Friday, July 21, 2017
Barbasol Championship
OPELIKA, ALA.
Martin Flores, Cameron Tringale and Zac Blair shared the Barbasol Championship lead at 6-under 65 on Thursday when first-round play was suspended because of darkness. Flores and Tringale played in morning at Grand National’s Lake Course, and Blair finished his afternoon round after a rain delay of nearly two hours. Robert Allenby, Chad Campbell, Rory Sabbatini and Tag Ridings shot 66, and Richy Werenski also was 5 under with two holes left. Steven Alker was 6 under after eight holes, then bogeyed two of the next five. He was 4 under with five holes to play. Jim Furyk opened with a 69. The 47-year-old U.S. Ryder Cup captain is playing the event after failing to qualify for the British Open. Davis Love III, at 53 the oldest player in the field, had a 72 — a stroke better than son Dru Love in their third tournament together.
LPGA Marathon Classic
SYLVANIA
Gerina Piller shot an 8-under 63 on Thursday in the Marathon Classic to take a one-stroke lead over U.S. Women’s Open champion Sung Hyun Park and Peiyun Chien. Winless on the LPGA Tour, Piller had nine birdies and a bogey in the first round at Highland Meadows. The American birdied four of the first five holes and four of the last eight. Park, the South Korean player who won her first major title last week at Trump National in New Jersey, had seven birdies in a bogey-free round. Chien, a LPGA Tour rookie from Taiwan, had eight birdies and a bogey. Kelly Shon, Aditi Ashok and In-Kyung Kim shot 65, Angel Yin and Sandra Changkija followed at 66, and U.S. Solheim Cup players Lexi Thompson, Brittany Lincicome and Alison Lee topped the group at 67. Stacy Lewis, her U.S. Women’s Open chances ruined by a third-round meltdown, had a 69. Canadian Brooke Henderson shot 70. Lydia Ko, winless since her victory last year at Highland Meadows, had a 73. She had three bogeys and one birdie.
Associated Press