{"id":1254309,"date":"2024-10-24T16:06:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T16:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?p=1254309"},"modified":"2024-10-24T16:06:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T16:06:16","slug":"genesis-championship-2024-r1-ivan-cantero-takes-opening-lead-in-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/genesis-championship-2024-r1-ivan-cantero-takes-opening-lead-in-south-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivan Cantero takes opening lead in South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ivan Cantero closed with a 6-under 66 to take a one-shot lead at the Genesis Championship in South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard started the week 117th in the <a href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/dp-world-tour-rankings-45-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Race to Dubai rankings<\/strong><\/a> with only the top 114 retaining their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeantour.com\/dpworld-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DP World Tour<\/a> cards for 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously I need a good week or I am out of the the main Tour, but I have one more week, one more chance and my game is in good condition,&#8221; said Cantero.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hit good drivers and with this course, if you are in good position, it is possible to have a good score.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today I made putts and the last couple of weeks I missed a lot of putts and my confidence was down all the time, and now I am confident with my putting and my driver.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course playing with Pablo (Larraz\u00e1bal) is always good, he gave me a lot of advice on the golf course and I am very happy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Round 1 Highlights | Tom Kim in Korea | 2024 Genesis Championship\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ka72MvSPw3M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>England&#8217;s Richard Mansell signed for a bogey-free 67 for a share of the seven-way tie for second place, among them Scotland&#8217;s Scott Jamieson who fired an eagle at the par-5 18th and made one bogey at the 9th.<\/p>\n<div id=\"content_link_1254201\" class=\"ct-div-block content-link_wrap\"><a class=\"ct-link content-link_image-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/a-golfers-guide-to-annoying-everyone-on-the-course\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/berkhamsted_apr21_hiseman_1st-tee-scaled-150x150.jpg\" class=\"content-link_image wp-post-image\" alt=\"A group of golfers on the tee.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/berkhamsted_apr21_hiseman_1st-tee-scaled-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/berkhamsted_apr21_hiseman_1st-tee-scaled-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/berkhamsted_apr21_hiseman_1st-tee-scaled-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"ct-div-block content-link_content\"><a class=\"ct-link\" href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/a-golfers-guide-to-annoying-everyone-on-the-course\/\"><h5 class=\"ct-headline content-link_title\"><strong>Related:<\/strong> A golfer\u2019s guide to annoying everyone on the course<\/h5><\/a><div class=\"ct-text-block content-link_text\">Master the art of annoying other golfers with this ultimate guide on how to completely disregard golf's traditional etiquette.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>For the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> in the golfing world, follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GolfTodayUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>X<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genesis Championship R1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1254314,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,29],"tags":[98,10133,10134,9602],"class_list":["post-1254309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dp-world-tour","category-the_tours","tag-dp-world-tour","tag-genesis-championship","tag-ivan-cantero","tag-jack-nicklaus-golf-club-korea"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.6 (Yoast SEO v23.6) - 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