PGA Tour CareerBuilder Challenge leaderboard http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/careerbuilder-challenge-in-partnership-with-the-clinton-foundation/leaderboard.html
If you are wondering what the heck this CareerBuilder Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation is, just a reminder it is the famous Bob Hope Classic, or merely "The Hope" played in the desert of California at La Quinta on 3 different courses, La Quinta (LQ), PGA West Stadium Course (SC) returning after an absence of 29 years and PGA West Nicklaus Tournament Course (TC)
The Nicklaus Tournament Course and Pete Dye's Stadium Course are being used for the first time in the event after the PGA West’s Palmer and Nicklaus private courses withdrew.
With Spieth and McIlroy etal playing in the middle east at Abu Dhabi, and Tiger on the shelf, Phil Mickelson with his ne swing and new coach is the headliner and the 45-year-old opened with a -4 68 at La Quinta in his first start since the Presidents Cup in October. He hasn't won since the Open Championship at Muirfield in 2013 and during his time off he left long time coach Butch Harmon under amicable terms to work with Andrew Getson.
He is four strokes behind leaders who all shot 64's Jason Dufner (TC), Jerry Kelly (LQ), Jeff Overton (TC) and Anirban Lahiri (LQ).
The defending champion is Bill Haas who had a 66 at La Quinta. His father Jay also won this event.
Four Canadians made the short flight from Honolulu to the desert and Adam Hadwin who played Q school here, leads them T7 -6 66, the best score of the day at the tougher Stadium Course.
After the round he had this to say "You give me 68, I probably would have walked away and not played today,so, 66 bogey-free is a fantastic start.”
His round included a birdie at the par-5 16th, and pars on the 17th and 18th. The 17th if you didn't see the action last night is an island-green and the 18th has water everywhere.
Other Canadians: Graham DeLaet (TC) T18 -5 67, David Hearn (SC) T32 -4 68, Nick Taylor (TC) T69 -2 70
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