The Belgian Thomas Detry carded a final birdie for a 9-under 63 at Spyglass Hill and led the first round at Thursday’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am at pebble beachCalifornia.
Detry’s birdie at the par-4 18th was his third in a row to close out a -6 on the back nine. He pushed her forward Patrick Cantlaywho set the pace early in the afternoon with a bogey-free 8-under 64 at Spyglass Hill.
The 80 players in the field in the signature event will play one round each at Pebble Beach Golf Links and Spyglass Hill Golf Course to open the tournament. They will go to pebble beach for weekend rounds without a 36-hole cut as they compete for shares of the $20 million purse.
The French Matthieu Pavonwho earned his first PGA Tour victory last week at the Farmers Insurance Open to qualify, shot the low round of the day at Pebble Beach, a 7-under 65, which put him alone in third place .
The Argentinian Emiliano Grillo (Spyglass Hill) and the South Korean Yes Woo Kim (Pebble Beach) is tied for fourth at 6 under, and Rickie Fowler (Spyglass Hill) is tied for sixth place with Collin Morikawa (Pebble Beach) with 5 under par.
Detry He missed the green on No. 18 and had an uphill lie for his third shot. He opened his round with a run of three birdies before making his only bogey of the day at the par-3 fifth, which he erased with a birdie at the par-5 seventh.
The 31-year-old has never won on the PGA Tour, but he came close last week at the Farmers. He maintained the lead in the third round but a water ball knocked him out of first place; then tied for 20th place.
Cantlay also participated on Thursday. He started on the back nine and holed out for his first birdie on the par-4 13th. Four consecutive birdies saw him move up the positions.
For his part, the Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy He carded a -6 in 14 holes at Spyglass Hill to maintain a one-point lead. But not only did McIlroy go on to make three consecutive bogeys between the 6th and 8th holes, he also received a two-stroke penalty for an improper putt on the seventh, resulting in a -1 graduation His mistake was dropping his ball a club length from the line from the hole to where the ball was.
Source: La Verdad
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