Wes Roach (-7) is the surprising leader of the Palmetto Championship after the first day. It is true that few things are surprising in top-level golf, given the extreme equality that presides over each event, but this player is certainly not a regular in these positions, especially if we take into account that he is a 32-year-old American. years he usually moves on the Korn Ferry Tour, although he has also enjoyed some season of the playing rights on the PGA Tour.
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Be that as it may, Roach today signed a 30 in the first nine holes of the Congaree Golf Club and he ended up signing a splendid 64-stroke card with a single bogey, which took him to the top of the table with a stroke of advantage over Dustin Johnson, Doc Redman, Chesson Hadley and Erik Van Rooyen.
Rafa Cabrera Bello (+3), the only Spaniard present at the appointment, has not started in the best way, to the point of seriously compromising his presence on the weekend after delivering a 74-hit card, since tomorrow Friday the cut may be established around the result of PAR or even -1.
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The canary today showed a very evident weak flank and it was none other than that of the second shots. Again, the irons taking him down the street of bitterness (he has only taken half of the greens in regulation), although in view of his latest results it gives the feeling that it is more of an accident than anything else. Therefore, we must not rule out a decisive reaction on the second day, also leaving in the morning shift, with a little less wind.
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Nor have things gone too well for Brooks Koepka (+1), second top seed to the victory behind Dustin Johnson, not in vain are they the only two world top ten present in the South Carolina tour.
