Day, who saw the amusing side of being mistakenly introduced as “Jordan Day” on the first tee, mixed five birdies with six bogeys in another inconsistent showing, while Olympic champion Justin Rose faces a huge task to make the Tour Championship after slipping to three over par with two holes to play.
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“I told myself the last two weeks really to play like I had nothing to lose, and to make a bunch of birdies is a good way to start”, Castro said. Players were removed from the course, which generally means at least an hour delay is in store. Sep.
The course could be attacked, and that’s what the players did. Jordan Spieth was at 2 under, both birdies on par 5s on the front nine.
Rickie Fowler, hoping to impress Davis Love III and gain a Ryder Cup captain’s pick, shot a three-over 75. After squandering a chance to make the USA team at The Barclays, Fowler was in the middle of the pack at the Deutsche Bank Championship and opened the BMW Championship with a 75.
Castro sank a 17-foot birdie putt at the second and drained a stunner from 54 feet to birdie the fourth, but the highlight shot of his round was a 41-foot chip-in birdie at the 14th.
Day, meanwhile, is set for the Tour Championship and assured of being in the top five in the FedEx Cup, meaning he would only have to win at East Lake to claim the cup and its lucrative bonus. It stopped his slide, sure.
World No.1 Jason Day was one of those to complete his round but he is well off the pace on one-over.
Castro reeled off eight birdies before missing a six-foot par putt at 18 at Crooked Stick in Carmel.
Adam Scott is the best-placed Australian after a rain-affected first round of the BMW Championship at Crooked Stick in Indiana.
Roberto Castro upstaged some of the biggest names in golf to take a one-shot lead at the rain-hit BMW Championship on Thursday with a seven-under-par 65, while defending champ Jason Day ended the day eight strokes back after a six bogey 73.
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Reigning US Open champion Johnson has a new putter in the bag and the decision payed off with a dozen one-putt greens, a bogey after going in the water off the tee at the last putting a dampener on his round.
