Singh: eagle at five
USPGA Championship
First round leaders
US unless stated
-2 R Karlsson (Swe)
-2 JM Singh (Ind)
-1 S Garcia (Spn)
-1 K Duke
-1 B Mayfair
-1 S O'Hair
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Robert Karlsson and Jeev Milka Singh shot two-under-par first-round 68s to claim the clubhouse lead at the weather-delayed USPGA at Oakland Hills.
More than an hour's play was lost late in the day as a thunderstorm hit Detroit and 37 players will have to complete their second round on Friday morning.
Swede Karlsson, the only top-10 finisher in all three majors of 2008 to date, bounced back from an opening double-bogey at the par-four first hole to birdie five of the next seven holes and added another at the 11th - before bogeys at the par-four 14th and 15th holes sent him back to two under for his round.
India's Singh also began with bogey at the first and then eagled the par-five second in a round which also featured three birdies and two more bogeys.
Argentina's Andres Romero had joined the leaders on two-under when he was forced in by the darkness after completing 16 holes.
Among the finishers, Karlsson and Singh hold a one-shot lead over Americans Ken Duke, Billy Mayfair and Sean O'Hair and Spaniard Sergio Garcia - who bogeyed the last for a 69.
Thrilled
But Players champion Garcia described himself as 'thrilled' with his score after hitting just four of 14 fairways in regulation.
World number two Phil Mickelson is a shot further back after also bogeying the last for a 70.
Eight of the European team team that won the Ryder Cup here four years ago are back at Oakland Hills, but it was a mixed bag for the European heroes.
Paul Casey double-bogeyed the par-four 11th, his second of the day - on the way to a two-over 72 which closed with the Englishman three-putting his last hole, the ninth, for a bogey.
Colin Montgomerie shot a 76 and Lee Westwood, who tied for second at last weekend's WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, endured a nightmare opening day with a 77.
Westwood - third at the US Open and top of the European Ryder Cup standings - could not muster a single birdie and after signing his card launched a blistering attack on the course set-up.
American former US Open champion Jim Furyk looked set to be close to the top of the leaderboard only to bogey his last three holes for a 71.
His fellow countryman Anthony Kim, a two-time PGA Tour winner in just his second season, bounced back from a disappointing Bridgestone Invitational to card a level-par 70.
At fifth on the US points list, Kim is set to qualify automatically for the US Ryder Cup team - because the final major of the year counts as the last event for Americans to book the eight automatic spots on Paul Azinger's team for Valhalla next month.
Flying start
Open champion Padraig Harrington got off to a flying start with a hat-trick of birdies, only for four bogeys between the seventh and 13th holes to derail the Irishman. He bounced back with a birdie at the 14th to return to even par when play was suspended, but dropped a further shot and signed for a 71.
Among those yet to complete their opening rounds were South Africa's Retief Goosen and American Jonathan Byrd, who both shared the lead at three under before bogeying the eighth and 17th holes respectively just before the weather delay. They then immediately dropped shots on the resumption, with Goosen finishing on two over.
