The 18-year-old Henderson has nine top-10 finishes this season.
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The start was delayed 5 1/2 hours after thunderstorms overnight that lingered into the morning. News stories displayed here appear in our category for Sports and are licensed via a specific agreement between LongIsland.com and The Associated Press, the world’s oldest and largest news organization. He had five more birdies on that side Friday.
Spieth goes into the weekend in contention at home for the second week in a row, and at Colonial for the second year in a row. Last year Kirk defeated Jason Bohn by one stroke but he’s not favored by the ProGolfNow writers to repeat.
The out there American is teeing it up in his first Senior major championship at Harbor Shores in MI and was cruising through his first handful of holes.
The 53-year-old, who claimed his first Champions Tour major, posted a five-under-par 66 in the final round for a 19-under tournament record total of 265, beating Sam Snead’s score of 268 set in 1972.
Daly shot 4-over 75 on the round, is tied for 126th place in the 156-player field after the first round and is 13 shots behind leader Rocco Mediate, who shot a tournament record-tying 62. On the par-4 16th hole, Daly pulled his tee shot left into a hazard so he re-teed the ball and hit again. “I hit a couple of amusing shots there and I made a par and a birdie”.
He won for the third time on the 50-and-over tour, with the first two coming in 2013.
Gene Sauers had a bogey-free 63, while Mike Goodes shot 64.
Bernhard Langer was attempting to become the first man to win all five senior majors and made a monster push when he produced four birdies and an eagle over five straight holes. 7-10. The Scot won in 2014 at Harbor Shores and a year ago at French Lick Resort in Indiana.
“Unfortunately, I hit the top of the ball”, said Montgomerie, describing the second shot on No. 10.
John Daly made the first start of his Champions Tour career earlier this month at the Insperity Invitational, and it was a rousing success.
Jutanugarn had four back-nine birdies, including No. 18 when her approach went off a hospitality suite and landed in a greenside bunker 20 yards from the hole. He’s tied for 11th at 8 under after shooting an even-par 71 on Saturday.
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Australia’s Scott Hend eagled the final hole for a 69, and South Korea’s Y.E. Yang also had a 69 to match Willett at 10-under 134 at Wentworth in the European Tour’s flagship event.
