SAN DIEGO — Ludvig Åberg shot a 9-under 63 Wednesday in what he calls his favourite place on the earth, taking a two-shot lead over Danny Walker and Hayden Springer within the opening spherical of the Farmers Insurance coverage Open at Torrey Pines.
Aberg took a first-round lead on the PGA Tour for the primary time after posting the most effective opening-round rating of his quick profession. The 25-year-old Swede capitalized on taking part in the better North Course at Torrey Pines, hitting 16 of 18 greens in regulation whereas making eight birdies and an eagle on the coastal hyperlinks.
“I like once you hit a whole lot of drivers, and I really feel like I did that lots at this time, and possibly going to do the identical tomorrow,” Aberg stated. “(I like) any golf course when it seems like this, when you’ve gotten the views, and Torrey Pines is a very, actually cool place.”
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The 25-year-old Walker was excellent in his fourth profession PGA Tour begin. He posted the opening day’s finest spherical on the harder South Course, the place the scoring common was 72.487 in comparison with 70.218 on the North.
Walker and Springer completed one shot in entrance of Lanto Griffin, Zac Blair, 48-year-old Zach Johnson and 20-year-old Aldrich Potgieter — all of whom performed the North Course.
Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, the highest-ranked participant within the area and the winner at The Sentry at Kapalua, shot a 68 on the South Course.
Aberg, who completed ninth final 12 months in his Torrey Pines debut, started the brand new season with a fifth-place end in Maui after present process knee surgical procedure final fall. After profitable the tour’s rookie of the 12 months award in 2023, he went winless final 12 months regardless of posting six top-five finishes, together with runner-ups on the Masters, the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am and the BMW Championship.
“I have never had any points for the reason that surgical procedure, so it is very nice,” Aberg stated. “I feel Maui was the last word check for that. I acquired some blisters on my toes. That is one other story, however the knee was holding up good. Actually wanting ahead to coming again and taking part in a whole lot of tournaments. … I am wanting ahead to a pleasant stretch of golf.”
Walker, a rookie who who earned his PGA Tour card on the Korn Ferry Tour, turned in a bogey-free spherical after lacking his first two cuts of the season.
This famed event on the northern coast of San Diego has fewer stars than regular in its area this 12 months. Collin Morikawa withdrew on Sunday, whereas Will Zalatoris pulled out of the occasion on Wednesday morning.
The Farmers Insurance coverage Open begins on a Wednesday and ends on a Saturday to keep away from a final-round battle with the NFL’s convention championship video games.
