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Denny McCarthy, continuing his first triumph of the American PGA Tour, closed with a seven -feet eagle putt to take a advance at once after the first rain round of the Genesis Invitational.
The 31 -year -old American pulled one by 68 from Torrey’s pines in the shower near San Diego, where the event was moved from Riviera due to damage to Los Angeles forest fires.
The players fought against cold, windy and rainy conditions, with the first visit to McCarthy Torrey Pines in four years at a brutal but successful start.
“I am a competitor Grinddy, so I knew it was going to be a challenge and I went out with the attitude that I was just going to have fun and try to kiss him as much as possible,” said McCarthy.
“It was a huge help to play the pro-am yesterday in even wicked conditions, so it prepared me very well for the gunshots that I knew that I was going to face.”
Seamus Power from Ireland and the American Patrick Rodgers shared second out of 69 with the Americans Wyndham Clark, Davis Thompson and Scottie Scheffler sharing fourth out of 70.
Scheffler, high-end, he became inside four feet on a Birdie putt in the 18th par-5 to stay drift.
“Very difficult to score. It has become quite windy there and it makes it difficult to putt,” said Scheffler.
“The missing putts are something that will happen. You can hit putts that have not entered, but I did a very good job to stay patient,” added Scheffler, whose nine victories last year understood The Olympic gold in Paris, its second green jacket and the jacket and the jacket and the PGA Tour championship.
The world’s number 50 of the best McCarthy PGA career finishes was defeats in the playoffs at Texas Open last April and the 2023 commemorative tournament.
McCarthy poured a 42-foot stewed putt from the fringe on the first hole, shook the Bogeys in par-3 third and per-4 fifth with birdies in the 5 sixth and par-3 11th.
He made a sneak putt at 15 inside 20 feet, missed the green for Bogey the 16th 16th, sank a bit Birdie putt from 25 to 17 years old and dropped his second blow to 18 to seven feet , installing its eagle.
“It was very difficult, especially with the rain and the rough length. The Rough’s Garly and the rain make it even more difficult,” said McCarthy.
“Even if the Greens are soft, it was always very difficult to get closer to certain flags, especially with the direction of the wind.”
Power Birdie Two of the last four holes, flowing a sneaktened putt just outside 10 feet to 15 years old and landing his approach inside three feet at 17 to install a sapper.
“The most difficult part was to do so on fairways,” said Power. “You wear additional diapers. It seems almost more difficult in these kinds of conditions and as soon as you miss a fairway, you have big trouble.”
Rodgers sorted the last two holes, flowing a steep putt from 11 feet to 17 years old and finding the 18th green by 5 in two to install a tap-in birdie.
“You just try to come back under the umbrella or recover the heated mittens,” said Rodgers.
– ‘It was pretty crazy’ –
Scheffler A Birda the second just inside 14 feet and the fourth on a five -foot putt.
After a three-stroke bogey in the fifth, he responded with a sixth in 5-5 fry and a 10-foot stepsthies in the seventh.
Scheffler found deeply left to the right on the edge of a bunker at 14 and his approach sank at Greenside Rough on the way to a Bogey before his birdie was missing at 18.
“Everything was wet there. It was pretty crazy,” said Scheffler. “You just had to manage your path around the golf course and know that by is a very good score.”
The world number three Rory McILroy, winner two weeks ago in Pebble Beach, was in a 72 pack.
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