Two-time major champion Xander Schauffele got off to a shocking start at the PGA Tour Zozo Championship as Taylor Moore took an early lead in Japan.
The world's No. 2 player – the highest-ranked player on the field – had just one birdie and an ugly quadruple-bogey on the par-4 ninth to finish higher at Narashino Country Club. A par-3 73 left him 10 shots behind early leader Taylor Moore.
After the first day of competition, Schauffele was tied for 70th among the 78-player team. Moore made three birdies in the last four holes and shot 63, 7 under par, ahead of Max Glaser. Mann, Eric Cole and Nico Echavarria had one shot.
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Schauffele tried several times to cut the tree from its roots. Ultimately, he fell and made quadruple bogey on the ninth hole of the Zozo Championship.
CT Pan was tied at two with Kevin Yu, Justin Thomas was three shots behind with a 4-under 66, and Collin Morikawa, who won by six last year, needed two It took a birdie to save a first-round 69.
Schauffele underperforms at Zozo Championship
The reigning Open champion opened with five straight pars and continued his run on the par-5 sixth hole, though his run ended with a double on the ninth hole after water was found on the tee. A failed attempt from a tree then had to be punished. reduce.
He was out on his fifth shot and on his next shot onto the green, Schauffele hit his putt a few feet from the hole and then holed it out for a quadruple-bogey eight.
Schauffele is the highest-ranked player in the field
Schauffele's only birdie of the day came on the par-3 13th when he converted from eight feet, and the American was unable to capitalize on any of the par-5s in the closing holes.
“Overall, stress is pretty low most of the day,” Schauffele said. “Eighty-five percent of the day it's not very stressful. Ninth, it's an incredible place. I almost want to take a picture of how bad it is. For me, I think I can do anything Thing, that definitely threw me for a loop. “There’s a hole there.
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“I should have just taken a non-playable, but I was an idiot and tried to hit it. Then I was stubborn and tried to hit it again and ended up taking a non-playable. I was going to hit it a third time as well. It's, because, yeah, it's a bad place.”
Moore made an eagle on the par-5 18th after two birdies on the first six holes, and the 31-year-old hit it again on the third before canceling a three-putt on the fourth. Bogey. – Birdied the sixth hole to take the lead.
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“I would say overall pretty solid,” Moore said. “The fairways and greens were pretty well done for the most part. Yes, there were some chips too, which always helps!”
England's Harry Hall opened with a 2-under 68 and Morikawa recovered from missing three shots in three holes on the fourth hole to keep the lead within six points. Local favorite Hideki Matsuyama opened with a 1-over 71.
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