"The course was gettable on my front nine, although I kind of finished with a flurry there with the eagle and the birdie on No. Cantlay already has a handful of top-five finishes this season - four in stroke-play events and another at last week's team-format at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans - as he seeks his first win since the BMW Championship last August. 4 golfer carded an eagle on the par-5 7th followed by a birdie on the par-4 8th as he played his final seven holes of the day 4 under. It was a quite different narrative for Cantlay, who dialed up the heat late in his round after a back-nine start. It's a championship-style golf course, so played really well through 15 holes and then had a little hiccup there coming in, so it is what it is."
"The ball was on a string for a bit, did everything really well. "I really had it going there," Schauffele said. Schauffele, who last won at the 2022 Genesis Scottish Open, has yet to hold the overnight first-round lead in any event this season after squandering a prime opportunity Thursday. He then recorded bogey on the par-4 18th, unable to save par after his tee shot found the hazard. 5 golfer walked off the par-5 15th bogey-free and led by two strokes before carding a bogey on the par-4 16th. That's a difficult finish for Schauffele to digest. We'll take a closer look at the top of the leaderboard, including more on how Fleetwood was able to overtake Schauffele late for the lead after 18 holes at Quail Hollow. Jordan Spieth was 2 under for the round while standing on the 18th tee box, but a pair of shots into the hazard led to a triple-bogey 7 on that hole and a 1-over 72 for the day. Schauffele, whose tee shot on the par-4 18th found the hazard, wasn't the only player in his group to encounter trouble late, either. Tommy Fleetwood emerged on top after firing a bogey-free, 6-under 65 that included two birdies in the same stretch that bit Schauffele. But the closing three holes at Quail Hollow - coined 'The Green Mile' - are not for the faint of heart, and two bogeys for Schauffele in that stretch flipped the leaderboard.
Xander Schauffele appeared primed to take the overnight lead late in the round after back-to-back birdies put him two strokes clear of the field with just three holes to play. And plenty of the game's top names sought to make moves early at the latest designated PGA Tour event for 2023, boasting a purse of $20 million and a $3.6 million paycheck for the winner. Pristine conditions prevailed Thursday as the Wells Fargo Championship returned to Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, a venue that was a one-time omission from the 2022 PGA Tour as it hosted the Presidents Cup.
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