Cameron Percy of Australia fired a 10-under-par 62 Thursday afternoon to soar into the first-round lead on the World Broad Know-how Championship in Los Cabos, Mexico.
Percy holed a pitch shot for eagle on the 601-yard, par-5 sixth gap and added eight birdies with out a bogey to set the early tempo at El Cardonal at Diamante, the primary Tiger Woods-designed course for use for a PGA Tour occasion.
The 49-year-old led Michael Kim, Nate Lashley and Colombia’s Camilo Villegas by two.
“I hit the ball superbly,” Percy stated. “Did not hit it fairly shut sufficient coming in, however I had a number of appears. I could not make ’em all.”
Percy is almost sufficiently old for the PGA Tour Champions, and he plans to performed the Champions Tour’s Q-Faculty subsequent month. Lapping the kids, even for in the future, will give him a morale increase.
“I am 152 I believe on the [FedEx Cup standings], so ending top-150 at my age could be implausible,” Percy stated. “That is type of — I need to no less than try this, but when I can maintain the ball rolling like I did immediately, I ought to be capable of end lots larger than that, after which lead into Q-Faculty with the Champions Tour. Yeah, I am wanting ahead to that.”
Villegas shot an 8-under par 64 in the course of the morning wave for a share of the early lead with Kim. Lashley joined them not lengthy after.
Beginning on the again 9 within the morning wave, the 41-year-old Villegas carded eight birdies. A birdie on his seventeenth gap of the day pulled Villegas even with Kim, whose 64 earlier within the day included 9 bogies and a lone bogey.
Villegas is a four-time winner on the PGA Tour, however the newest of these got here in 2014. Regardless of embarking on his saying profession earlier this yr, Villegas stated he has been working onerous on his sport with new teacher Jose Campra.
“It has been a gradual yr from a efficiency standpoint, but it surely’s been a really hectic yr from a working [one], so there’s been quite a lot of work there,” Villegas stated. “It is all the time good to see a low rating.”
Kim, 30, believes the profitable rating come Sunday will probably be within the 20s (below par), so he must maintain his foot on the fuel.
“It is positively a second-shot golf course,” he stated. “You should use quite a lot of bowls to your benefit in the event you hit it in the suitable spots. You already know, you want some good iron swings.
Matt Kuchar, 45, stored the veterans theme going with a 7-under 65. He was tied with Cameron Younger, the highest-ranked participant within the subject at No. 17, amongst others.
Sahith Theegala is taking part in in his last official occasion of 2023. He opened with a 2-under 70 on Thursday.
Michael Block, the instructing professional who completed fifteenth on the PGA Championship, opened with an even-par 72. Maverick McNealy shot a 2-over 74 in his return from a shoulder damage that has sidelined him since June.
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