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Sam Horsfield, born in Manchester but US-raised, also looks to be heading the wrong way early doors. A bogey at 1. But he bounces back immediately with birdie at 2, and he’s back where he started at -3. And how about this from his northern compatriot Matt Fitzpatrick? He creams a fairway wood straight at the flag from 265 yards on the par-five 11th. For a minute, the ball appears to be rolling in for albatross, but he’ll have to make do (!) with a kick-in eagle from 15 inches! That’ll bring him back to level par for the tournament after yesterday’s 73 and a bogey this morning at 10. Barely ten minutes in and that could already be the shot of the day.
Let’s take it from the top. A-one, two, a-one, two, three, four … five. That’s the number of shots the overnight leader Corey Conners took at the par-four 10th early this morning. And so within minutes, his two-shot lead is halved. He’s -4. It’s going to be a long day, folks. Buckle up!
It’s going to be another long day, so let’s not stand on ceremony. Here’s how the top of the leaderboard looked at the end of the first round …
-5: Conners
-3: Bradley, Hovland, Koepka, Wise, Horsfield, Davis
-2: Tringale, Laird, Morikawa, Mickelson, Grace, Woodland, Streelman, Im
