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Here's a nice story to begin this 2019. After 3 years on the Web.com Tour Adam Svensson graduated to become one of eight Canadians with status on the PGA Tour.
As many in the east were asleep Adam in only his 6th start fired a career best, bogey free -9 61 on the venerable old Waialea CC which included 7 birdies and an eagle 3 on the par 5 9th. He takes a 1 shot lead over Andrew Putnam going into the 2nd round.
“It was all a blur, I don’t even remember which holes I birdied.” he said in his post round interview.
The 25 year old rookie from Surrey BC started on the 1st and made 2 birdies and capped his front nine with that eagle on the 9th, out in 31 strokes. With the wind dying down, he then made 5 birdies, including 4 in a row to go come back in 30 including a birdie 4 at the last.
He hit 16/18 GIR and used just 25 putts including a 50 footer at the 11th.
His only win on the Web.com was the second event last year at the Bahamas Great Abaco Classic which turned out to be good enough to stay in the top 25 on the money list the rest of the year to reach the PGA Tour.
Corey Conners, -2,68, Roger Sloan -1 69. Nick Taylor, David Hearn and Mackenzie Hughes all E 70. Ben Silverman +171 and Adam Hadwin +2 72 round out the Canadian scoring.
Andrew Putnam had a four-shot lead among the early starters with his 62. By the end of the day, Matt Kuchar had a 63, and 75 players from the 144-man field were under par.
Jordan Spieth shot +3 73, so will need a low round today just to make the cut.
It is notoriously difficult to produce another low score the round after a career best, however with the Waialea course proving to be an east test for today's pros, it will be important for Adam to post something under par today, to stay up with the leading pack come this weekend.
Bryan Angus
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