JACKSON, Miss. — David Skinns of England set a private greatest and a course file with a 12-under 60 to guide the Sanderson Farms Championship. And he couldn’t assist however be a little bit disillusioned Thursday.
Skinns ran off six birdies on the again 9 and 6 extra on the entrance 9 on the Nation Membership of Jackson, and he confronted one final birdie putt from simply inside 10 ft on his last gap. It by no means had an opportunity, lacking on the low aspect.
Skinns, a 42-year-old from England, nonetheless had a three-shot lead over Michael Thorbjornsen.
“What number of 9-footers are you going to get to shoot 59?” Skinns mentioned. “I’m certain I’m not going to get many. Robust to not be a little bit bit disillusioned, however I actually wish to simply look again on how in management mentally I felt, how I saved attacking. Wasn’t actually fascinated with the long run in any respect, which is type of the factor I’m going to remove from at present.”
The longer term is a giant a part of the Sanderson Farms Championship, one among eight PGA Tour occasions within the FedExCup Fall that determines the 125 gamers who preserve a full card for subsequent 12 months.
Skinns was at No. 108, and his 60 provides him a giant step in the correct course.
Former U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland, making regular progress from mind surgical procedure a 12 months in the past, played-bogey free for a 64 and was tied with Ben Griffin.
Rickie Fowler, enjoying for the primary time because the British Open as a result of he missed the FedEx Cup playoffs and his spouse gave start to their second daughter, hit two pictures within the water and rallied for a 69. Fowler is at No. 110 however has one other 12 months of full exemption from profitable the Rocket Mortgage Basic final 12 months.
Skinns hit solely 5 fairways, however he was not often out of place. The 2 instances he was not on the placing inexperienced in regulation he made birdie. He additionally holed birdie putts of 55 ft and 25 ft in the course of the spherical, and 5 different birdies outdoors 10 ft.
“Nice to see a pair go in that possibly some days don’t,” Skinns mentioned. “Simply type of catapulted, and I used to be in a position to preserve the momentum going, which is what I used to be most happy about. I by no means actually thought concerning the rating an excessive amount of, simply the place I used to be going to hit the subsequent shot.”
