Charley Hoffman and Ryan Palmer lead PGA Tour’s QBE Shootout after first spherical | Golf Information | NEWSRUX

“Ryan [Palmer] advised me at the start of the week we have to tie his document of 17 below. All in all, we put ourselves in nice positions to make birdies. I’d say very low stress all day lengthy” – Charley Hoffman, as pair lead PGA Tour’s QBE Shootout after first spherical

Charley Hoffman and Ryan Palmer are making their tenth look within the QBE Shootout, however Friday was their first time as companions, as they posted a 16-under 56 in a scramble format for a two-shot lead.

They mixed for 10 birdies and three eagles at Tiburon Golf Membership and missed the match document for the scramble format by one shot. Palmer set that document in 2019 when Harold Varner III was his companion.

“Ryan advised me at the start of the week we have to tie his document of 17-under,” Hoffman mentioned. “All in all, we put ourselves in nice positions to make birdies. I’d say very low stress all day lengthy.”

Palmer mentioned: “We’re each occurring 19, 20 years on the PGA Tour, so we have been round one another this lengthy.”

Charley Hoffman and Ryan Palmer lead after spherical one of many PGA Tour’s QBE Shootout

Two pairs of Presidents Cup team-mates – Max Homa and Kevin Kisner, who performed for the US, and Corey Conners and KH Lee, who featured for the Internationals – head the chasing pack after scores of 58.

The QBE Shootout discipline incorporates two LPGA Tour gamers for the primary time, and so they wound up with the identical rating.

Nelly Korda is paired with Denny McCarthy, whereas Lexi Thompson is enjoying with Maverick McNealy, and each are in a bunch of six tied for fourth place at 12-under 60.

Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker and Cameron Younger, the PGA Tour rookie of the 12 months, are mentioning the rear – final of the 12 pairs – after carding a 62.

Homa and Kisner are one in every of solely two returning groups this 12 months – Matt Kuchar and Harris English are the opposite and are amongst these at 60 – as the sphere misplaced a number of gamers to LIV Golf, together with defending champions Jason Kokrak and Kevin Na.

The second spherical is modified alternate shot, with fourballs for the ultimate spherical on Sunday.

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