Patrick Cantlay holds a one-shot lead after the opening spherical of the Genesis Invitational, the place Scottie Scheffler’s placing struggles continued and Rory McIlroy had a back-nine to overlook in Tiger Woods’ PGA Tour comeback.
Cantlay blended eight birdies with one bogey throughout a first-round 64 at Riviera Country Club, giving him a one-shot lead over Jason Day, Cameron Davis and Luke List, whereas Jordan Spieth is in the group two again on 5 underneath.
World No 1 Scheffler is inside 4 of the lead regardless of a surprising day on the greens, with 5 missed probabilities from inside 10 ft throughout his first 11 holes alone leaving him throwing his ball into the bushes in anger throughout a three-under 68.
Scottie Scheffler missed a string of birdie probabilities throughout his opening spherical, prompting him to toss one in all his balls into the bushes on the Genesis Invitational!
Woods marked his first official PGA Tour begin since The Masters in April with a one-over 72, whereas McIlroy has left himself work to just do to make the minimize after dropping 5 photographs in two holes on his approach to an opening-round 74.
Eventful begin in California
Cantlay opened with back-to-back features and added additional birdies on the fourth and sixth, with the previous FedExCup champion holing from 25 ft on the eighth to hitch enjoying accomplice Spieth in reaching the flip in 30.
Patrick Cantlay is on the lookout for a primary PGA Tour victory since August 2022
The American took benefit of the par-five eleventh and made successive features from the thirteenth to get to eight underneath, then carded his solely bogey of the day when he hit bushes off the tee on the par-three sixteenth.
List and Day each loved blemish-free begins to get inside one of many lead, as Davis birdied three of his final 5 holes to finish the trio tied-second, with Spieth joined in a share of fifth by Will Zalatoris – who briefly led – and Tom Hoge.
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Byeong Hun An and Adam Svensson are three again, whereas Scheffler -who might lose world No 1 spot to McIlroy this week – is an additional shot behind and tied-tenth after failing to construct on an eagle-birdie begin.
Woods enjoys ‘detached’ begin as McIlroy fades
Woods made two birdies in three holes on his entrance 9 and was nonetheless in pink figures with seven holes to go, with the 15-time main champion displaying loads of constructive indicators in his first outing carrying his new ‘Sun Day Red’ clothes.
Highlights from Tiger Woods’ first spherical on the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Golf Course.
The former world No 1 solely registered seven pars on an eclectic scorecard, with an inexplicable shank from the ultimate fairway ensuing in a closing bogey and leaving him eight strokes off the clubhouse lead.
“My round was good and a little bit indifferent,” Woods advised Golf Channel. “I didn’t feel like I hit a lot of greens today. I missed a lot and was stressing out on the short game. I mean, I had maybe about five days today or something stupid [seven]. It was making either birdies or bogeys.”
Tiger Woods hit an unimaginable shank shot on his method to the 18th gap as he bogeyed the final to complete on one-over-par on the first spherical of the Genesis Invitational.
McIlroy made a powerful begin as he adopted a front-nine 33 by driving the tenth inexperienced and two-putting for birdie, just for a three-putt par from the perimeter on the par-five eleventh sparking the unravelling of his spherical.
A wayward tee shot on the subsequent left him two-putting from 40 ft simply to scramble for a bogey, then a poor method into the fifteenth and disappointing chip from the tough noticed him publish a double-bogey six.
Rory McIlroy is ten strokes behind after the opening day of the Genesis Invitational
Worse was to return on the par-three sixteenth, the place McIlroy took two makes an attempt out of the sand and three-putter from eight ft for a triple-bogey, with the Northern Irishman then cancelling out a two-putt birdie on the par-five seventeenth by carding one other bogey on the ultimate gap.
There might be a 36-hole minimize on Friday to incorporate the highest 50 gamers and ties, plus anybody inside 10 strokes of the lead, with the winner of the most recent PGA Tour Signature Event pocketing a primary prize of $3.6million.
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