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A large part of the anticipation around the opening day of the PGA championship of this year was fixed around a star group at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte.
The grouping of the world n ° 1 Scottie Scheffler, the world n ° 2 Rory McILroy and the world No. 3, Xander Schauffele has put languages playing on the announcement that they would play together.
It was far from a vintage outing, however, because each member of the group had trouble getting forward anything.
The newly crowned career champion in a newly crowned career, McILroy, could not postpone his form of master’s degree and was unusually capricious of the TEE – resulting in a turn of 3 to 3.
McILroy, who won Quail Hollow four times in his career, has pulled his worst round in the course since 2011.
The 35 -year -old man did not speak to the media after the Tour.
The reigning champion Schauffele was also unusually unusual and finished his 18 holes 1 on.
However, although he did not have the best day, Scheffler, 28, managed to grind a finish of 2 sous in a typical way.
The day of the group could be summarized by the 16th delicate hole where the three golfers marked a double bogey.
Scheffler and Schauffele had found the middle of the fairway after almost perfect training, for both to hit their second strokes in the water next to the green – all -momentum that they had towards the clubhouse.
The duo expressed his dissatisfaction with the amount of mud balls they hit during the Tour – a reason for their capricious approaches on the 16th hole.
“I wouldn’t want to go to the locker room because I am sure that many guys are not very satisfied with the conditions there,” said Schauffele.
“It fears that you are a little 50/50 once you have hit the fairway.”
Before Thursday’s opening tour, the PGA of America decided that it would not use favorite lies, which would allow players to lift, clean and place their ball on the fairways.
The organizers of the tournament defended the decision, calling for “exceptional and dry” play areas.
“We mow the fairways tonight. We are looking forward to an exciting opening tour at the 107th PGA championship,” added the PGA of America in a statement on Wednesday.
Scheffler was also not satisfied with the uncertainty of finding the fairway.
“On the 16th, I struck in the middle of the fairway, you have mud on your ball, and it is difficult to control where it goes after that,” he added.
“This is one of those offers where it is frustrating to hit the ball in the middle of the fairway and make mud on it and not know where it will go. I understand that it is part of the game, but there is nothing more frustrating for a player. You spend your whole life trying to know how to control a golf ball, and due to a rules of rules suddenly, you have absolutely no control over the place where this golf ball takes place. ”.
But despite the day upside down, Scheffler spoke with emotion to play in a group of golf stars.
“It is always a ton of pleasure to combine with these two guys. I think what excites us the most as players is to play against the best competition, and having the three best guys in the world while playing all together is a huge amount of pleasure,” said the major double winner after his round.
“I hope that tomorrow, it will play a little better. This morning was a little difficult.”
The three golfers hope for a better second day as they seek to track down the leaders as they take off at 1:47 p.m. HE.
Viva Jhonattan Vegas!
The world n ° 70 has played all the good hands to pull a 74-hot 64 to find itself at the top of the ranking, seated two strokes in front of the duo of Ryan Gerard and Cam Davis.
The 40-year-old man fired nine birdies to become the first player representing Venezuela to lead / Co-Diriger a round of a major tournament.
Vegas said that she was “incredible”.
“It’s a bit for what we dreamed for,” Vegas told The Espn Broadcast. “What we dreamed of. What we train for every day. It’s good to make a tournament that way.”
Vegas added that he had “prioritized” well played in the majors when he was asked why he had not struck, despite the quadruple winner of the PGA Tour.
“At the end of the day, we are so much trying to play these events.
Vegas has a quick turnaround while it is completed at 9:06 a.m. on Friday.
Five players are tied in the fourth row, including the European Ryder Cup team, Captain Luke Donald and the deputy Alex Smalley.
It was just over 24 hours before Thursday evening’s arrival that the 28 -year -old American discovered that he would play in the middle finger after Sahith Theegala was forced to withdraw before Thursday’s opening tour with a neck injury.
Smalley, who grew up near Charlotte in Greensboro, in North Carolina, said that it was “brilliant” to have a major in her country of origin.
“But it was nice to have the opportunity to play,” Smalley told journalists. “I played the Wells Fargo here two years ago. I didn’t really play here before that. So, I really have only a few laps to my credit. It is not as if I was 30 or 40 years old. ”
One of the favorites of the bets, Bryson Dechambeau, joined the many big names to fight, finishing in the first 18 holes.
It was a kind of day from top to bottom for the double winner of the PGA Justin Thomas championship.
Despite three consecutive birdies, including an incredible chip on the 16th hole, the American finished 2 on the peer and is equal to the 73rd.
But nothing has approached the last hole for the 32 -year -old man.
Thomas found his ball at the top of a rock just near the water and after removing his socks and shoes, he escaped the potentially dangerous shot to put it at 12 feet from the spit. It would not flow the putt in the end to finish with a Bogey.
Golf is a humiliating and difficult game for those who have.
Sometimes these challenges come from the environment around the course and that’s exactly what happened in the first round.
The turtles have decided to get out of the water that borders many hollow holes and take a residence in a bunker.
He even affected one of the leaders Gerard on the 14th hole, after his chip shot has gone into the green in the rough – landing on the right by a very quiet turtle.
Brad Gregory of the PGA Rules of the PGA in America confirmed to the ESPN broadcast that there was a delay on the 14th hole at some point of the day due to the infestation of turtles.
The American golfer Tyler Collet had a longer expectation than usual while several field guards worked to put the bunker back in working order after the turtles wreaked havoc in the sand.
However, the delay did not postpone Collet, who finally sorted after the unusual stop.
Hopefully the second round on Friday will include a little less turtle while the grouping of Keith Mitchell, Bob Sowards and Adam Hadwin start things at 7 a.m..
