Category: PGA Tour Champions

54 holes in two days? PGA Tour Champions event gets rained out on Friday

The field features Phil Mickelson, looking to go 2-for-2 on the senior circuit.

The PGA Tour Champions event this week saw its first day get washed out by rain in Virginia. Now, the plan for the 50-and-over set is to get 54 holes in on Saturday and Sunday.

The Dominion Energy Charity Classic at The Country Club of Virginia in Richmond was a 54-hole event all along but was supposed to get started on Friday morning.

The field features Phil Mickelson, looking to go 2-for-2 on the senior circuit. Mickelson joked about playing this event instead of the PGA Tour stop at Shadow Creek, where he beat Tiger Woods in The Match in 2018 to bag a $9 million prize.

During his pre-tournament press conference, Mickelson was asked why he didn’t seek a sponsor exemption into the limited-field, no-cut $9.5 million event in Las Vegas.

“I felt like it would be better for me to play here,” he said. “I think last time I played at Shadow Creek, even if I beat all 78 guys, it would still be a letdown. I made so much more last time I played, that I just didn’t see the benefit. Sorry.”

Mickelson is set to tee it up alongside Jim Furyk and Miguel Angel Jimenez, the tournament’s defending champion. Furyk, like Mickelson, also won his Champions tour debut.

The first round is now scheduled to get going at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday. Everyone will then take a short break before heading back out for the second round. They’ll play as many holes as they can before darkness sets in and then try to finish the tournament on Sunday.

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Phil Mickelson trolls Tiger, CJ Cup field, as only he can

Phil Mickelson explained why he’s playing this week on PGA Tour Champions rather than PGA Tour; Tiger Woods isn’t going to like his answer.

In addition to being a scratch golfer, Phil Mickelson is a scratch needler and he trolled Tiger Woods and the 78-man field at the PGA Tour’s CJ Cup @ Shadow Creek on Thursday in classic Phil fashion.

During his pre-tournament press conference at this week’s PGA Tour Champions event, the Dominion Energy Charity Classic, Mickelson was asked why he didn’t seek a sponsor’s exemption into the junior circuit’s limited-field, no-cut $9.5 million event in Las Vegas.

“I felt like it would be better for me to play here,” he said. “I think last time I played at Shadow Creek, even if I beat all 78 guys, it would still be a letdown. I made so much more last time I played, that I just didn’t see the benefit. Sorry.”

That was more than a subtle jab at Woods, who Mickelson defeated at Shadow Creek in the original playing of The Match on Thanksgiving weekend in 2018, and took home a cool $9 million.

Phil’s gonna Phil, and in his world when last time you won nearly as much as this week’s tournament purse, you might as well just go try to beat up on some guys your own age.

Mickelson is making his first start in the state of Virginia since 1993, and second start on the PGA Tour Champions this week. Having captured the Charles Schwab Series in September, Mickelson is trying to match Jim Furyk, who won his first two starts since turning 50. Mickelson had this to say on the difference between playing the PGA Tour and the senior circuit: “The courses we play are really long. We have 520 par 4s out on the regular tour, we have 520 par 5s out here, so it’s a different beast.”

Mickelson also praised PGA Tour Champions as a good preparation ground for playing against the younger pros, where he will continue to keep his focus for the time being.

“I think that this tour helps me quite a bit, more so than I realized when I played at Ozark. It helps me free up, work on the areas that I need to work on in my game,” he said. “It’s very difficult to be competitive on the regular tour. I’ve had a couple good finishes, but it’s hard to be competitive week in and week out unless you drive the ball incredibly long and straight. The long part I’m OK with, it’s the straight part that I struggle with. This tour is a little bit more forgiving, the rough isn’t quite as long, the fairways aren’t quite as tight. It’s still very challenging, but it’s not as penalizing as the regular tour’s been.

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“So it gives me a chance to work on a few things and compete. I mean, you have to be in the thick of it and feel those nerves and compete for a championship to really be able to get better, and I’m able to compete out here and get my skills a little bit sharper.”

Mickelson said he plans to play the Zozo Championship next week and the Houston Open in the lead up to the Masters.

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PGA Champions Chubb Classic tournament moving to familiar course in 2021

Tiburón will be pulling off a trifecta for Southwest Florida professional golf.

Tiburón will be pulling off a trifecta for Southwest Florida professional golf.

The North Naples golf club at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort will host the 2021 Chubb Classic, Naples’ PGA Tour Champions event, from Feb. 8-14, the tournament announced Thursday.

The Chubb Classic, which started at The Club Pelican Bay in 1988, will be played on the club’s Black Course. The agreement is for just one year.

Tiburón already hosts the PGA Tour’s QBE Shootout and the LPGA Tour’s CME Group Tour Championship but on the club’s Gold Course. Both were designed by World Golf Hall of Famer Greg Norman, who also is the founder and host of the Shootout.

“We’re definitely excited to host all three,” Tiburón Golf Club general manager Kevin DeDonato said. “They were certainly looking for a venue, and for us, it just kind of made sense for 2021. We’re excited to be able to help out the tour.

“We still have a great relationship with QBE and the CME, and have full intention to continue the long-lasting relationships that we have there. This is just an addition to the other events we have at the club.”

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Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Shootout and LPGA tournaments will be played on back-to-back weeks this year, starting Dec. 9 through Dec. 20. Normally the LPGA event is played the third week in November, ending the Sunday before Thanksgiving.

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Tiburón will become the 10th course to host the PGA Tour Champions’ event, which had been at The Classics at Lely Resort the past two years. Scott Parel won in February.

The Black Course hasn’t been used previously for a professional tour event except for part of the Shootout in 2014, when a turfgrass disease attacked some of the greens on the Gold Course.

“The Gold gets so much attention because of the longstanding relationship we have with the PGA Tour and QBE, and then the LPGA Tour as well,” DeDonato said. “That’s much-deserved attention. The Black is just different. It hasn’t hosted an event, and it’s tighter. The layout is fantastic. It’s very fun to play, and it’s kind of a completely different experience than the Gold Course.

“I think the Black is kind of a hidden gem that will get some exposure from this event as well.”

While the pairing of the Chubb Classic and Tiburón is new, Eiger Marketing managing partner Tim Erensen and DeDonato have known each other for years. Eiger Marketing is taking over for longtime management company Octagon.

Erensen and DeDonato worked together when DeDonato was at Stockton Seaview Hotel & Golf Club, the host course of the LPGA Tour’s ShopRite Classic, which Erensen ran. So those two will gett to work together again, along with Scott Reid, the executive director for the tournament.

“Tim’s a great guy,” DeDonato said. “I got to know Scott as well. Scott and I have kind of been working on the agreement and so forth. It’s just kind of win-win for both of us.”

The Chubb Classic will again have a $1.6 million purse.

Chubb Classic organizers also announced that volunteer registration is open.

Volunteers donate their time to serve scoring, transportation, hospitality services and many other functions. Visit www.ChubbClassic.com for more information about how to sign up to volunteer.

“Volunteers have been an integral part of our event since its inception and we’re extremely grateful for their assistance,” Reid said in a release. “Our event attracts hundreds of individuals to volunteer their time and they are crucial to help us stage one of Naples largest annual events.”

Chubb Classic host courses

1988–1990 — The Club Pelican Bay

1991–1995 — The Vineyards

1996 — The Classics at Lely Resort

1997–1999 — Bay Colony

2000–2001 — Pelican Marsh

2002–2006 — TwinEagles

2007–2008 — Quail West

2009 — TPC Treviso Bay

2010–2011 — The Quarry

2012–2018 — TwinEagles

2019–2020 — The Classics at Lely Resort

Greg Hardwig is a sports reporter for the Naples Daily News and The News-Press. Follow him on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @NDN_Ghardwig, email him at ghardwig@naplesnews.com.

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PGA Tour Champions: Ernie Els claims victory with final-round surge in North Carolina

Surging eight spots up the leaderboard with a final-round 66 on Sunday, Ernie Els won a tight SAS Championship at Prestonwood Country Club.

Ernie Els saved his best for last.

Surging eight spots up the leaderboard with a final-round 66 (his best score of the weekend), Els came from behind Sunday to win a tightly contested SAS Championship at Prestonwood Country Club. The South African now has a second PGA Tour Champions win to add to a resume that includes 19 PGA Tour victories and 47 international titles.

Els shot 70 and 68 respectively the first two rounds, and a bogey on No. 3 Sunday did not help his chances of making a comeback. But the 50-year old proceeded to rattle off three straight birdies on Nos. 6-8 and add four more on the back nine. He finished the weekend 12-under par, one shot clear of the field.

“I had 64 in mind,” said Els when asked if he had a particular target score for the day. “You know, especially on the final round, there were so many guys bunched. I was coming from 6 under, I reckoned 14 under was maybe a good score, but then the conditions helped out and it became really tough. So 66 was just, just squeaked in there.”

Second-place goes to Colin Montgomerie of Scotland, who was tied for pole position going into the final round. Although the 57-year old had won seven times before on the PGA Tour Champions (and 42 times abroad), he was unable to take advantage of the opportunity. Montgomerie fired a 2-under 70 (three birdies, one bogey) to finish 11 under.

After rising past 12 opponents during Saturday’s third round, Vijay Singh secured third place at 10 under with a 70 of his own (four birdies, two bogeys). The Fiji native added another top-5 finish to a decorated career that includes 34 PGA Tour wins, 22 international victories and a FedExCup title in 2008.

Although he just missed the podium, Gene Sauers of Georgia went on quite the Sunday run. The 58-year old’s seven-birdie, two-bogey performance vaulted him 18 spots up the leaderboard, where he T-4 along with Robert Karlsson, Kirk Triplett, David Toms and Woody Austin.

The PGA Tour Champions will return Oct. 16-18 in Richmond, Virginia for the Dominion Energy Charity Classic.

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PGA Tour Champions: Austin, Montgomerie and Clarke tied for SAS Championship lead

Darren Clarke, Colin Montgomerie and Woody Austin are tied for first at the SAS Championship. They are 9 under going into Sunday.

Darren Clarke jumped six spots up the leaderboard on Saturday to tie Colin Montgomerie and first-round leader Woody Austin for the lead at the SAS Championship. All three now sit at 9-under par going into Sunday’s final round.

Clarke was mostly solid on Friday, but a double-bogey on the par-4 sixth marred what was otherwise a competitive five-birdie effort. The 52-year-old from Northern Ireland cleaned things up during the second round, posting five birdies on the back nine and six total. With 15 international victories to his name, Clarke is looking for his first PGA Tour Champions win.

“I was playing okay sort of all day and I kept telling myself ‘just be patient’ and stupid old thing, I kept waiting for something to happen,” Clarke said. “The greens are so pure that the subtle breaks, you’ve got to hit it really close to make — you’re not going to make a lot of bombs here really from 20, 30 feet all day, so I just took wedges in my hand, hit it a little bit closer there towards the end.

“Made the most of it, which is nice.”

Montgomerie, 57, found himself T-4 after the first round. Bolstered by strong iron play, he shot five birdies and remained bogey-free for a Saturday 67 that propelled him three spots up the leaderboard. The golfers whom Montgomerie had been tied with — Kirk Triplett and Marco Dawson — faltered during round two. Respective scores of 70 and 71 meant that Triplett fell back five places to T-9 and Dawson 11 to T-15.

“I’ve been changing my swing,” revealed Montgomerie, owner of 42 international wins and seven Champions Tour wins to date. “I’ve lost a little weight and I put a little bit on again. American food, you can’t help it.

“I’ve been coming more inside on the backswing, or it feels like that, it might not look it on the screen, but it does definitely feel. So I’ve got a better launch, I’ve got a better trajectory, just the whole thing’s better than it was.”

Austin held ground against his surging opponents, although his second-round effort wasn’t as sharp as his opening-round 66. Two bogeys against five birdies left the 56-year old with a 3-under 69.

Also in the hunt are David Toms (United States), Bernhard Langer (Germany) and Vijay Singh (Fiji), all of whom are T-4 at 8 under. Toms, 53, carded six birdies against one bogey to move ahead three spots with a 67. He is looking for his second PGA Tour Champions victory.

The big movers, though, were Langer and Singh, who both rocketed 12 spots up the leaderboard. Langer, 63, got there by shooting 66 on the day — bettering his first-round performance by four strokes. He fired seven birdies against just one bogey, with four of those birdies coming on the back nine. Langer, a two-time Masters winner and an icon in the golf world, boasts 41 Champions Tour victories and 61 international titles.

Meanwhile, the 57-year old Singh shook off an early bogey on No. 4 to card a 66. He pulled it off in dramatic fashion with two eagles on the day: one on the par-5 seventh and another on the par-4 18th. Singh, the 2008 FedExCup Champion, has 34 PGA Tour wins and 22 international titles under his belt.

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PGA Tour Champions: Woody Austin grabs an early lead at the SAS Championship

Woody Austin leads by one at this weekend’s PGA Tour Champions event in Cary, North Carolina. He fired an opening round 66.

Woody Austin owns the early lead at the SAS Championship, this weekend’s PGA Tour Champions event in Cary, North Carolina. Austin is seeking his fifth career victory on the senior circuit as he fired an opening-round 66, good for 6-under par and a one-shot lead at the Prestonwood Country Club – Highlands Course.

The Tampa, Florida, native more than made up for a bogey on the fourth hole with seven birdies — two of them coming late on No. 17 and No. 18. He credits his short game with keeping him in it, especially early.

“I putted better than I have putted in a long time for the first nine holes,” said Austin, 56. “First nine holes I looked like Brad Faxon out there today. It was a bad start, but the putter kept me in the game. Then I finally started to hit some good shots.”

One shot back of Austin is the duo of Gene Sauers and Corey Pavin, who both carded 65. Sauers, from Savannah, Georgia, kept himself clean but managed just one birdie in the first 11 holes. The 58-year old vaulted himself into contention by calmly depositing an uphill eagle putt at No. 17. So far, he has only won once on the PGA Tour Champions.

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Pavin, 60, is the most decorated of the three. The Oxnard, California, native has 15 PGA Tour victories under his belt and was named the 1991 PGA Tour Player of the Year. Like Sauers, he is looking for his second Champions Tour victory and went bogey-free on the day. Of his five birdies, three of them came at the par-3 holes (No. 3, No. 8 and No. 11).

“You know, I like this golf course,” Pavin said despite his inconsistent play at Prestonwood in earlier years. “I thought with the bent greens they were — it was like dartboards and now you’ve got to really think about your iron shots and what it’s going to do once it hits the green. You’ve got to shape your shots.

“Today, I just went out and just tried to play golf and not worry about anything but try to hit my golf shots and wherever it went, it went. Just kind of went from there and it worked out OK.”

Rounding out the top six are Kirk Triplett, Marco Dawson and Colin Montgomerie, who find themselves T-4 at 4-under. Triplett faltered out of the gate with bogeys at the first and third, but righted the ship with six subsequent birdies. The Moses Lake, Washington, native owns eight PGA Tour Champions wins.

Dawson, an American born in Freising, Germany, played a very different round from Triplett. The 56-year old ripped off six birdies, four in the front nine, but set himself back with a frustrating double bogey at No. 13. He has a chance to win his third Champions Tour event this weekend.

Montgomerie of Glasgow, Scotland, has been prolific abroad, with 35 of his 42 international wins coming on the European Tour (good for third all-time on that circuit). He has seven PGA Tour Champions victories and counting to add to that resume.

Like Triplett, Montgomerie had to overcome early bogeys at the third and sixth, but did the job with six birdies. The 57-year old is poised to push his American counterparts for the title at Prestonwood. Round 2 of the SAS Championship will take place on Saturday.

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Jim Furyk looks to make history, win first three starts on Champions tour

Jim Furyk has won his first two starts on the Champions Tour. This week at the SAS Championship, he’s going for three.

Last season on the PGA Tour, Jim Furyk earned $224,450 in 13 events. In two events on the Champions tour, he’s won $630,000.

The 50-year-old Furyk is having a rookie season to remember on the senior circuit.

The 17-time winner on the PGA Tour won his Champions debut in August at the Ally Challenge in Grand Blanc, Michigan, followed by another win in September in his second start at the PURE Insurance Championship at Pebble Beach.

While he still plans to play occasionally on the PGA Tour, the former FedEx Cup Champion said the Champions Tour is calling his name a little louder these days.

“I think this is going to be my home and just excited to play some golf,” Furyk said Thursday. “It was fun to compete, get in contention for two weeks. I’d definitely like to get that feeling again.”

Furyk still plans to occasionally compete in Tour events. He last competed on Tour at the 2020 Safeway Open last month and finished T-46. Last season on Tour, he competed in 13 Tour events, earning two top-25 finishes and making six cuts. His last top-10 was his second-place finish at the 2019 Players Championship.

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This week during the SAS Championship at Prestonwood Country Club, the 2010 PGA Tour Player of the Year will attempt to win his first three starts — something no one’s ever done on the Champions.

“It’s real easy to get kind of caught up and think about trying to win, but I didn’t get to this position doing that,” Furyk said. “I got in this position really just worrying about my game and going out there and playing the best I could and playing a good Friday round, setting it up, playing a good Saturday round, getting myself in contention, and then kind of going through that same routine on Sunday. You know, I was fortunate to end up on top.”

If Furyk wins three in a row after this week’s event, it would the first time in a decade a golfer won three straight events on the Champions. Fred Couples won three consecutive starts in 2010 during his rookie season.

While Furyk answered the three-in-a-row question stone-faced like the veteran he is, there’s still some excitement to starting this new chapter of his career.

“When you get on a good roll like that, when you’re playing well and you’ve got some momentum, it’s a lot of fun,” he said. “Now the goal’s to try to keep that going. … I didn’t know six months ago when I turned 50 whether I was going to commit to playing the PGA Tour or the Champions Tour and, you know, coming out here and having some success but seeing some friends, seeing golf courses that are 7,000 yards, I kind of like the atmosphere, I’ve been enjoying it.”

Jim Furyk after winning the 2020 Ally Challenge at Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club in Grand Blanc, Michigan. (Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)

Furyk isn’t the only PGA Tour alum to dip his toe into his senior pool of late. Phil Mickelson won his Champions debut in August by four shots at the Charles Schwab Series at Ozarks National. This week, Mickelson committed to his second Champions event Oct. 16-18 at the Dominion Energy Charity Classic. Furyk will also compete at The Country Club of Virginia’s James River Course.

While Furyk looked forward to joining Mickelson next week, the 2003 U.S. Open champion is first focused on this week’s event in Cary, North Carolina.

Among his 80 competitors, Furyk will face reigning champion Jerry Kelly. The two even played a practice round on Tuesday which helped the Champions rookie get a lay of the land.

“Prestonwood’s a pretty straightforward golf course,” he said. “It’s well-bunkered off the tee. Using the yardage book I got a feel real easy of where I was supposed to put the ball, and playing with (Kelly) helped out definitely to kind of just get around the golf course and see it a little bit.”

Furyk, Ernie Els and David Toms tee off their first rounds Friday at 11:40 a.m. from the first tee.

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Phil Mickelson commits to his second Champions Tour event

Phil Mickelson is scheduled to make his second start on the PGA Tour champions tour at the Dominion Energy Charity Classic.

After winning in his Champions Tour debut, Phil Mickelson is back for more.

The 50-year-old will make his second PGA Tour Champions start Oct. 16-18 at the Dominion Energy Charity Classic at The Country Club of Virginia’s James River Course.

The event will be Mickelson’s first individual start in Virginia since the 1993 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill in Williamsburg. The five-time major winner also played on four U.S Presidents Cup teams at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, in 1994, 1996, 2000 and 2005.

The 54-hole Champions event is usually the first of three Charles Schwab Cup playoff events at the end of the season, but due to changes in scheduling from the coronavirus pandemic, the event will be played next week without fans on-site.

In his Champions Tour debut in August, Mickelson won the Charles Schwab Cup Series at Ozarks National by four shots. The 44-time winner on the PGA Tour finished the event 22-under 191 to become the 20th player to win his first Champions start.

Joining Mickelson in the field at the Dominion Energy Charity Classic are Ernie Els and Jim Furyk. Els, 50, tied for second in his Champions debut in January and won his third start at the Hoag Classic in March. Furyk, 50, won his tour debut at the Ally Challenge in August and won again in his second start at the PURE Insurance Championship last month.

The Dominion Energy Charity Classic can be watched live on Golf Channel Oct. 16 from 2-5 p.m. EDT and Oct. 17-18 from 2:30-5 p.m. EDT.

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Jim Furyk wins second PGA Tour Champions title at Pure Insurance Championship

Jim Furyk claimed his second PGA Tour Champions title, winning the Pure Insurance Championship at Pebble Beach.

Jim Furyk is racking up the PGA Tour Champions wins.

The 50-year-old made his debut on the over-50 tour back in August, winning the  Ally Challenge. On Sunday he earned his second win in as many starts, claiming the title at the Pure Insurance Championship at 12 under after a one-hole playoff against Jerry Kelly at Pebble Beach.

Furyk, a 17-time winner on the PGA Tour including the 2003 U.S. Open, won the tournament with a birdie on the first playoff hole, the par-5 18th. Kelly made par. Ernie Els finished third at 11 under, followed by Mike Weir and Retief Goosen T-4 at 9 under.

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PGA Tour Champions: Furyk leads tight race heading into Saturday’s second round

Champions Tour: Jim Furyk holds a one-shot lead after the first round of the Pure Insurance Championship at Pebble Beach.

Jim Furyk finished strong in the opening round of the Pure Insurance Championship on Friday, birdieing three of his last four holes for an 8-under 64. For now, he holds a one-shot lead on Cameron Beckman, Ernie Els and Stephen Leaney, who are all T-2.

At 50 years old, Furyk is playing in just his second PGA Tour Champions event. The West Chester, Pennsylvania, native emerged victorious at the Ally Challenge on Aug. 2, becoming the first man in over five years to win his Champions Tour debut. Phil Mickelson followed soon after by copying the feat.

“Yeah, obviously real happy,” Furyk said about his opening-round effort at Pebble Beach, a course he has played more than 20 events at. “I got off to a good start on the back nine and kind of got things moving with some shots close to the pin. It’s just good to get off to a fast start.”

Furyk stumbled in the early going with a three-putt bogey at the third hole, but recovered with a birdie at No. 4 (one of nine he made on the day). He would end up needing every single one to stay clear of the hard-charging trio behind him.

Minnesota’s Beckman stayed bogey-free and carded seven birdies for an opening-round 65, as did Australia’s Leaney. Els, the South African, had just two birdies in the front nine but put himself in the conversation with a hole-in-one at No. 12.

“Yeah, it was a strange day,” remarked Leaney. “When I finished, I actually thought I’d shot 66. I had to look at the scorecard five times to convince myself that I actually shot 7 under, so it was a bit of a weird day. I didn’t drive it particularly well, but I missed it in spots that you need to miss it on and I birdied the holes I felt like I had to.”

Added Els: “Normally, you make a hole-in-one every three years. I’ve made one every two, three weeks, so it’s ridiculous. I should go to the casino because maybe there’s a bit of luck involved, I’m not sure.”

Champions Tour fans will be in for plenty of great second-round action. Dicky Pride and Doug Barron finished just two shots back of Furyk on Friday and look to join the trio of Beckman, Els and Leaney in the hunt. Defending champ Kirk Triplett wasn’t so lucky, as he finds himself T-64 after shooting 3-over in the first round.

Furyk’s career includes 17 PGA Tour victories, including a U.S. Open title in 2003. But, a victory this weekend would make him the third golfer in history to win his first two PGA Tour Champions events. Arnold Palmer did it first in 1980, followed by Bruce Fleisher in 1999.

“It will be good to get out there with some softer greens in the morning and hopefully some good weather,” Furyk said before the second round. “Really thankful to get off to a good start, but still have a great golf course in front of me and two more days, so I just want to keep trying to do the same thing and keep making some birdies.”

Furyk will tee off at 11:16 a.m. ET on Saturday alongside Billy Andrade, last year’s runner-up at the Pure Insurance Championship. Andrade managed a first-round 3-under and currently sits T-14. Golf Channel’s coverage will run from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET.

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