The PGA Tour golfers are kicking off another intense weekend of competition. In fact, space is given to the Procore Championship (prize money 6 million dollars), an event born in 2007 and known in the past with the names of Fortinet Championship and Safeway Open.
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At the end of the first round David Lipsky leads the rankings alone. For the American, a return from -7 (65) tainted by the only bogey committed on the 9th hole.
David Lipsky, results
Lipsky boasts a one-length margin over his compatriot Patton Kizzire and the Scotsman Martin Laird.
Fourth position with a score of -5 for the Americans Mark Hubbard, Kevin Dougherty, Wilson Furr, Kevin Streelman and Joel Dahmen. Obviously a very short ranking with 80 participants who finished the opening round with scores under par.
On the par 72 course of the Silverado Country Club in Napa (California, United States of America), the top ten in ninth place with a score of -4 are the Australians Min Woo Lee and Aaron Baddeley, the German Matti Schmid, the Canadian Ben Silverman, and the Americans J.B.
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Holmes, Neal Shipey, Charley Hoffman, Patrick Fishburn, Brandon Wu, Nick Watney, Robby Shelton, Andrew Putnam and Wesley Bryan. 22nd place with a score of -3 for Sahith Theegala. The reigning champion signs an up-and-down round, but makes up for it by scoring three birdies in the last six holes.
A debut to forget for Maverick McNealy and Gary Woodland. The two Americans are in the back of the pack after the opening +3. Finally, Erik Barnes retired on the sidelines of the day's +11. In the late Italian afternoon, space will be given to the second round that will lead us to the usual Friday cut.
The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the major professional golf tours in the United States. It is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, a suburb of Jacksonville, Florida. Its official name is written in all capital letters, which is "PGA TOUR".
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The PGA Tour became its own organization in 1968, when it separated from the PGA of America, which is now primarily an association of golf professionals, such as instructors and club managers. The tournament players first formed their own organization, the Association of Professional Golfers (APG).
Later, in 1968, the players abolished the APG and agreed to operate as the PGA "Tournament Players Division", a completely autonomous division of the PGA, under the supervision of a new 10-member Tournament Policy Board.The name was then officially changed to the "PGA Tour" in 1975.
