The best PGA Tour was punched in the mouth like a wet and cold Torrey pines handed us open conditions at the Invitational Generation.
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Normally beautiful San Diego showed another side of herself on Thursday during the first round of the invitational genesis in the southern course of Torrey Pines.
With wet, windy and cold conditions by puming the best of PGA Tour, a US Open exploded in La Jolla, Calif., With Round Note 1 (74,278) as the highest one-day sign of the season .
Had cam Young on top of a stroke. The winds were so tough that Jordan Spieth had to hit a tree from 152 yards abroad. Collin Morikawa struck a 5-tree in the ninth par-5 and came out of the green.
Later, Spieth struck a wicked blow from the middle of the street in the 13th Par-5th.
Young fired a six-top-par 78. Rickie Fowler shot 77. Spieth scored a 76.
On the other hand was the world no. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who made four birds in his nine front before hanging to post a two-nine-year-old. Scheffler is one of only 13 players under the same time after an open open round against the southern course AND weather.
“Today is a challenging day and it’s a golf course that challenges you in different ways,” Scheffler said after the round. “I felt like I did a lot of good things there, I left with a really good start and hanged from there. Weather conditions were changing a gang and we treated many different elements today, so it was generally a very strong day . “
Meanwhile, Morikawa fought to scratch a round of opening 73 thanks to a closing bird in par-5 18.
The big champion twice facilitated a task that differed from the normal conditions of the week a week in PGA Tour.
“Very tough. I love it, ”said Morikawa.” Just just a required golf course and you have to hit the right roads. Rough is raised, you have to hit the greens. You just like to go out in courses like this. You have some courses there that are so difficult, knowing that only no matter what, you will go out fighting and when you have weather, the smell like this, it makes it much more challenging. “
Scheffler, who said he felt like shaking the club better on Thursday than the previous two weeks, said the rhythm change is a welcome view.
“I think it’s really fun,” Scheffler said. “I think on tour sometimes you always see golf courses in their best conditions usually with the best weather. In addition to the western coast we usually travel with the best weather, which is strange to come to California and Usually we get some of the worst weather.
