The second-year member of the PGA Tour Justin Lower has a two-shot lead after the first round of the 2022-23 PGA Tour season played Thursday at Fortinet Championship in NapaCalif.
Below he shot a 9-under-par 63 on the North Course at Silverado Resort and Spa. max homa tied for second at 65, and two golfers from South Korea, SH Kim and Byeong Hun An, they tied for third place with 66.
Rickie Fowler, Greyson Sigg, Sahith Theegala, Scott Harrington, Brice Garnett, JJ Spaun, Nick Taylor, Emiliano Grillo, Matti Schmid, and Sung Kang they share in fifth place with 67, five under par. Robert Shelton he was five under par through 13 holes when play was suspended due to darkness. Around a quarter of the 155 players did not complete the first round.
Below he has never finished in the top five in a PGA Tour event. His best results were a tie for eighth place at the Barbasol Championship and a tie for tenth at the Zurich Classic in New Orleans.
In a bogey-free round on Thursday, Below he alternated between birdies and pars in the first nine holes he played. Lower got his card on the 2022-23 tour two weeks ago, when the PGA suspended the last six players who jumped on the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf circuit. He is one of six golfers filling the vacant spots.
Classification after the first round (par 72)
1. Justin Lower (USA) 63
2. Max Homa (USA) 65
3. Byeong Hun An (KOR) 66
3. Seonghyeon Kim (KOR) 66
3. JJ Spaun (USA) 66
6. Rickie Fowler (USA) 67
6. Brice Garnett (USA) 67
6. Emiliano Grillo (ARG) 67
6. Scott Harrington (USA) 67
6. Sung-Hoon Kang (KOR) 67
6. Matthias Schmid (GER) 67
6. Robby Shelton (USA) 67*
*Some players did not finish their lap
Source: La Verdad
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