Torrey Pines: Patrick Reed and Alex Noren lead after 64s, while Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm fade after a strong start | Golf News

Eight under 64s from Patrick Reed and Alex Noren will lead the way after round one, with Rory McIlroy well placed to attack the easiest North Course on Friday, although Torrey Pines in an emergency for heavy rain and storms.

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A selection of the best photos from the opening day at Torrey Pines, where Patrick Reed and Alex Noren share the lead on eight under while Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm made an inspiring start.

Ryder Cup contestants Patrick Reed and Alex Noren share the first round of the Farmers Insurance Championship as Rory McIlroy felt sad that he didn’t build on a real start.

Reed and Noren both placed eight under 64s on Torrey Pines’ Easiest North Course, and 68 McIlroy had one of the best marks on the South Course – the place for the U.S. Open in June. .

McIlroy, who is now in a seven-run run in an eight-week stretch as a penalty, was a minor under four by the way but showed fat marks over the nine-goal line coming from Abu Dhabi at the beginning of the week.

The world fired No. 7 bullets at the 15th after a horrific approach that left it more than 60 feet from the flag, from which it dropped three feet and almost made the one thing on the next green, though he did nothing for his bog with a good putt for a birdie at the 17th.

Rory McIlroy was under-four at the turn, but just a level behind nine

In par at the last he finished the opening day four behind the co-directors, with Reed first into the hut on eight under having started his competition with three birdies straight from the 10th and do three-in-a-row against nine.

But the former Masters champion is keeping an eye on the threat of bad weather that is expected to upset the second round, which the Southern Course would recommend even harder.

“I felt like I hit the ball so well, I left a lot of good chances, a lot of makeable putts, and when you do that around a golf course like the north side, you have to you are going to take advantage of it, especially with what comes within the next 24 hours, “Reed said.

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Rory McIlroy was happy to start the Farmers Insurance Championship with a 68 course on the South Course at Torrey Pines, but it was also difficult to be four under at the turn.

“I had to go out and know that we are going to get a really good situation, go out and try to do as many birds as we can to be able to the weather will storm tomorrow. I was able to get to a hot start and just kind of cycle movement going on through the rest of the ride, “

Noren, who missed Jason Day in a replay game on Monday in 2018, was placed on the 17th north and on three of his last five holes to post the starting low score after that, and was warn the Swede about the prospect of a delayed start in play Friday with heavy rain and hurricanes expected to hit San Diego overnight.

“I hope we don’t get too many floods overnight,” Noren said. “But I played the South Course twice a week and I know how long it is now, especially when they expanded some tee boxes, they put them back.

Jon Rahm ran to three under after four holes

“It’s a test, you definitely need a good ball hit there, especially in windy weather, so it’s good to have a few birdies on the north side. “

Scottie Scheffler bounced back from missing the cut at PGA West last week as he carded an eagle five birdies in 65 on the north side, while a dozen players fired 66s with just one of them, Ryan Palmer, coming on the Southern version.

Tom Lewis of England 68 returned to the North to match last week’s American Express champion Si Woo Kim, while Jon Rahm 69 followed a similar pattern to McIlroy as he did not. able to threaten to steer after flight start.

Rahm fouled three of the first four holes before making a combination of two bogs with a pair of other birdies in a seven-hole run without par, and got to four under after 14 holes before a bunker trouble at the 17th cost him the par. third inclination of the day.