Taylor Moore opened with a bogey but quickly recovered with an eagle at the par-5 3rd hole followed by five birdies for a 6-under 64 and a share of the lead at the Texas Children’s Houston Open.
“Hit a lot of greens. After the first hole, just tried to see how many greens I could hit. Got off to a little bit of a jump start there on 3, chipped in for eagle on 3 and birdied 4. Yeah, just got into the round.
“Still think it’s a difficult course. It’s really long, probably the most mid to long irons I’ve had into par-4s this year. It’s in great shape, though. It’s overseeded, as everybody knows. It’s in really good shape. Greens are rolling well. It’s a lot of fun to play”
PGA Tour rookie Wilson Furr made a bogey at the par-3 15th as well as two birdies to make the turn in 34 before three birdies and an eagle at the par-4 5th gave him a share of the lead.
“I’ve been working on my irons for a while,” said Furr. “Haven’t been great the last couple weeks, and then today or this week I really felt like something kind of clicked and I hit my irons great today and really rolled it well. So I was pleased with how I played, for sure.
“[I’ve been working on] hitting them straighter, that was the biggest thing out here, I just found the penalty missing greens short sided was just worse,” he continued. “I’ve really just been working on some technique and just, like I said, just really trying to tighten up the flight and I think we’ve done a good job of it. Today I felt like showed proof of that.”
Tied in third place at 5-under is World number 1 Scottie Scheffler who stayed bogey-free and completed his 28th consecutive sub-par round on Tour, the most on record since 1983. He seeks his third consecutive win in as many starts following the Arnold Palmer Invitational and The PLAYERS Championship. The last player to win three consecutive starts on Tour was Dustin Johnson in 2017.
Davis Riley’s round featured an eagle at the par-5 16th, six birdies, a bogey and a double bogey at the par-4 13th for his share of third place.
PGA Tour rookie lefthander Joe Highsmith completes the all-American top-5 with his own share of third place.
