Flurry of birdies gives Ben Silverman 2-point Barracuda lead

TRUCKEE, Calif. — Ben Silverman birdied seven of his final 9 holes and scored 19 factors to take the lead Thursday within the Barracuda Championship, the one PGA Tour occasion that makes use of the modified Stableford scoring system.

Silverman had 10 birdies and a bogey on Tahoe Mountain Membership’s tree-lined Previous Greenwood format for a two-point lead over Kelly Kraft.

„This place is beautiful,“ stated Silverman, the 36-year-old Canadian looking for his first PGA Tour victory. „Actually like this golf course.“

Gamers obtain eight factors for a double eagle, 5 for eagle and two for birdie. A degree is deducted for bogey and three for double bogey.

„You attempt to put the factors out of your head and simply concentrate on making birdies and including up your rating regular,“ Silverman stated. „You get rewarded for birdies and the factors sort of handle themselves. That is the way you attempt to do it.“

Kraft eagled the par-5 third and had seven birdies and two bogeys.

„I used to be simply in scoring and the man informed me what I shot, and I used to be like, ‚I don’t know what I shot. I simply know I had 17 factors,'“ Kraft stated. „You are sort of simply attempting to make birdies the entire time.“

Nate Lashley was third at 15, and Sam Ryder and S.H. Kim had 14. Lorenzo Scalise of Italy, one in every of 50 European tour gamers within the area, was at 13 with Patrick Fishburn and Vince Whaley.

With three weeks left within the FedEx Cup common season, Lashley is 97th, Silverman a centesimal, Kim one hundred and tenth, Ryder a hundred and twentieth, Fishburn 139th, Whaley 167th and Kraft 172nd. The highest 70 will advance to the playoffs.

Taylor Pendrith — at No. 36, the highest-ranked participant within the FedEx Cup within the area — had a 12-point spherical. The Canadian gained at Colonial in Could for his first PGA Tour title.