November 07-10
Phoenix Country Club, Phoenix, Arizona
$2,500,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4
Five can win the Schwab Cup at @SchwabCupFinale.
— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) November 6, 2019
Who's your pick? pic.twitter.com/wWyKBqVH49
Jeff Maggert made the most of the perfect conditions at Phoenix Country Club and fired an 8-under 63 to take the lead following the first round of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Bernhard Langer lies one shot behind and the trio of Jerry Kelly, Retief Goosen and Colin Montgomerie are tied in third place.
Maggert entered the season finale 34th in the standings, just three spots from failing to qualify.
''I have no idea what happened today,'' Maggert said. ''I liked the course last year, felt like I could play well here. To be honest, I got a new putter at the Ping factory on Monday and as soon as I saw it, I says, 'Wow, this looks good, I think I can make some putts with this.' Lo and behold, I made a lot of good putts today.''
Treat yourself.@jerrykelly13pga feelin' good after a 66 in Round 1 of @SchwabCupFinale. pic.twitter.com/9k6XW89jAI
— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) November 8, 2019
Scott McCarron, the points leader in the PGA Tour Champions' season standings for the last 20 weeks, was T22 in the 34-man field after a 69.
''Means nothing right now,'' McCarron said. ''I don't know if I'm leading or Jerry's leading, doesn't even matter. All I know is I've got to go out there and play a little bit better the next three days.''
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
1 |
Jeff Maggert | -8 |
63 |
2 |
Bernhard Langer | -7 |
64 |
T3 |
Paul Goydos | -6 |
65 |
T3 |
Steve Flesch | -6 |
65 |
T3 |
Miguel Angel Jiménez | -6 |
65 |
T6 |
Lee Janzen | -5 |
66 |
T6 |
Scott Parel | -5 |
66 |
T6 |
Retief Goosen | -5 |
66 |
T6 |
Jerry Kelly | -5 |
66 |
T10 |
Doug Barron | -4 |
67 |
T10 |
Ken Duke | -4 |
67 |
T10 |
Rocco Mediate | -4 |
67 |
T10 |
Marco Dawson | -4 |
67 |
T10 |
Brandt Jobe | -4 |
67 |
T10 |
Kevin Sutherland | -4 |
67 |
T10 |
Billy Andrade | -4 |
67 |
T10 |
Woody Austin | -4 |
67 |
T10 |
Colin Montgomerie | -4 |
67 |
T19 |
Tom Byrum | -3 |
68 |
T19 |
Wes Short, Jr. | -3 |
68 |
T19 |
David Toms | -3 |
68 |
T22 |
Stephen Ames | -2 |
69 |
T22 |
Joe Durant | -2 |
69 |
T22 |
Tommy Tolles | -2 |
69 |
T22 |
Tim Petrovic | -2 |
69 |
T22 |
Scott McCarron | -2 |
69 |
T27 |
Bob Estes | -1 |
70 |
T27 |
Ken Tanigawa | -1 |
70 |
29 |
David McKenzie | E |
71 |
T30 |
Jay Haas | 1 |
72 |
T30 |
Paul Broadhurst | 1 |
72 |
32 |
Tom Lehman | 2 |
73 |
33 |
Kent Jones | 3 |
74 |
34 |
Kirk Triplett | 6 |
77 |
