On April 1, Beijing time, the first round of the Masters Outpost - Valerode State Open was overrun. Scotland player Russell Knox netted seven shots and shot 65 (-7) to take a separate lead. Denmark's Rasmus Hoigarde trailed one shot behind and finished second. Pan ranked T18 with a 69 (-3). Defending champion Jordan Spieth delivered a par pair, with the likes of Wheat and Richie Fowler tentatively in the T72.
The first round of the Korn Ferry Tour-Coach Championship was suspended due to dark, and all three Chinese players have finished. Yuan Yechun played 7 birds, 1 eagle and 1 bogey, and tied for the clubhouse with a 64 (-8) lead; Dou Zecheng trailed by one shot to finish third alone; zhang Xinjun finished T45 with 71 (-1).
(Valerodes State Open First Round Highlights)
Knox has an advantage and leads alone
Scotland's Russell Knox, 36, has previously won two PGA Tour titles, both in the 2015-16 season. In eight games he's played this year, he's finished in the top ten twice, including the T6 of the Players Championship.
(Knox No. 15 Bird Push)
In this round, Knox played steadily. After a par 3 transfer, he won the "Four Birds" on the 12th-15th hole without swallowing any bogeys.
(Knox First Round Scorecard)
A steady kick-off played a big role. He has a fairway rate of 85.71% (12/14), ranking T1 of all players. At the same time, the upper green rate also reached 77.78% (14/18), ranking in T8.
(Knox pre-match trial)
"I did put in the kick-off, and it's going to be a lot of trouble here [at Oaks] if the ball is off," Knox said positively after the game, "and sometimes it's frustrating to put in the effort and not be rewarded." Today, I saw that my training was small and effective, which was still very good! ”
Lead the table
Trailing by one shot, in second place alone is 21-year-old Danish teenager Rasmus Hoigarde.
(Hoigard alone second)
On the 10th hole, he played 4 birds and 1 eagle in the back nine, including a birdie-bird-eagle on the 16th-18th hole.
However, swallowing a double bogey on par 9 of the final four gave him a chance to lead alone.
(Hajjad 18th hole Eagle Push)
This round, his putter performance was quite outstanding, with a putter score of 4.222, ranking first among all players. In addition, the average tee distance of 343.5 yards is also the first in the game. It's a terrible thing to live in!
(Valerodes first-round best ball – Sparen Shooter Eagles)
Veteran Matt Kuchar, who is celebrating his 500th PGA Tour game this week, hit a 6-bird-1 bogey and finished T3 with a 67 (-5).
Tied for third place, J.J. Sparrn successfully shot the Eagle on The 8th hole, 87 yards from the hole, which was voted the best goal of the round.
(Pan Zhengchun signed to the small fans on the spot)
Chinese Taipei player Pan Zhengqun handed clean three birdies to finish T18 with a 69 (-3).
Henrik Stenson, Tony Finer, Cory Connors and other players scored a -2 to temporarily rank in the T30 group.
(Wheat T72)
Wheat was in a big ups and downs this round, grabbing six birds and swallowing six bogeys, handing over a flat par, and standing in T72 alongside defending champions Spieth and Richie Fowler.
(Spieth's bunker save on Hole 14)
Deschamps shot a 73 (+1) to finish T89; Hideki Matsuyama, who returned from injury, scored a +2 to finish in T104 with the likes of Jenson Day.
Light Tour China's three generals
The first round of the Korn Ferry Tour-Coach Championship was suspended due to dark, but all three Chinese players had finished.
(Yuan Yechun's first round post-match interview)
Yuan also played well, handing over 7 birds, 1 eagle and 1 bogey, 64 (-8) and is currently tied with American player Mark Hubbard to lead the guild. Dou Zecheng was net to catch 7 birds, one shot behind, in third place alone.
Zhang Xinjun hit 5 birds and 4 bogeys, and 71 (-1) was provisionally T45. Chinese Taipei player Yu Jun'an scored +1 to finish in T89.
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