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Last yr’s runner-up Max Greyserman is again atop the leaderboard following the primary spherical of the Baycurrent Classic on Thursday in Yokohama, Japan.
Greyserman was tied with fellow Americans Bud Cauley and Brian Campbell at 4-under 67 on the Yokohama Country Club within the PGA Tour’s solely cease in Japan.
Greyserman completed one stroke behind Colombia’s Nico Echavarria final yr when the occasion was often called the Zozo Championship and held at Narashino Country Club in Chiba, Japan.
‘I really like enjoying in Japan. It’s a terrific tradition, respectful individuals, respectful followers,’ Greyserman mentioned. ‘… So it is enjoyable being over right here. Good meals too, I’m not going to complain about that.’
Greyserman made the flip at 3-under and drained a 40-foot birdie putt at No. 11 to take the lead. After dropping a shot on the twelfth, he canned a 19-foot birdie putt at No. 15.
Tee instances had been moved up on Thursday to keep away from any potential affect of a storm positioned off the coast within the North Pacific Ocean.
‘In these tough situations, I’ll take that any day,’ Greyserman mentioned.
Cauley performed a bogey-free opening spherical with birdies on each par-5 holes on the entrance 9 and birdies at Nos. 10 and 12.
‘It was powerful,’ Cauley mentioned. ‘The winds had been tough, simply attempting to handle that. But yeah, I felt like I hit plenty of good pictures, made a pair putts, and good to not make any bogeys on a day like at this time, that was tough.’
Campbell had a way more eventful day on his first journey to Japan, mixing 5 birdies, three bogeys and an eagle from 83 yards out at No. 8.
‘It’s superior. The crowds and the spectators are simply a number of the greatest on the earth,’ Campbell mentioned. ‘They really love golf, they love supporting, they’re all the time there to cheer you on whenever you make a superb save or something. It’s been superior and I can not wait to discover a little bit extra.’
Eight gamers had been a stroke behind the co-leaders, together with Denmark’s Nicolai Hojgaard, Australia’s Adam Scott, Japan’s Takumi Kanaya, the Philippines’ Rico Hoey, Kevin Roy, William Mouw, Sahith Theegala and Sam Ryder.
Seven extra had been two pictures again at 2-under, together with Sweden’s Alex Noren, South Korea’s Byeong Hun An, South Africa’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Taiwan’s Kevin Yu, Beau Hossler, Alex Smalley and Michael Thorbjornsen.
Defending champion Echavarria posted a 1-under 70 with 4 birdies and three bogeys.
–Field Level Media