PGA Tour: Austin Cook goes from late entry to share of lead at Bank of Utah Championship before play suspended at Black Desert

[ad_1] Austin Prepare dinner moved from a late entry to a share of the lead at Black Desert within the Financial institution of Utah Championship after hitting six birdies earlier than darkness halted a sluggish spherical.

Thorbjorn Olesen, Jesper Svensson and David Lipsky every posted a six-under 65 on the distinctive course lined by pink filth and black lava rock.

Prepare dinner additionally was at six below and dealing with a 20-foot birdie putt on the reachable par-four 14th when it was too darkish to proceed. The afternoon tee occasions had been pushed again by quarter-hour. The 38 gamers who didn't end have been to renew within the early morning.

Prepare dinner had few complaints. A one-time winner on the PGA Tour, that is solely his eighth begin of the 12 months. He was properly down the alternate record and on the seashore together with his household, planning to play the Monday qualifier.

"Saturday obtained all the way in which all the way down to first alternate. I felt like I used to be going to get in so I helped drive everyone dwelling on Sunday and flew out Monday and on the airplane I obtained a textual content," he mentioned. Prepare dinner changed Erik van Rooyen, who had withdrawn.

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Olesen additionally was surprisingly happy together with his begin. He was in Mississippi for the Sanderson Farms Championship, then the Dane headed again to Europe to play within the Spanish Open, went to his dwelling in Dubai after which got here to Utah.

"I might say my expectations have been fairly low this morning," Olesen mentioned. "However did some restoration work the previous couple of days and simply tried to get the physique prepared for immediately."

Olesen is at No 116 within the FedExCup, and he has firm on the bubble. Svensson is at No115 and Lipsky is at No 99.

After this week, solely three tournaments stay within the season for gamers to complete among the many high 100 within the FedExCup to maintain full playing cards for the 2026 season. The highest 100 has been diminished from 125 gamers retaining their playing cards a 12 months in the past.

The group one shot behind at 66 included Paul Peterson, who was two over for his spherical by means of eight holes till ending with six birdies and an eagle.

There are many birdie possibilities at Black Desert, and loads of bother. Billy Horschel, who missed 5 months this 12 months with hip surgical procedure, was at one below for his spherical till beginning the again 9 with a bogey after which taking a quadruple-bogey eight on the eleventh gap.

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He tried to play out of the desert and wound up within the black lava. Horschel took a penalty drop, nonetheless taking part in within the pink filth whereas attempting to steadiness off some rocks. That shot went left of the inexperienced. He pitched on after which three-putted from simply inside 20 ft.

Horschel at the least bounced again by driving the 14th inexperienced to twenty ft and making the eagle putt, after which including a 12-foot birdie on the par-three fifteenth. He salvaged a 72.

Max Homa was attempting to creep nearer to the leaders and reached three below till driving into the water on the thirteenth for a double bogey. He additionally bounced again by driving the 14th inexperienced (he made birdie), however misplaced extra floor with a mushy bogey on the sixteenth and failing to avoid wasting par from a bunker on the par-three seventeenth. He was even par and had a 27-foot birdie try on the 18th that may begin his day on Friday.

Alex Noren completed his spherical at four-under 67. A leg damage stored the Swede out till the beginning of Might and he's attempting to work his approach again into the highest 100 within the FedExCup. Noren gained the BMW PGA Championship in England - the flagship occasion on the European tour - and was a vice captain for Europe's profitable Ryder Cup crew.