Rio Grande, Puerto Rico – Kevin Roy returned from a rain delay of an hour and Have a bunker shot For its tenth of 11 Birdies on Thursday on the way to a 10 bass 62 and a single shot at the Puerto Rico Open.
It was a race PGA for the 34-year-old Roy, who made nine cuts in 31 openings as a rookie on the tour in 2022-23, then won the way back through the Korn Ferry tour last year.
Chris Gotterup was 10 years old under the Tee in Hole 18 Par 4, but his trip lost bad to the right and found a small pond, which led to his only day of the day at the Grand Reserve Golf Club. It was a return shot.
Rasmus Dutegard-Ptersen and Davis Riley fired 64 in soft conditions in the event played in front of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Bay Hill. The weather delay prevented 18 players from ending before the dark; Among them, four were at 6 bass with at least a few holes to play.
Roy was 9 years under 15 holes when the rain stopped. He returned to play the seventh hole Par 3, where his 7-Hierro approach found a Greenside bunker. His sand explosion landed softly and turned in the cup.
“That was nonsense, I will be the first to admit it. It wasn’t the best hole to go out and start again, ”said Roy. “The lie was perfect. Obviously, just trying to lift it and go down and went very well with a little turn and entered. “
Roy made his only Bogey in the next hole before closing with a Birdie.
“It was one of those rounds that obviously everything was clicking,” he said.
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