![]() Noh, whose previous career low was 62 at the 2012 Deutsche Bank Championship, kept alive his shot at 59 by making a 27-foot par putt on 16 and a 34-footer for birdie on the par-3 stadium hole at No. Muñoz - now with LIV Golf - finished at 12 under in his opening round last year, but the course is a par 71 now after the 12th hole was converted from a 547-yard par-5 to a 493-yard par-4. I’m just trying to make birdie, just forget about the eagle 59.” “Even wedge game and putting, everything going good. “Everything going good,” said Noh, who made an 8-foot eagle putt on the par-5 ninth. Noh decided against marring an otherwise great round with a mistake. ![]() “So my 3-wood is going off the ground like 265, but it’s like just under 260 without the wind,” Noh said. Noh laid up short of the water in front of the green, hit his approach to 9 feet and made the putt to tie Sebastián Muñoz’s record from a year ago at Craig Ranch. The 31-year-old journeyman with one career PGA Tour victory had a replacement by the time he reached the 547-yard 18th, and ended up 257 yards from the hole with a blind shot from the right side of the fairway. Noh, whose last top-10 finish on tour came before a two-year military commitment in 2017, had to play part of his back nine without a driver when the head cracked on his tee shot on 12. They were in a group that included Texan Ryan Palmer, Scott Piercy, Luke List and Richy Werenski. 2 the highest-ranked among four top-25 players in the field, shot 64 along with Aussie Jason Day. Headliner and hometown favorite Scottie Scheffler, at No.
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