That feeling when it's almost Friday…
That is how co-leader Rickie Fowler ended his day Thursday at the Shell Houston Open.
And he started off ours on a high note –
taking an early lead with his morning wave 64 –
that began with 5 birdies in his first 7 holes.
All by the time you had your morning coffee.
No coffee needed for Fowler to get
a little pep in his step…
He was walking in putts by his second nine…
The recent Honda Classic winner wasn't
the only one who had some close calls…
But some did get that little extra help
from the golf gods.
Like Justin Rose on 11…
And Phil Mickelson on 13…
But Lefty needed a little more luck from
them a few holes later when he found himself
on the cart path on 8… camera man—
Camera man, it's a dangerous job people!
Naps can be dangerous too, that is
if you decide to lay down on the side of the fairway…
Didn't even phase him.
The Houston area got over an
inch and a half of rain Wednesday,
and made for some soggy course conditions Thursday.
So in honor of today's mudballs our Throwback Thursday
comes courtesy of Bubba Watson…
That is all I could think of when I saw
players having a few mudball issues in Round 1.
Patrick Reed found out soggy golf is hard when his
mudball took off way right on the fifth hole…
Then proceeded to have a little trouble in the bushes…
If the mudballs were the lows,
the 16th hole provided all the highs.
Mackenzie Hughes with the shot of the day…
But no group cleaned up on 16 quite like this.
First Kyle Stanley from 55 feet…
Then Roberto Castro from 28 feet…
And Russell Henley rounded out
the group with his 26 footer…
Now that's a group effort!
Not to mention Richy Werenski's chip-in!
Will Rickie Fowler, for the first time,
convert an 18-hole lead into a PGA TOUR victory?
We have a lot of golf left and you can
watch it all on Friday, starting at 8:30 am ET
on PGA TOUR LIVE.
I'll see you on the broadcast and again
for The Takeaway Friday night.
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