A late birdie blitz has boosted Adam Scott’s hopes of sneaking into the PGA Tour’s profitable end-of season FedEx Cup playoffs.
The Aussie veteran wants to return in a two-way tie for third, or higher, at this week’s Wyndham Championship in North Carolina to climb into the highest 70 within the standings and keep alive within the race for the US$10 million (A$15.5m) FedEx Cup prize.
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And he’s put himself in with an opportunity after carding a five-under 65 in spherical one to be tied eigth and 4 photographs behind American chief Joel Dahmen.
Scott reeled off 4 straight birdies in his remaining fives holes to shoot up the leaderboard at Sedgefield Nation Membership in Greensboro.
Scott missed a four-foot birdie putt on the Wyndham Championship two years in the past to finish a 16-year streak of constructing the playoffs. He mentioned heading into the occasion the “do-or-die” nature of the scenario was motivating.
“Generally we, or I’ve fell within the lure of like there’s at all times subsequent week if it doesn’t work out and that’s not the case right here, so I believe that’s not a stress however extra motivation,” Scott mentioned.
Dahmen, additionally preventing to make the season-ending playoffs the place a US$100m (A$155m) in bonuses are on supply,fired a nine-under par 61 to grab a one-shot lead. Dahmen arrived on the occasion ranked one hundred and first within the tour’s FedEx Cup standings. The highest 70 advance to the playoffs that begin subsequent week with the St. Jude Championship.
Dahmen attacked the problem with 10 birdies, together with three in a row to cap his spherical on the seventh, eighth and ninth.
“I don’t know in the event you ever see 61 coming, however I noticed good golf coming,” Dahmen mentioned, pointing to a stretch of some 45 holes and not using a bogey final week.
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A victory would transfer Dahmen into forty eighth place within the FedEx Cup standings, though the 37-year-old — who has one win on his resume — was fast to notice there was loads of golf left to be performed.
“The playoffs are a bonus for me,” he mentioned. “I’m simply going to exit and attempt to play good golf and I suppose if I play rather well then I get to play one other week.” Dahmen had a one-stroke lead over Sweden’s Alex Noren, whose eight-under spherical was highlighted by an eagle on the par-five fifth gap.
England’s Aaron Rai, Colombian Nico Echavarria and Individuals Mark Hubbard and Cameron Younger had been tied for third on seven-under whereas Scott’s fellow Australians Karl Villips (67) and Cam Davis (68) additionally began with under-par rounds.