GREENSBORO, N.C. — Beau Hossler shot a 10-under 60 on Friday within the rain-delayed Wyndham Championship, squandering an opportunity for a sub-60 spherical with pars on the final three holes at mushy and susceptible Sedgefield Nation Membership.
Hossler had a two-stroke lead over Billy Horschel within the match that began a day late after heavy rain and wind from Tropical Storm Debby washed out play Thursday. Play additionally was delayed Friday, with Horschel among the many 66 afternoon starters unable to complete the spherical due to darkness. He had two holes left.
With gamers allowed to raise, clear and place their golf balls within the fairways due to the moist circumstances, Hossler was 6 below after a tap-in eagle on the par-5 fifth and added a birdie on the par-4 eighth in a front-nine 28. He opened the again 9 birdie-bogey-birdie and made the final of his 9 birdies on Nos. 14 and 15.
“I drove it effectively and notably in all probability the spotlight of the spherical was simply mid-irons,” Hossler mentioned after the bottom spherical of his tour profession. “A couple of 6-irons I hit actually shut, 5-iron I virtually made a hole-in-one. It was a kind of days the place it felt like type of every part went proper.”
Winless on the PGA Tour, the 29-year-old former College of Texas star missed birdie putts from 30 ft on the par-3 sixteenth and and 17 ft on the par-4 seventeenth. On the par-4 18th, he drove into the left tough, hit right into a left greenside bunker and blasted out to 7 ft to arrange a par-saving putt. He was a stroke off the course document of 59 set by Brandt Snedeker within the first spherical of his 2018 victory.
“Any time you may make a 4 on 18 right here you’ve accomplished effectively,” Hossler mentioned. “I knew if I had any probability to make birdie, I needed to get it within the fairway. As soon as I used to be within the left tough there was simply no approach I’d be capable to get it on that shelf to have an actual look.”
Hossler entered the PGA Tour’s regular-season finale 87th within the FedExCup standings, with the highest 70 qualifying for the playoff opener subsequent week in Tennessee. He wants to complete alone in third or higher to have an opportunity to succeed in the playoffs.
“This course has not handled me notably effectively up to now, so I used to be simply coming right here and making an attempt to play in addition to I may and see what I acquired,” Hossler mentioned.
Horschel, twenty seventh within the FedExCup and coming off a second-place tie three weeks in the past within the British Open, completed his day with a 4 1/2-foot birdie putt on 16. He holed out from 143 yards for eagle on the par-4 second.
“If you happen to can put the ball within the fairway, which has at all times been the case right here, you may be aggressive,” Horschel mentioned. “Particularly, with mushy circumstances, that makes it much more essential to have the ball within the fairway.”
In April within the Dominican Republic, he gained the Corales Puntacana Championship for his eighth PGA Tour title.
Nick Taylor of Canada was 7 below with 4 holes left.
Matt Kuchar, Brendon Todd, Austin Eckroat and Ben Taylor shot 64.
The lone participant to qualify for each postseason in FedExCup playoffs historical past, Kuchar entered the week 111th and wishes a victory to get into the highest 70.
“I used to be capable of finding lots of fairways,” Kuchar mentioned. “Enjoying raise, clear and place means I get to type of cherry decide a lie, hit some good photographs, see a couple of putts go in.”
Ben Taylor matched Hossler with a front-nine 28, then performed the again 9 in 1-over 36. He birdied the primary 5 holes and 7 of first eight. He closed with a bogey on 18 after electing to complete at the hours of darkness.
Jordan Spieth, at No. 62 in standings, eagled the par-5 fifteenth in a 67. He’s taking part in the occasion for the primary time since 2020.
