Collin Morikawa holds second spot and world No 2 Scottie Scheffler is inside 4 of the lead, with Rory McIlroy 12 strokes off the tempo struggling to a gap 76; Watch the second spherical dwell on Friday from 11.30am on Sky Sports activities Golf, with further feeds through the purple button
By Ali Stafford at TPC Sawgrass
Final Up to date: 09/03/23 11:45pm
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Highlights from day certainly one of The Gamers Championship at TPC Sawgrass.
Highlights from day certainly one of The Gamers Championship at TPC Sawgrass.
Chad Ramey upstaged the PGA Tour’s greatest names to assert a shock lead after the opening spherical of The Gamers, the place Rory McIlroy endured a nightmare begin in his bid to return to world No 1.
Ramey – who had missed the lower in his seven of his earlier 10 PGA Tour begins – ripped up the shape information by firing an excellent bogey-free 64 at TPC Sawgrass, with eight birdies serving to the American to a one-shot benefit over two-time main winner Collin Morikawa.
A 3-birdie end from late starter Ben Griffin lifted him to a share of third on 5 underneath alongside Justin Suh and Canada’s Taylor Pendrith, with Scottie Scheffler 4 off the tempo after out-performing Jon Rahm and McIlroy of their morning marquee group.
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Rory McIlroy struggled to a four-over-par 76 throughout the first spherical of The Gamers Championship at TPC Sawgrass.
Scheffler birdied three of his final 4 holes to card an opening-round 68 and present world No 1 Rahm lies seven again after a one-under 71, whereas McIlroy is in peril of lacking the lower after double-bogeying his opening gap and including 4 bogeys in a irritating four-over 76.
How Ramey moved forward at TPC Sawgrass
Ramey adopted three birdies in his opening 5 holes by draining a 30-footer on the par-four seventh, serving to him attain the flip in 32, then continued his progress by beginning his again 9 with successive birdies.
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The world No 225 ended a run of pars by making the most of the par-five sixteenth and jumped into the solo lead when he fired his tee shot on the iconic par-three subsequent to inside tap-in vary, earlier than signing off his blemish-free card by two-putting from distance on the final.
“Not straightforward in any respect,” Ramey mentioned. “I may need made it look that means but it surely wasn’t straightforward in any respect. It was enjoyable, first time to shoot a rating on such an iconic course like this – you’ll be able to’t ask for any extra.”
Morikawa held the outright benefit earlier within the day after mixing 5 birdies with a surprising eagle on the par-five second, the place he fired his strategy to inside 4 ft of the flag, whereas Suh made a late cost for the lead when he posted 5 birdies in a five-hole stretch from the seventh to affix the group tied-third.
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Highlights from Collin Morikawa’s gorgeous 65 (-7) within the opening spherical of The Gamers Championship.
The restricted daylight in Florida meant that the ultimate few teams had been unable to complete earlier than play was suspended attributable to darkness at 6.28pm native time (11.28pm BST), with Suh amongst those that might want to return on Friday to complete.
Blended fortunes for golf’s stars
Scheffler is joined within the group on 4 underneath by Min Woo Lee, who bogeyed his ultimate two holes after struggling cramp late in his spherical, with Jordan Spieth beginning his again 9 with three consecutive birdies on his technique to a three-under 69.
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Hayden Buckley added his identify to the checklist of gamers to make an ace on the long-lasting seventeenth gap at TPC Sawgrass when he holed his tee shot on Thursday at The Gamers Championship.
Xander Schauffele battled again from being 4 over with eight holes to play to card a level-par 72, with English trio Danny Willett, Tommy Fleetwood and Tyrrell Hatton additionally in that group eight off the tempo, whereas Hayden Buckley needed to accept an opening-round 73 regardless of an excellent hole-in-one on the par-three seventeenth.
McIlroy blended two birdies with 4 bogeys and a double-bogey throughout a irritating opening day, leaving him 12 off the lead, with solely 9 gamers posting a better complete than the four-time main champion throughout the morning wave.
Watch The Gamers all through the week dwell on Sky Sports activities. Reside protection continues on Friday from 11.30am on Sky Sports activities Golf, with a bunch of additional feeds obtainable through the purple button.
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