There is a strong Canadian connection at the Deutsche Bank Championship this week.
First, Sean Foley's star continues to rise as does his latest pupil's, 21 year old South Korean Seung Yul Noh who now lives in the States. Noh in his first season on the PGA TOUR, ran off four straight birdies early in his round and closed with back-to-back birdies on the TPC Boston for a 9-under 62.
Sean, our long time analyst on our Fairways golf show with Bob Weeks, Scott Metcalfe and me, now has Tiger, Hunter Mahan and Justin Rose in his stable along with Noh..
The scoring average on the immaculate TPC Boston course, a par 71, was just under 70 and the hot sunny weather made it ideal for scoring.
Noh has a one-shot lead over Chris Kirk, whose 23 putts included an eagle on 18.
Tiger Woods had six straight birdies, only had 1 bogey on his final hole, the 9th for a 7-under 64, putting him in a three-way T3 with Jeff Overton and Ryan Moore.
Rory McIlroy struggled off the tee, though he judged one of the lies in the rough beautifully on the ninth hole, a 7-iron into tap-in range that led to a -6 65
Now to Canucks Graham DeLaet and David Hearn.
Hearn is T10 after a -4 67. He mixed 7 birdies in with 3 bogey's, and although he was well down the field in driving accuracy T80th his putter saved the day, only 27, T15th.
DeLaet is T74 after his +1 72 . He also putted well, only 28, but is T89 in driving accuracy and T79 in GIR, so will need to tighten that up in round 2 which is on Saturday this week.
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(notes from pgatour.com were used in this article)
Bryan Angus also on twitter@mummmbles and at www.isr1050.com and broadcasting 7-9am daily at www.nextsportstar.com
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