Pendrith ranked fourth in driving distance at 291.4 metres (318.5 yards) off the tee while finding more than enough fairways, ranking T-27 in that category at 64.29 percent. He also ranked first in putts per green in regulation at 1.57.
Jason Day, showing signs of a resurgence most of the year, won his 13th PGA Tour title on Monday (AEST), 13 years after his first one, and both came in the same event.
Australian fans were treated to a double delight from their PGA Tour heroes during the first round of the AT&T Byron Nelson event, with Adam Scott firing his lowest Thursday score in nine years and Victorian David Micheluzzi lighting it up in his debut round on the US circuit.
Securing a three-peat, or winning the same tournament in three successive years, is such a rare occurrence on tour that only three golfers in the past 40 years have achieved the feat. Lee has the chance this week to become the fourth.
According to Columbia University student Will Knauth, who is on a path to earn his PhD in statistics, a 24-year-old amateur who played Division III golf and is probably more accomplished as a violinist than he is a golfer has a 4-in-1 chance of making the cut in his PGA Tour debut at this week’s AT&T Byron Nelson.
Spieth said he began to feel symptoms in late April – though he did not lose his sense of taste or smell – and that three separate tests returned a positive result.