PGA Tour WGC Mexico Championship leaderboard http://www.pgatour.com/competition/2017/wgc-mexico-championship/en/leaderboard.html
Despite winning three times in his short time on tour, including back to back wins in Hawaii, Justin Thomas can be forgiven for looking at the star studded pack chasing him as he begins play today with a one shot lead 69 66 66 -12 over his playing partners, world #1 Dustin Johnson 70 66 66 -11 and Rory McIlroy 68 65 70 -10.
Right behind them comes Phil Mickelson 67 68 68 -10, Lee Westwood 67 71 66 -9 and young Spanish star Jon Rahm 67 70 67 -9.
There were many highlight reel moments on Saturday, but three really stood out.
First I must say Thomas is yet another of the seemingly endless line of new young guns, with all the tools combined with the nerves of youth. He took the lead on the par-3 13th. when he hit his 6-iron 240 yards where it bounced once and went right in for a hole in one !
Then Dustin Johnson was tied for the lead when his wayward second shot on the 16th didn't come down from a tree. He had to return to the original spot and hit his fourth to inside 20 feet and he holed the putt for a solid bogey. The twist in the story was that the ball fell out of the tree as he walked by it for the second time on his way to the green !!
The third story involves the rejuvenated Phil Mickelson who shot a remarkable 68 and was at his scrambling best. He was plain wild off the tee, missing seven out of eight fairways early on and through 12 holes he had to engage the help of the referee 3 times regarding drops, and he even managed to make a par when a spectator took off with his golf ball. He also managed par after taking a drop from a sprinkler into bushes.
Jordan Spieth has been pretty sick this week but he set the course record with an -8 63 to get into a large pack within five shots of the lead.
Canadian scores : MacKenzie Hughes 70 70 73 +1
Bryan Angus
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