America’s Cameron Younger grabbed the lead within the opening spherical of the Hero World Problem golf match in Albany.
Cameron Younger, the one participant within the 20-man area with out a PGA Tour win, set the tempo early on and sustained it to complete atop the leaderboard at a bogey-free 8-under-par 64 after the opening spherical of the Hero World Problem on the Albany course on Thursday.
The American was two strokes away from two-time PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas, who rattled off six birdies on the again 9 (together with 4 straight from Gap 14), and three forward of a quintet that included defending champion and World No.1 Scottie Scheffler, three debutants – Ludvig Aberg, the Indian-origin duo of Akshay Bhatia and Sahith Theegala -and Patrick Cantlay.
The 27-year-old Younger, who carded 5 birdies on the entrance 9, was one stroke shy of one of the best opening spherical within the match historical past set by Michael Campbell 19 years in the past.
Quite the opposite, Nick Dunlap, a nominee for the Arnold Palmer Award as PGA Tour Rookie of the 12 months, who additionally fired in eight birdies, endured a nasty run within the ultimate three holes with a bogey, par and double bogey after having been 7-under. He was Tied-8 on 68 together with three fellow rivals.
Actually, on a day that was partly sunny with the temperature hovering within the mid-20s Celsius, 16 gamers returned to the clubhouse with under-par scores.
Requested about what clicked for him, Younger, making his third look on the occasion, stated some constant good driving did the trick. “I drove it nice. I’m positive I missed a fairway or two, however for probably the most half I used to be very well in place.”
Main scores (after Spherical 1): 64: Cameron Younger; 66: Justin Thomas; 67: Akshay Bhatia, Ludvig Aberg, Patrick Cantlay, Scottie Scheffler, Sahith Theegala.
(The author is in Nassau on the invitation of Hero MotoCorp)
Printed – December 06, 2024 06:01 pm IST
