Two teams tied in Zurich
Chez Reavie had quite a few good moments at TPC Louisiana yesterday. So did teammate Lucas Glover.
In best-ball format, the most important thing was those moments came on different holes.
Reavie and Glover teamed to shoot a 12-under 60 for a share of the Zurich Classic lead with China’s Zhang Xinjun
and Dou Zecheng.
“Chez started well and I picked it up in the middle of the back nine,” Glover said. “He closed it off and then we both played really well on the front. Just kind of ham and egged it, I guess, as they would say.”
Reavie and Glover each had six birdies in the best-ball format, pushing through soggy weather early in the round before conditions cleared at TPC Louisiana in Avondale.
Six teams are two shots back in a tie for third after shooting 62.
Zhang and Dou birdied four of their final five holes. Dou made a 31-foot putt on No. 9 to cap the impressive rally and jump into the lead with Reavie and Glover.
Tony Finau-Daniel Summerhays, Chris PaisleyTommy Fleetwood, J.J. Henry-Tom Hoge, Michael Kim-Andrew Putnam, Kevin Kisner-Scott Brown and
Troy Merritt-Brendon de Jonge shot 62. Jason Day and Ryan Ruffels shot 64.
It’s the first time since last year’s Tour Championship that the reigning champions of all four majors have been in the same field. None of them were among the leaders after the first round.
Masters champion Patrick Reed and Patrick Cantlay had a 65, and British Open winner Jordan Spieth and Ryan Palmer were at 66.
This is the second year that two-player teams competed at the Zurich Classic. The unusual tournament features best-ball play in the first and third rounds and alternate shot in the second and final rounds.
U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka and Marc Turnesa shot 67. PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas and Bud Cauley shot 70.
There are 80 teams in the tournament. The top 35, along with ties, make the cut after the second round.
Also, Tiger Woods is returning from his postMasters break at the Wells Fargo Championship next week in Charlotte, N.C. Woods won the tournament in 2007. Woods tied for 32nd at the Masters.
Woods will be playing consecutive weeks at the Wells Fargo Championship and The Players Championship.
Since returning from a fourth back surgery, Woods missed only one cut in six tournaments, and was runner-up by one shot at the Valspar Championship.
LPGA: Five-way tie
Lydia Ko shot a 4-under 68 on a chilly day at the LPGA Mediheal Championship in Daly City, Calif., for a share of the firstround lead. Jessica Korda, Caroline Hedwall, In-Kyung Kim and Su Oh joined Ko atop the leaderboard in the LPGA Tour’s return to Lake Merced after a year away from the course.
Ko eagled the par-5 fifth and had four birdies and a bogey. The 21-year-old from New Zealand has 14 LPGA Tour wins, the last in July 2016. Korda, playing alongside Kim, also eagled the fifth and had four birdies and a bogey. Korda won in Thailand in February in her return from reconstructive jaw surgery.
Europe: Daxing leads
Jin Daxing took a 1-stroke lead at the China Open in Beijing after shooting an 8-under 64 in the first round. Matt Wallace (65) had an eagle-birdie finish to move into a tie for second with Nino Bertasio, who also produced a bogey-free round.