
After the first day of the Dean & DeLuca Invitational, there is a three-way tie atop the leaderboard.
Derek Fathauer, J.T. Poston and Kelly Kraft all posted 5-under 65s, and co-lead after 18 holes at historic Colonial Country Club.
The top trio is one shot ahead of rookie phenom Jon Rahm, who bounced back nicely from a third round 82 at TPC Sawgrass with a 4-under 66. Graeme McDowell and Scott Brown also posted 66s and are tied with the young Spaniard in fourth place.
Jon Rahm ranks T11 on TOUR in par-5 scoring average.
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Two former winners at “Hogan’s Alley,” Phil Michelson and Zach Johnson, are two back, and tied for 8th at 3-under along with four other players.
Defending champion Jordan Spieth posted even-par in the opening-round and is five back.
Top 10
T1 Derek Fathauer -5
T1 JT Poston -5
T1 Kelly Kraft -5
T4 Scott Brown -4
T4 Graeme McDowell -4
T4 Jon Rahm -4
T7 Ryan Moore -3
T7 Kevin Kisner -3
T& Nick Watney -3
T7 Phil Mickelson -3
T7 Sean O’Hair -3
T7 Zach Johnson -3
Putts of the Day
Wesley Bryan drains a long bomb putt for birdie on No. 6.
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Kelly Kraft drops a 40-footer for birdie to grab a share of the lead on 16.
40 feet.
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Quotable
“When I kind of got here this morning it was nice and calm out. The day turned into being pretty windy and kind of blustery out there. I was a happy to get started off well in the wind, and got it to a couple under through however many, five holes, and kind of set the tone for the rest of the round.”
–Kelly Kraft, Co-leader
“I just hit the ball really good. Felt like I kept it in front of me pretty good. Had a lot of control of where I was hitting it, which is really key with this kind of wind. Putted it nice, too. Every time I needed to make kind of a good par putt to keep the round going I did, so it was just a good day.”
–J.T. Poston, Co-leader
“I just played solid golf. Didn’t do anything spectacular. Didn’t hit any shots close. Just made a few putts and kind of stayed out of trouble.”
–Derek Fathauer, Co-leader
Round One Highlight
Leaderboard
Through 18 holes – Dean & Deluca Invitational, Colonial Country Club, May 25,2017
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