They say any bad day on the golf course is better than a great day at the office … Corey Conners can’t say the same.
Leader of the PGA of America Championship after a first round of 67 (-5) on the formidable course of the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, the Canadian took quite a search Friday.
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The gods of golf reminded him that the sport is often cruel. And this, less than 24 hours after one of his best performances of the season.
The Ontarian brought in a second card of 75 (+3), dropping him to 7th place with his cumulative record of -2.
He started his workday by scoring no less than five bogeys on his first six holes. Curiously, the one who started at the 10th tee stopped the bleeding in the heart of the most difficult streak of the course, from the 14th to the 18th pennant. He nevertheless finished with two birdies on his last three holes.
Battle
To take a look at this psychotic map worthy of the greatest geometry courses is giddy with its many figures. It is punctuated by seven bogueys and four sparrows due to a few erratic strokes, laborious approaches and a less cooperative putter.
“I started badly by being unable to save normal, he explained to TSN colleague Bob Weeks, without ever appearing at the microphone for an interview. I fought well. The score does not reflect this. I want to move up the standings this weekend. ”
Another representative of Canada, Adam Hadwin also snuck into the final rounds thanks to his +4 record. Due to a bad streak of four bogueys late in the course, Mackenzie Hughes missed the chopping block with one stroke. This fell to +5, ousting Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas and Xander Sc Chaudele among others.
In bursts
Cameron Tringale led the tournament in the opening round, but he packed his bags. An abominable streak cost him excessively dear. A triple bugy in the 14th, quintuple bugy in the 16th, quadruple bugy in the 17th and boguey in the 18th all slaughtered in a card of 82 (+10).
After 36 holes, 18 golfers are below par, while 129 are above.
To occupy the 3rd place, Brooks Koepka among other things succeeded two eagles on par 5. At the 7th pennant, he stalled a roll of 41 feet and in 11th, he made a roll of 19 feet.
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