Akshay Bhatia Took advantage of a great final stretch to shoot a 64, 8 under par, and lead after the first round in Rocket Mortgage Classic Thursday at Detroit Golf Club. At first it was when Jorge Campillo It started very far from the head.
Bhatia, 22, is seeking his third PGA Tour title in about eleven months after winning the Barracuda Championship in July and the Valero Texas Open in April. He had four birdies in fifteen holes before finishing birdie-eagle-birdie.
His bogey-free round put him one stroke ahead Taylor Montgomery and Michael Kim. The defending champion Rickie Fowler He opened with a six-under 66 and tied for fourth place with the Will Zalatoris, Eric Colethe German Matti Schmid and English Aaron Rai.
Fowler He also had a bogey-free round and birdied four of the final five holes of the round. His victory at Rocket Mortgage last year ended a more than four-year winless streak.
Cameron Young, who shot a 59 in the third round of the Travelers Championship last week, was part of a group tied for five-under 67. Amateur Miles Russell, 15, opened with a 74, 2 over par, in his first round on the PGA Tour. The world’s top-ranked junior plays with a sponsor’s exemption.
In a Spanish key, Jorge Campillo He is ranked 115th in the division and will fight in the second round to make the cut. He was +1 with respect to par on the field after signing off first with a birdie and a double-bogey.
Source: La Verdad
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