Horschel tied with Bramlett for lead at Honda Classic
Billy Horschel has never won a PGA Tour event in his home state of Florida. His quest to change that is off to a fine start.
Horschel shot a 5-under 65 on Thursday, tying him with Joseph Bramlett for the first-round lead in the Honda Classic at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens. Bramlett had a bogeyfree round; Horschel, who who played his college golf at Florida, had six birdies and one bogey.
The 65 was Horschel's best score in 33 rounds as a pro at PGA National. He'd shot 66 on two previous occasions.
Bramlett, who has never won on the PGA Tour, scrambled nicely when he had to. He missed six of 14 fairways and hit 13 of 18 greens.
Pierceson Coody — a sponsor exemption playing his first PGA Tour event as a professional — finished the first round at 4 under, alongside Justin Suh. Coody has two wins in 15 starts on the Korn Ferry Tour since turning pro in June.
Suh missed a 10-foot birdie putt on his last hole — No. 9 — that would have tied him for the lead.
• Jennifer Kupcho of the United States fired a bogey-free 7-under 65 to share the lead alongside four other golfers after the opening round of the LPGA Thailand in Pattaya.
Kupcho's round was highlighted by a birdiebirdie finish and an eagle on the par-5 10th hole on the Pattaya Old Course at Siam Country Club.
With her in the lead were 2014 champion Anna Nordquist of Sweden, sixtime USLPGA Tour winner Nasa Hataoko of Japan, local hope and tour rookie Jaravee Boonchant, and last year's runner-up, Lin Xiyu of China.
Joseph returning to Broncos as DC
Young Award winner threw 20-25 pitches off the mound. That came eight days after the team's first official workout, when the newly acquired right-hander was held out because of tightness in his left side.
DeGrom had thrown off flat ground and done long toss since then. He had also thrown about six bullpen sessions before even getting to Arizona.
Texas signed deGrom to a $185 million, five-year contract during the offseason. The 34-year-old deGrom spent the first nine years of his big league career with the Mets, but injuries limited him to 156 1/3 innings in 26 starts over the past two seasons.
After missing the final three months of the 2021 season with right forearm tightness and a sprained elbow, deGrom was shut down late in spring training last year because of a stress reaction in his right scapula. He didn't pitch in the big leagues last season until August.
• Infielder Donovan Solano finalized a $2 million, one-year contract with the Minnesota Twins, who added another productive and versatile player to an already deep bench.
Solano hit .284 with 16 doubles and four home runs last season in 80 games for Cincinnati, playing mostly first base. He spent three years with San Francisco prior to that, winning a Silver Slugger award for National League second basemen in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season when he batted .326 with a career-best .828 OPS in 54 games.
The 35-year-old, a native of Colombia, made his major league debut with Miami in 2012. He's a .278 hitter with 27 home runs in 686 games.