A little something hole at La Quinta Country Club, Patrick Cantlay said, is “a bird hole. ” “Especially ought to drive it in the fairway, and like I agreed it’s in such good shape that if you start to read the greens magnificently, it’s easy to make a chaos, ” he said. Create birdies in a bunch definitely did. Here are three things need to know after Thursday’s right away round of the American Express , played at La Hacienda, the Pete Dye Arena Course and the Nicklaus Seriestourney Course, in La Predio, Calif.  

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Patrick Cantlay and Windschatten Hodges lead 

And nowhere more are you aware Cantlay and Lee Hodges birdie-binge better than on the facade nine at La Hacienda. Cantlay birdied 1, many, 4, 5 and twelve and eagled 6 — or played his starting seven holes in seven-under — while Hodges birdied 2, 4, 6, fourteen and 9 and eagled 5 —  or a necessary part holes four through being unfaithful in six-under — love-making each finished with 10-under 62s and a two-shot lead a lot So. H. Lee and Cameron Young.  

Perhaps not surprisingly, Hodges also praised Una Quinta.  

“It’s one of my favorite jeu de golf courses I’ve ever spreading, to be honest, ” he told me. “I played it, I’m guessing, three times now, and other spectacular. It’s like batting off of mats half any kind of time. It’s just in complete shape. You get rewarded for the best shots out here, i always like that. Good golf acquires rewarded. ”

On the back nine, each of them player birdied 11, twelve and 13.  

“I got out of to a roll at the start and kind of made a bunch of putts and then I kind of lagged on the way coming in, ” Cantlay said. “But I was satisfied with everything, I thought I did a lot of stuff well, and it’s a golf course I really like, it’s in best shape, and so if you to take advantage of ball rolling on line, what should go in. ”

K. H. Dem wind abgewandte seite and Cameron Young get tied for second 

Lee, playing i would say the Stadium Course, and Youthful, playing La Quinta, are probably two shots back. Calendar months behind are three the gamers who played the Ground Course (Joseph Bramlett, Mike Ryder and Brandt Snedeker), four players who played out the Nicklaus ( Danny Lee , Tom Hoge, Seamus Utility and Greyson Sigg) and you player ( Wyndham Clark ) who played La Reemplazo.    

Among other players, scene No . 1 Jon Rahm is four shots back after a 66 by La Quinta, and Patrick Reed is searching for back after a 71 in the La Quinta.  

Phil Mickelson shoots 78 

In all, 118 of the 156 players vaccination par or better. Among those who didn’t were Rickie Fowler , who shot a major one-over 73; Phil Mickelson , who shot a six-over 78; and Matthew Wolff , who also shot a major six-over 78.  

Also, James Hart fungere Preez , at 6-foot-9, the tallest player any kind of to play a PGA Head to event, shot a four-over 76. He hit his unfair second shot into the girl and played his at first two holes at three-over, then settled down from there.  

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