SHANE LOWRY HAS carded one-under 70 on the opening day of the Cognizant Classic on the PGA tour at Palm Beach Gardens in Florida.
It was a mixed day for the Offaly man who sits eight shots behind leader Austin Smotherman of the USA. Colombia’s Nico Echavarria is one shot back in second place on eight-under.
Lowry started on the back nine and opened with a birdie on 10, but slipped with back-to-back bogeys on the 13th and 14th holes. He birdied the 16th to recover briefly but another bogey on the next hole saw him make the turn on one-over.
He went to one-under after two more birdies on the first and third holes and parred the remaining holes on the front nine to give him a share of 35th place.
Ireland’s Séamus Power is also in action at the Cognizant Classic. The Waterford man, who started on the back nine, opened with a birdie on the 10th and was two-under at the turn after another birdie on the 13th hole.
But bogeys on the second and ninth holes saw him finish up on even par heading into the second round.
Meanwhile on the LPGA, Leon Maguire is in a share of 28th place after an even par opening round at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore. Her round included three birdies and three bogeys leaving her six shots off the American leader Auston Kim.
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Lowry eight shots off the lead after opening round 70 in Florida
LAST UPDATE | 26 Feb
SHANE LOWRY HAS carded one-under 70 on the opening day of the Cognizant Classic on the PGA tour at Palm Beach Gardens in Florida.
It was a mixed day for the Offaly man who sits eight shots behind leader Austin Smotherman of the USA. Colombia’s Nico Echavarria is one shot back in second place on eight-under.
Lowry started on the back nine and opened with a birdie on 10, but slipped with back-to-back bogeys on the 13th and 14th holes. He birdied the 16th to recover briefly but another bogey on the next hole saw him make the turn on one-over.
He went to one-under after two more birdies on the first and third holes and parred the remaining holes on the front nine to give him a share of 35th place.
Ireland’s Séamus Power is also in action at the Cognizant Classic. The Waterford man, who started on the back nine, opened with a birdie on the 10th and was two-under at the turn after another birdie on the 13th hole.
But bogeys on the second and ninth holes saw him finish up on even par heading into the second round.
Meanwhile on the LPGA, Leon Maguire is in a share of 28th place after an even par opening round at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore. Her round included three birdies and three bogeys leaving her six shots off the American leader Auston Kim.
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