“I feel like I can hit it in the fairway”. The U.S. Open champion had to make up a lot of ground to do it. A double-bogey on the par-3 7th hole temporarily derailed his day, but the resilient Arizona State University Sun Devil finished eagle-birdie to move to 5-under. I feel like I can hit it in the fairway. The conditions were tough. The wind was blowing pretty hard and I felt like I played pretty well.
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“It’s obviously disappointing but it’s another golf tournament, and I’m able to kind of get over it a little bit easier now than I used to be probably”, said DeLaet, who will represent Canada in men’s golf at the Rio Olympics with David Hearn of Brantford, Ont.
“I was a little uptight at the beginning, but Jared was playing well and just kind of told myself, ‘hey, played a lot of golf with him and there’s birdies to be made, ‘” said Rank.
“Had to change the game plan a little bit as it’s just a little tough with how dry everything is, it’s nearly better to get up there around the greens with a wedge in your hand. I think their teamwork was really nice”.
List began another hot, dry day at the fast-running, dusty layout with a two quick birdies but ran into trouble on a trio of holes in the valley of the back nine, making three bogeys in four holes.
Rank, who was paired with du Toit, made an eagle putt from the rough edge of the green on 18 to finish at 3 under. I like it off the tee.
Day said he hadn’t adjusted well to the firm greens this week. “So if you get some good looks at it, you can hold some putts”.
List birdied all four of the par-fives in a round completed with seven consecutive pars.
Going low guaranteed him nothing but a trip in front of the media and a sound night’s sleep but List, ranked 309th in the world, was happy to take advantage of a course that got considerably tougher as the day went along.
List showed a great deal of mental toughness by overcoming three bogeys over a four-hole stretch to keep pace with Johnson, which suggests he may have the mettle to hang tough against an elite player over the weekend.
USA swept by England on opening day of UL International Crown: For the United States and Taiwan, the first session of the UL International Crown was a repeat of the first day of the inaugural event two years ago.
Day was hopeful an expected overnight thunderstorm might soften things up for his second round at the place he kick-started the best 12 months of his career but any such storm would also give Johnson a chance to put an early morning gap on the chasers.
GURNEE, Ill. – The United States lost both of its four-ball matches to England, and Yani Tseng helped Taiwan sweep Australia in the opening session of the UL International Crown.
“That’s what this format is”. “We’re going to go out there and play good golf again, and hopefully we get on the good side of it”. “My mentality is just trying to get it up there as far as I can”. The top two teams in each pool and the victor of wild-card playoff between the third-place teams advance to Sunday’s singles matches.
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“I really don’t know what happened the first four holes”. The 20-year-old Hull had three straight birdies and Reid eagled No. 8, a 468-yard par 5. Johnson’s run at back-to-back major wins didn’t come to fruition like I hoped, but he still finished in the top 10 at Royal Troon, his 11th top 10 finish this season.
