<table> </table> <strong><span class="subhead">A tough test</span></strong></p><p>Paul Goydos found Oakland Hills to be as tough as any test in golf. But his exam wasn&#8217;t over after he made par on his final hole for a 74. Two officials escorted him to the locker room for a drug test.</p><p>Drug testing on the PGA and European tours began in July, though this was the first time at a major championship.</p><p>Moments later, Anthony Kim was escorted to the clubhouse for his drug test after a 70.</p><p>Goydos is among those who accepts drug testing as a way of the sporting world, though he was intrigued by the philosophy.</p><p>&#8220;In this case, you&#8217;re guilty until proven innocent,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And now I have 10 days to prove I&#8217;m innocent.&#8221;</p><p>He was referring to the time it takes to get results, though it might be a little longer.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Quick trip</span></strong></p><p>Nathan Green had planned to stay home in Dallas this week until he learned that two players had withdrawn from the PGA Championship since Monday, and he was the first alternate.</p><p>Green arrived in the Detroit area Wednesday night and had to be at Oakland Hills in time for the 7:30 a.m. start. He waited through the morning batch of tee times, had breakfast, hit balls, then waited some more.</p><p>Alas, no one else withdrew, and it was time for the Aussie to go back home to Dallas without ever seeing the course.</p><p>&#8220;I thought it was a bit of a long shot,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But I had to be here just in case.&#8221;</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Perry withdraws</span></strong></p><p>Kenny Perry, playing in a major for the first time this year, withdrew from the PGA Championship after an opening-round 79 because of an eye injury.</p><p>Perry, a three-time winner on the PGA Tour this year, is ranked 17th in the world and has clinched a spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team.</p><p>&#8220;I have had Lasik surgery and have been wearing Lasik lenses which have a hard center and flatten out at the end,&#8221; he said after withdrawing. &#8220;I had got some infection in there, and my doctor said that I needed to let my eyes rest by keeping the contacts out.</p><p>&#8220;He gave me cortisone and steroids, which were very painful, and it was annoying and difficult to be trying to fight a tough golf course and have my eye aggravating me at the same time.&#8221;</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">A rugged start</span></strong></p><p>This was the time for American players on the bubble for making the Ryder Cup team to make a statement. It wasn&#8217;t what Hunter Mahan had in mind.</p><p>Mahan is 10th in the standings &#8212; only the top eight qualify after the PGA Championship &#8212; and he got off to a rugged start with a double bogey. It didn&#8217;t get much better. He had a triple bogey on the fourth hole and shot 42 on the front nine. His round ended with one last bogey for an 81, the highest score of his career.</p><p>Woody Austin of Derby, Kan., who is at No. 9, went out in 40, and only three tough pars at the end allowed him to shoot 79.</p><p>D.J. Trahan (No. 11) opened with a 72, while Zach Johnson (No. 13) had a 76. The most impressive performance came from Sean O&#8217;Hair, who is No. 14 in the standings.</p><p>O&#8217;Hair was atop the leader board most of the morning and finished with a 1-under 69.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s in the back of my mind,&#8221; O&#8217;Hair said. &#8220;I really want to play on the team, but thinking about it would get in my way. It almost would make me try too hard to get on the team. So if I just focus on what gets me to play well, it will get me on the team. And if I do get on the team, it will help me play well in the Ryder Cup.&#8221;