NAPA, Calif. — David Lipsky shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday at Silverado Nation Membership to take a one-stroke lead after the primary spherical of the Procore Championship.
Winless in 104 occasions since becoming a member of the PGA Tour in 2022, Lipsky went out with the early teams and had eight birdies with one bogey to kick off the FedExCup Fall sequence on the picturesque course within the coronary heart of Napa Valley wine nation.
After lacking the minimize in his three earlier tournaments, Lipsky flew from Las Vegas to Arizona to reunite along with his faculty coach at Northwestern to get his focus again. He additionally frolicked enjoying with a few of the Northwestern gamers, which helped him calm down.
“Simply being round these guys and seeing how carefree they’re, not understanding what’s coming for them but, it’s form of good to see that,” Lipsky mentioned. “I used to be virtually energized by their youthfulness.”
Patton Kizzire and Mark Hubbard have been a stroke again. Kizzire began on the again 9 and made a late run with three consecutive birdies to maneuver right into a tie for first. A bogey on No. 8 dropped him again.
“There was plenty of great things on the market in the present day,” Kizzire mentioned. “I stayed affected person and simply went via my routines and performed nicely, one shot at a time. I’ve actually bee working laborious on my psychological recreation and I feel that allowed me to rinse and repeat and reset and maintain enjoying.”
Mark Hubbard was at 67. He had 9 birdies however fell off the tempo with a bogey and triple bogey on back-to-back holes.
Kevin Dougherty additionally was within the group at 67. He had two eagles and ended his afternoon by holing out from 41 yards on the 383-yard, par-4 18th.
Defending champion Sahith Theegala needed to scramble for a lot of his spherical of 69.
