{"id":182503,"date":"2021-02-19T05:29:18","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T02:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sam-burns-eagles-early-grabs-genesis-invitational-lead\/"},"modified":"2021-02-19T05:29:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T02:29:18","slug":"sam-burns-eagles-early-grabs-genesis-invitational-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sam-burns-eagles-early-grabs-genesis-invitational-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"#Sam Burns eagles early, grabs Genesis Invitational lead"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Sam Burns eagles early, grabs Genesis Invitational lead<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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LOS ANGELES \u2014 It seemed like Sam Burns shot himself out of a cannon off the famous elevated first tee at Riviera in Thursday\u2019s Genesis Invitational first round, carding eagle on the majestic par-5, and he never looked back.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old Burns finished the day with a 7-under-par 64 to take a two-shot lead into Friday\u2019s second round over Matthew Fitzpatrick.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got off to a hot start there at No. 1 with eagle on the first hole,\u2019\u2019 Burns said.<\/p>\n

Before the tournament Nick Faldo, the CBS and Golf Channel analyst, picked Burns to win this week. When Burns was informed of that after his round, he said, \u201cIt\u2019s a great compliment. Anytime a guy like that says you\u2019re going to play well, it\u2019s always a good sign, I guess.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Through one round, Willie Mack III is representing at the Genesis Invitational.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old Mack, a mini-tour journeyman who was the recipient of the tournament\u2019s annual Charlie Sifford memorial exemption, posted a 1-under-par 70 Thursday in his second career PGA Tour event.<\/p>\n

Since the inception of the Sifford exemption in 2009 (given to a promising minority golfer by the Tiger Woods Foundation), the only player to shoot a lower opening-round score than Mack was Harold Varner III, who shot 69 in 2014. Varner now is a member of the PGA Tour and he, too, shot 70 on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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Just three Sifford exemption players have made the cut, which is low 65 scores and ties this week.<\/p>\n

Mack, who\u2019s won 65 times on mini-tours, said the largest check he ever won for a victory was $37,000. The winner this week gets $1.674 million.<\/p>\n

Mack played the Farmers Insurance Open last month at Torrey Pines, getting a last-minute spot when fellow Advocates Pro Golf Association player Kamaiu Johnson tested positive for COVID-19, and missed the cut.<\/p>\n

He said he doesn\u2019t want to be perceived as a player simply happ<\/a>y to be in this elite PGA Tour field.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m out here trying to win like everybody else,\u2019\u2019 he said, \u201cI tee it up just like everybody else, so why not come out here and try to win?\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Tae Hoon Kim aced the 168-yard 16th hole Thursday with a 7-iron and won a Genesis G-80 car. It was the third Genesis vehicle he\u2019s won in the past two years. Kim won a GV-80 for capturing the Genesis Championship on the Korean Tour last year, and he won a GV-70 for finishing atop the season-long points list on the Korean Tour.<\/p>\n

Dustin Johnson, the reigning Masters champion and No. 1 ranked player in the world, shot 3-under Thursday, and lamented his putting and failure to take advantage of the par-5s as holding him back from an even lower round.<\/p>\n

Defending champion Adam Scott shot a 2-under-par 69, saying Riviera is \u201ca course I\u2019m comfortable on so even hitting it poorly, I kind of feel like I know how to get it around\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI putted very nicely,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cIt would have been nice to shoot a couple better, but I just didn\u2019t hit enough good shots and it caught up with me with a few errors in the end.\u2019\u2019\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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