

Red-hot Scottie Scheffler currently leads the way with a stunning three-under-par round while both Rory McIlroy and Padraig Harrington still have their rounds underway and Waterford's Seamus Power tees off late on Thursday.

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