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Wyndham Clark made seven birdies and not using a bogey Thursday to set the tempo after one spherical of the WM Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, Ariz.
The spherical was technically suspended as a consequence of darkness simply earlier than 6:15 p.m. native time. Nine gamers nonetheless had one or two holes to play on the time of the announcement.
Clark’s 7-under-par 64 at TPC Scottsdale was one higher than Taylor Moore and Lee Hodges. Justin Thomas is within the combine after opening with a 5-under 66.
Clark, the 2023 U.S. Open champion, made 4 straight birdies starting at No. 8 to get his week rolling. The first two got here from 16 and 14 ft out, and his fourth of that stretch was a easy 4-footer after a picture-perfect method.
While Clark’s most up-to-date win on tour got here on the 2024 ATT Pebble Beach Pro-Am 12 months in the past, Thomas remains to be on the hunt for his first win of any sort because the 2022 PGA Championship. He began his spherical on the again 9 and dismissed an early bogey by making three birdies on every 9.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, in his second begin of the season, had a wild again 9 that featured two eagles and a double bogey together with two birdies. Combined with a 2-over 37 on his entrance 9, he settled in at 2-under 69.
Other notables embrace Canada’s Corey Conners and South Korea’s Tom Kim at 4-under 67, Jordan Spieth at 3-under 68 and Hideki Matsuyama of Japan at 1-under 70.
–Field Level Media