Returning to motion after the Tokyo Olympics, Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri rode on some glorious approaches and had a few large putts to lie three-under by way of 16 holes in a weather-hit opening day of the Wyndham Championship.
Starting off on the tenth for the final common season occasion earlier than the FedEx Cup Play-offs on the PGA Tour, Lahiri had 5 birdies in opposition to two bogeys when play was stopped attributable to darkness.
A storm halted play for two hours, 7 minutes, with 30 gamers unable to complete the opening spherical.
Lahiri nonetheless has two extra holes to play on the morning of the second day at Sedgefield Country Club right here.
Russell Henley shot eight-under 62 for the lead as Korea’s Sung Kang was amongst seven gamers at 64. The 34-year-old Kang fired his lowest spherical of the season with eight birdies and two bogeys on the cardboard.
Lahiri holed an excellent 19-footer for his birdie on the eleventh, his second gap of the day, however gave away a shot on thirteenth after going into the correct tough.
Back-to-back birdies on 16 and 17 helped him get again to below par. On Par-3 sixteenth, he obtained inside six ft and on Par-4 seventeenth he hit his method to 2 ft for a birdie.
A missed par putt from inside eight ft noticed him drop a shot earlier than he had back-to-back birdies but once more on fourth and fifth with two tremendous approaches inside three ft and 7 ft. He has two Par-4s to play on eighth and ninth.
Henley birdied three of his ultimate 4 holes for a two-stroke lead as Sung Kang, Ted Potter Jr., Chris Kirkand, Hudson Swofford, Scott Piercy and Michael Thompson shared second.
Adam Hadwin additionally was six-under, however had two holes left when darkness ended play.
Kang wants a win on this week’s ultimate occasion of the Regular Season to qualify for the profitable FedExCup Playoffs for a sixth straight yr.
Countrymen KJ Choi, Sungjae Im and Si Woo Kim, winner of the Wyndham Championship in 2016 — all carded 66s to share nineteenth place.
Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat, who like Kang additionally wants a win to qualify for the Playoffs and, extra importantly, preserve his PGA TOUR card, additionally shared the nineteenth spot.
He additionally wants outcome to be eligible for the Korn Ferry Tour Finals beginning subsequent week, which is one other alternative to maintain his taking part in privileges on TOUR.
Chinese Taipei’s C.T. Pan, who received a bronze medal within the Olympic Games, shot a 68 for T61 place.
Aditi, Tvesa endure powerful day in Scottish Open
Aditi Ashok in motion. (Source: File Photo)
Olympic-returned Indian golfer Aditi Ashok had a disappointing begin on the Scottish Open as she carded a five-over 77 to lie T-129th after the opening spherical right here.
Fellow Indian Tvesa Malik too had a tough begin on the primary day, capturing a one-over 73 to lie on the 79th spot.Local favorite Michele Thomson began in model with a seven-under 65, her season-best, for the lead.
The Aberdeen participant regrouped after a bogey on the primary gap to card an eagle on No. 2 and went on to birdie seven of her ultimate 11 holes of the event co-sanctioned by Ladies European and Ladies PGA Tours.
Ashok, who was swamped by interviews on her arrival into Scotland after an excellent 4th place on the Olympic Games in Tokyo, will want a terrific second spherical to make the reduce, whereas Tvesa too will hope to provide a greater present.
Tvesa, who got here near successful the Gant Ladies Open, had three birdies in opposition to 4 bogeys, whereas Aditi had seven bogeys in opposition to two birdies.
Thompson, who’s managed by former Open winner Paul Lawrie, is making solely her twelfth look in an LPGA Tour occasion since 2017. Her career-best end is a tie for forty eighth on the 2018 ISPS Handa Australian Open.
Two-time LPGA Tour winner Jasmine Suwannapura joins 2020 Tokyo Olympian Anne van Dam and main champion Yuka Saso in a tie for second at five-under.
Suwannapura returned to the hyperlinks and Scotland for the primary time since her runner-up efficiency on the 2020 AIG Women’s Open at Royal Troon.
The 2020 Olympic bronze medallist Lydia Ko is T24 at two-under, whereas defending champion Stacy Lewis sits in a tie for thirty fifth heading into the second spherical.