Hank Lebioda Takes 1-shot Lead At Pebble Beach Pro- Am

Californian Pebble Beach: In the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, weather and fortunes can change suddenly, which seems to suit Hank Lebioda just fine these days. Lebioda shot an eight-hole stretch of six birdies for an 8-under 63 on the Shore course at Monterey Peninsula, his sixth different course in his last six PGA Tour rounds, giving him a one-shot lead after the first round on Thursday. His major advantage was finishing before a pleasant day of mostly sunny, calm weather gave way to wind strong enough to bend flagsticks and require players to take off their caps before putting in order to prevent them from blowing off. Six of the top 12 scorers, including Lebioda, have yet to claim victory on the PGA Tour. Other than being ready for everything, he doesn't really have a strong formula for success in tournaments with numerous courses. Lebioda, who missed the cut in both the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines and the American Express, said, "This would be eight courses in three weeks for us." "Last week I took two classes in San Diego, three this week, and three in Palm Springs. Therefore, the best thing you can do is to look after yourself, unwind, and confirm that you are in good health. On the Monterey Peninsula, three of the top four scores to par were recorded. Harry Hall scored five straight birdies and was tied for the lead until the turn, but Kurt Kitayama made four straight birdies at the turn and shot a 64.The birdie streak on the front was impressive because, according to my memory, I went from bogey to par on the second hole to five consecutive birdies. So, Hall said, "It was really good." "The wind picked up to 45 miles per hour coming down the last two holes. It was absurd. I'm glad to have entered at 7 under today. At Pebble Beach, Chad Ramey shot a 65 at 7 under par. Up until his bogey on the par-3 17th, where he hit the front bunker, he was tied for the lead. Keith Mitchell posted the highest score at Spyglass Hill, a 5-under 67. The only course with an average score above par was that one. Mitchell was standing next to two quarterbacks from the NFL.

Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills is his amateur partner, while Kyle Allen of the Houston Texans will serve as his caddy for the week. It didn't snow, so the weather change wasn't too drastic. Even so, it caused chaos for those attempting to complete the most exposed course at Pebble Beach. With three holes remaining, Will Gordon was tied for the lead at 8 under par. He missed the back pin by 35 yards from the middle of the 16th fairway and made bogey. The wind was picking up. He missed another shot because he was 30 yards short on the par-3 17th hole to a right pin, which was the simplest pin to account for for amateurs for three days.After driving into the ocean rocks to the left of the fairway and having to reload, he made a triple bogey to finish. He was behind a tree on his approach shot into the strong wind coming off the ocean, and he hit that over the green and into a bunker. In three holes, he went from being tied for first to being tied for 24th. The celebrity rotation took place at Spyglass Hill, which is thought to be the most difficult of the three in calm weather. While Viktor Hovland shot a 70, U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick and three-time major winner Jordan Spieth each managed a 71. Despite having won the 2019 U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach and finished as a low amateur there, Hovland is making his tournament debut.

Spieth, who took first place in this competition in 2017, recorded a mix of birdies and bogeys before having to hang on for dear life during the final hour as the temperature dropped and the wind picked up. The last four or five holes with the wind were "really bizarre," Spieth said. It suddenly flipped before blowing unexpectedly in the opposite direction of the forecast after starting out as nothing. We become confused when we're getting ready for anything and we have to make a change. However, my final three holes were strong, which always makes you feel a little better. He completed them in one under par, saving a difficult par from a flyer lie in the rough despite having no He had no idea what the wind would do once his ball was in the air.