England’s Harry Corridor shot a seven-under 64 to earn a share of the first-round lead on the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld.
Six of the seven PGA Tour occasions thus far this yr have had worldwide winners, and the Mexico Open stored up with that pattern on Thursday, with Germany’s Jeremy Paul and Norway’s Kris Ventura tied on the high of the leaderboard.
Inside two pictures of the lead is former Open champion Francesco Molinari, who’s amongst a big group of gamers on 5 below, regardless of the Italian opening his spherical with a double-bogey six.
Molinari, who final gained on the PGA Tour in 2019, rallied with 4 birdies earlier than the flip, including an eagle on the sixteenth gap and a birdie on the final.
Corridor, who claimed his maiden PGA Tour win in a play-off on the ISCO Championship final yr, carded a bogey-free spherical. He too chipped in for an eagle, on the fifteenth, alongside 5 birdies, whereas Paul carded two eagles for a tie of the lead.
England’s Harry Corridor earned a share of the lead after the opening spherical of the Mexico Open
Ventura was the one participant to achieve eight below throughout the opening spherical, reeling off three straight birdies late within the day, earlier than lacking the inexperienced on the par-three ninth, his last gap, as he closed out with a bogey.
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“Bummer with the last hole, but other than that, really solid,” Ventura mentioned. “May have made some extra birdies, clearly, however simply comfortable the place my recreation is.
“I can’t expect to hit it like this every single day. Today was just one of those days where everything was spot on.”
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A bunch of 5 gamers – South Africa’s Aldrich Potgieter, Argentina’s Alejandro Tosti and American trio Isaia Salinda, Brian Campbell and Patrick Fishburn – are a shot off the tempo in a tie for second.
Becoming a member of Molinari, one additional again in a cluster at 5 below is world No 30 Akshay Bhatia, whereas England’s Aaron Rai – ranked one place larger, the very best within the subject – is 4 below.
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New Zealand’s Ryan Fox holed a putt of greater than 91 toes for a birdie on the 14th gap en path to a gap 68, one stroke worse off than defending champion Jake Knapp, who birdied three of his final 5 holes to publish a four-under 67.
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