THE ANGELS-. Patrick Cantlay started with an eagle and did not allow his opponents to get close to him in the rest of Friday’s round. He delivered a 65, six under par, and was five shots ahead at the Genesis Invitational, heading into a weekend in which he will not be present. Tiger Woods.
Woods left another tournament early, this time due to symptoms of a cold and not because of any of the countless injuries he has suffered in his career. The star retired after six holes and spent the next two hours receiving intravenous fluids before leaving the Riviera, along with much of the public.
“It wasn’t a physical problem at all. His back is fine,” said Rob McNamara, vice president of TGR Ventures, the group that coordinates Woods’ business and charitable initiatives. “It was a medical problem, dehydration. Now that he has received the IV, the symptoms are moderating.”
Woods boarded a red van that took him away.
Cantlay complicated the situation for the rest of the golfers with each birdie he scored. Even when he seemed to get into trouble, left in the fairway of the 15th hole – a par 4 and the most difficult on the Riviera – he sent his shot with an iron over the sand trap and left it three feet from the hole for a birdie .
Cantlay, who grew up on the coast in Long Beach and played at UCLA, had a 13-under 129 and was five shots ahead of Jason Day (69), Luke List (69) and Mackenzie Hughes (65). ).
This tournament had set the cut after 36 holes for the first 50, in addition to those who were tied or within 10 strokes. That wasn’t a factor in the way Cantlay was playing.
The cut ended up settling at 143, one over par, which ended up eliminating Pebble Beach champion Wyndham Clark and Justin Thomas.
Will Zalatoris shot a 70 despite making five bogeys, helped by a hole-in-one on the 14th. The feat earned the golfer a car and another for his caddy Joel Stock.
Jordan Spieth, who played with Cantlay, had an undesirable finish that left him 10 points off the top. The situation worsened after the golfer submitted a card with the wrong score and was disqualified.
Source: AP
