As Hideki Matsuyama raced to an apparent victory at The Sentry, the season-opening PGA Tour event, another story was emerging: he was making a run at Cam Smith’s 72-hole PGA Tour scoring record of 34-under.
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Day 2 gave the Internationals confidence that their play could be strong enough to not just overcome more highly ranked players on the US side, but deliver heavy knockout blows.
Fleetwood made the point that an Olympic medal wasn’t something he ever had a reason to think of because it wasn’t part of golf. Now, it resides in a fundamentally special place.
Xander Schauffele, the defending Olympic champion, Hideki Matsuyama and Tommy Fleetwood each finished at 11 under par for 36 holes to share the halfway lead in the race for the medal stand.
It was the 17th time this year Schauffele shot 65 or better, the most recent being the final-round 65 that won him his second major at the Open Championship at Royal Troon.
The result of a soft golf course was a first-round scoring average of 69.82 and a field that was a combined 86-under par. Half the holes played under par for the day, and the field averaged four birdies per round.
Boston Common Golf today announced that Masters and nine-time PGA Tour winner Hideki Matsuyama will join the team and play alongside Rory McIlroy, Keegan Bradley and Adam Scott in the new, tech-infused, prime-time golf league, TGL presented by SoFi.
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