Cameron Young (pictured) made no mistake on Thursday in his first round of competition at the highly regarded Harbor Town Golf Links course and takes sole command of the tournament.
You don’t always need to have a lot of experience on a course to get low. This was proven on Thursday Cameron Youngthe rookie of PGA Touron the course ofHarbour Town Golf Links.
8 birdies, no bogeys, here is the former player of Wake Forest in the lead with two strokes ahead of the Chilean Joaquin Niemann.
At 24, Young, who already has two 2nd places on the PGA Tour this season, has not really succeeded in his first steps at Augusta last week but was able to rest in order to arrive in better spirits in South Carolina.
Firing at the flagstick to finish ????
Leader Cameron Young birdies the last. pic.twitter.com/T8O28TnhvK
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For his part, Joaquin Niemann posted no less than 7 birdies on his last 14 holes to forget his shy start and his 35th place in the Masters.
He is ahead of a group of 7 players stuck in 3rd place in which figure the n°1 of the FedEx Cup 2021, Patrick Cantlaythe Irish Shane Lowrythird (ex-aequo) in Augusta last Sunday as well as Corey Connersauthor of a fine 6th place in the first major of the season.
Thursday, the Canadian notably stood out with a magnificent hole in 1 to 7
???? ACE ALERT ????@CoreConn rolls it in perfectly at the 187-yard 7th! pic.twitter.com/wzJZKLZuNS
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Two well-launched former winners
Winner of RBC Heritage 10 years ago, Graeme McDowell has been showing encouraging signs of a return to form for the past few weeks.
The Northern Irishman is therefore also part of the players in ambush like the current defending champion, Stewart Cink who points to 4 shots after having still managed a masterful iron shot at 10.
Author of a hole in 1 last Friday in Augustathe American signed the 7th eagle in the history of this first par 4 return.
It’s in the hole! ????@StewartCink drains it from 152 yards on No. 10. pic.twitter.com/usGvZr2izn
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The beautiful story of Morgan Hoffmann
Besides the leaders, we had to keep an eye on the performance of the revenant Morgan Hoffmann dont the unusual story moved the world of golf.
Affected by a rare disease, he left the circuit and the Western way of life several years ago to treat himself by turning to medicines inherited from ancient times.
Installed in Costa Rica with his wife, Hoffmann has gradually recovered his health and is aligned in a tournament for the first time in 3 years.
His 71 (par) in the first round puts the former amateur world number 1 in position to cross the cut.
923 days since his last round on TOUR.@Morgan_Hoffmann has fought his way back ???? https://t.co/Ut6CHJCrJB pic.twitter.com/QT8IN48lu7
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The video summary of the 1st round
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