Kohles’s 62 gets him a first-round lead at 3M Open
That was important keeping my momentum going,” he said. “Once I started to hit fairways and gave myself some looks, was able to start making some birdies.”Kohles’s second shot from 241 yards out on the par-5 finishing hole settled four feet from the cup. The short putt capped a career-best round for the 36-year-old who has split the season between the PGA and Korn Ferry tours.In a nine-hole stretch beginning on No.
- ▪That was important keeping my momentum going,” he said.
- ▪“Once I started to hit fairways and gave myself some looks, was able to start making some birdies.”Kohles’s second shot from 241 yards out on the par-5 finishing hole settled four feet from the cup.
- ▪The short putt capped a career-best round for the 36-year-old who has split the season between the PGA and Korn Ferry tours.In a nine-hole stretch beginning on No.
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Open this photo in gallery:Ben Kohles hits from the 16th hole during the first round of the 3M Open golf tournament at the Tournament Players Club on Thursday in Blaine, Minn.Bruce Kluckhohn/The Associated PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountBen Kohles eagled the final hole for a nine-under 62 and a two-shot lead Thursday after the first round of the 3M Open, leaving top-ranked Scottie Scheffler three shots back.Emiliano Grillo, Jackson Koivun and Gary Woodland opened with 64s, and Scheffler topped the group at 65 in his first appearance in the event.Coming off a fourth-place finish Sunday in the British Open, Scheffler was one under through eight holes, then birdied five of the next eight.“I didn’t hit a bunch of fairways early, but I was…
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