Player reactions after the first round Thursday of the PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey.

SOUNDBITE: (English) Martin Kaymer:
"Well, there's nothing easy on the golf course today, or in general. I just didn't miss many fairways and therefore, you can create some birdie chances. But at the end of the day you still need to make the putts, and fortunately today, I could use the two par 5s, 17 and 18. Even had a good chance on 18 to make three. And I think that was for me today the biggest thing. I rarely put myself out of play where I need to scramble a lot. The last three or four holes, I needed to do a little bit of that, but in general I kept it together and created chances, and I think that's the key on the golf course. You hit a lot of fairways, and once you miss the fairway, because the par 4s, they are quite long, especially on the front nine, it gets really difficult to sometimes even hit it on to the green."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Jordan Spieth:
"I struck the ball beautifully today, the way I have been. One bad tee shot that caused the double bogey, and the rest of it was on the greens, just looking to match the line and speed up. I left quite a few short which a lot of people did. They looked glassy and then they didn't putt that way. By the end of the day, you get a last few holes on any kind of poa annua greens, let alone a poa annua mix, it's going to be really hard to make putts. Stay patient, try to hit greens in regulation. That's what we did. I think I hit 15 of them today. That's really solid at a major championship, let alone at Baltusrol."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Henrik Stenson:
"I'm pleased with that start. I thought I played a very solid round. I wasn't in too much trouble at any time. Hit a lot of fairways, a lot of greens, and gave myself some good chances. Maybe felt like a slight lack of preparation on the putting green this week was showing up on a few occasions, but all in all, I think I putted okay, and I made the most of the ones I needed to make. And a couple birdie putts coming in there, which 3-under in a major is always good."