A DOUBLE-BOGEY finish cost Shane Lowry a fine start on the opening day of the US PGA CJ Cup at Shadow Creek.
The Clara native was on course to sign for a two-under par 70 before he got into trouble on the ninth — his final hole — and three-putted for double-bogey.
His level par start leaves him seven shots off the early lead set by England’s Tyrrell Hatton who fired a seven-under par 65 to grab a one-stroke lead.
Lowry is tied for 32nd place while Rory McIlroy, who was also left to rue a disappointing finish with three straight bogeys in his final three holes, is T37 a shot further back on one-over.
A day after his 29th birthday, Hatton — who won last week’s BMW Championship at Wentworth — had three birdies and an eagle in his first five holes.
He finished one shot ahead of American duo Russell Henley and Xander Schauffele and two clear of Spain’s Jon Rahm and American Tyler Duncan.
“Very happy with that round today,” Hatton said. “Felt pretty tired out there. Pace of play was pretty slow. Still struggling with jet lag. Pretty happy with that score.”
Coronavirus issues prompted the CJ Cup, typically staged in South Korea, to be played in Las Vegas.
Defending champion Justin Thomas took a double-bogey seven at the 18th to finish the first round tied for 32nd on even par.
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LOL. No comment and then makes a comment.
@Peter: it’s the joke club that just keeps on giving
This is the gift that keeps on giving. If I was a pool fan I’d be more worried about firminho going missing for the 90 minutes and karius prone to mistakes… No need for all this other stuff.
To be fair I think a lot of Liverpool fans are embarrassed by the antics and excuses from the club. Most of the Liverpool posters on here have been maintaining radio silence for the last week. Hopefully this will be the end of it and the focus will shift onto the World Cup from now on.
I’m no fan of Ramos but he made the two most interesting points on the salah incident that it was salah who instigated contact and the injury was actually to his opposite shoulder.
@barry: Agreed. If Ramos said it, it has to be true, right?
@MK76: you don’t have to believe him. Just look at the video. His injured shoulder is the opposite one to the “ arm bar” that all the fans were so upset about.
@barry: I’ve been here spud. It’s only a game
@MK76: if you also look at the clash with the keeper it was actually VVD that pushed Ramos into klarius
@barry: Doesn’t matter which arm it was Salah was still injured as a result of that challenge
@Jim: salah won’t try and do a flip next time then?
500,000 idiots thinking a strongly worded letter will change anything. It’s uefa you need envelops not signatures
‘I prefer not to make any comments…. he’s an idiot’
@$J: someday you might see the irony of your comment.
@$J: I prefer not to go to work but I still go