ST. LOUIS (AP) — Paul Goydos, Doug Barron and Marco Dawson every shot 5-under 66 on Friday to share the first-round lead within the PGA Tour Champions’ inaugural Ascension Charity Basic.
Jim Furyk, Vijay Singh, Wes Brief Jr., Steve Flesch and Cliff Kresge had been a stroke again on Norwood Hills’ West Course, the tree-lined format the place Ben Hogan received the 1948 PGA Championship for his second main title.
Goydos had six birdies and bogey in his morning spherical.
“I had a good day,” Goydos stated. “I think also playing in the morning was a little softer and a little more inviting didn’t hurt either. But I hit a lot of fairways, I hit a lot of greens and I made a lot of putts and that’s usually a good formula. It’s amazing how that works.”
John Daly opened with a 68.
“It’s an old traditional golf course,” Daly stated. “It’s something we don’t get to play a lot anymore and it’s really cool.”
Daly went to Helias Excessive Faculty in Jefferson Metropolis, additionally starring as a kicker and punter. On Wednesday night time, he threw out the primary pitch on the Dodgers-Cardinals recreation — a toss he unsuccessfully tried to fireside over the display behind the plate.
“St. Louis has always been a great fan base of any sport,” Daly stated. “Bellerive was crazy a couple years ago. It’s just so awesome. They’ve always been a great town, a great city of sports. Love the Cardinals, love their Blues, and that’s what you love about coming here, it’s just a great, great fan base city and it’s good to have them on my side.”
Furyk bogeyed the par-4 seventeenth to fall out of the tie for the lead.
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