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American Zach Johnson made 10 birdies on a low-scoring first day of the American Express PGA Tournament, sharing the lead with Sweden’s Alex Noren.<\/p>\n

Johnson hit seven of his 10 birdies on the front nine at La Quinta in California, while Noren had an eagle, nine birdies and a double bogey to finish on 10-under par.<\/p>\n

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Leaderboard after Round 1 @TheAmExGolf<\/a> ⛳️<\/p>\n

T1. @ZachJohnsonPGA<\/a> (-10)T1. @AlexNorenGolf<\/a>T3. @RicoHoey<\/a> (-9)T3. @CBezGolf<\/a>T5. Nine players tied at -8<\/p>\n

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) January 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

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After the day’s play, the American Ryder Cup captain said he has “put a lot of good work in as of late”.<\/p>\n

He said: “Actually been a lot of normal golf work, given what happened last year, with what I was responsible for, which was awesome. Now it’s time to get back to work. I’ve enjoyed the work. I’ve enjoyed the sweat.”<\/p>\n

Tied in third place and just one stroke off the lead are Rico Hoey from the Philippines and South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout.<\/p>\n

They are ahead of nine players tied at eight-under including Americans Xander Schauffele and Scott Stallings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tied in third place and just one stroke off the lead are Rico Hoey from the Philippines and South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1249037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9051],"class_list":["post-1249036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-pa-news"],"yoast_head":"\nAmerican Zach Johnson shares tight lead with Sweden\u2019s Alex Noren in California<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tied in third place and just one stroke off the lead are Rico Hoey from the Philippines and South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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