Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri endured a disappointing begin as he carded a 3-over 75 within the first spherical of the Honda Classic on the PGA National.
Though the spherical was not full with three extra gamers having to return subsequent morning to complete their first spherical, Lahiri was approach behind at T-104th.
American Kurt Kitayama, who’s ranked 289th on the earth, carded 6-under 64 to take a one-shot lead over Daniel Berger, Chris Kirk and Rory Sabbatini.
It was Kitayama’s greatest spherical on the PGA Tour, the place he has performed off-and-on however with out a lot success. In all he has had 25 begins and has no Top-10s.
Lahiri ranging from tenth, bogeyed 14th and fifteenth after which went into the water off his third shot on 18th, his ninth gap, to drop a double bogey.
Turning in 4-over he had two birdies in opposition to one bogey. One of the birdies got here on ninth, his closing gap.
Kitayama was almost flawless on Thursday, capturing a 6-under 64 to take the lead.
It was Kitayama’s greatest rating in 69 rounds on the PGA Tour, fueled by a career-best run of 4 consecutive birdies on his second 9.
Berger was additionally bogey-free, and missed an 8-foot birdie attempt on the par-5 18th to accept 65.
Peter Uihlein, TOUR rookie Matthias Schwab and Danny Willett had been among the many group at 67.
Brooks Koepka, a Palm Beach County resident, was in a gaggle at 68. Joaquin Niemann, the Genesis winner final week at Riviera, was 4 below by way of 12 earlier than giving all of it again and settling for an even-par 70.
Curtis Thompson holed out for an eagle at No. 6, the primary on that gap since The Honda Classic moved to PGA National in 2007. Thompson shot 70 and was T-Forty fifth.
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