After disappointing stretch Rose grabs lead with a 65
Hickok holds onestroke edge in key Web.com event
NORTON, Mass. — Justin Rose missed the cut in the FedEx Cup playoffs opener and decided to make the most of it. He stayed home in the Bahamas for six days, opting out of the pro-am and not arriving to the Dell Technologies Championship until the evening for the opening round Friday.
And then he was off and running at the TPC Boston.
On a breezy day that kept scoring unusually high, Rose putted for birdie on all but two holes and made his six birdies count by keeping bogeys off his card. Three birdies over his last four holes gave him a 6-under 65 and a one-shot lead.
Russell Knox and Abraham Ancer were one shot behind with strong finishes of their own. Tiger Woods, meanwhile, was more about spinning his wheels.
In his first time back at the TPC Boston in five years, Woods nearly hit the wrong club off the 10th tee to start his round, but only because his caddie had the head covers on the wrong metals leaving the range. Not that it mattered. Woods went back for his 3-wood and pumped that left into a hazard to start with a bogey. He also had a new putter that resembles the one with which he won his 14 majors.
That only kept his score from being higher. He wound up with a 72,
the 10th time in his last 11 tournaments he didn’t break par in the opening round.
WEB.COM: In Beechwood, Ohio, Kramer Hickok shot a 3-under 67 to maintain a one-stroke lead in the DAP Championship, the second of four Web.com Tour Finals events that will determine 25 PGA Tour cards. One of 25 players who have already earned PGA Tour cards through the Web.com Tour’s regularseason money list, Hickok birdied the final two holes at Canterbury Golf Club to reach 10-under 130.
Former UNM Lobo Tim Herron shot 73 and missed the cut Friday after a 72 on Thursday.
ROMO: In Lantana, Texas, Tony Romo advanced through prequalifying in the Web. com Tour Qualifying Tournament, shooting a 2-over 74 on Friday at Lantana Golf Club.
One of 39 players to advance from Lantana, the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback moved on to the first stage as he attempts to secure Web. com Tour membership. Romo finished at 2-over 218 after openings with two 72s.