The solid-swinging lefty won in just his 34th start as a pro and did so with a combination that works well at PGA National’s Champion course – solid driving, a nervy short game and reliable putting.
Jake Knapp narrowly missed matching the PGA Tour single-round scoring record on the opening day of the Cognizant Classic. He happily settled for just the 15th sub-60 score in tour history.
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Eckroat might not have the fame of recent Oklahoma State University prodigies like Viktor Hovland or Matt Wolff, yet the four-time All-American’s ascent through the professional game foreshadows a player of special ilk.
While it’s fair to wonder what Van Rooyen’s round could have been, he was not worried about entertaining such questions. Now he has to wait to see if his 72-hole total is a winning one.