Memorial Tournament 2013: Day 1 Leaderboard Analysis, Highlights and More

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Published: May 30, 2013

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Charl Schwartzel made 10 birdies—including five on his last six holes—en route to a seven-under 65 in Round 1 of the Memorial Tournament on Thursday at Muirfield Village Golf Club. That gave the past Masters champion a one-shot lead over Scott Piercy.

It marked yet another strong opening 18 holes for Schwartzel, which has been a pleasing trend for the South African in 2013, as ESPN's Justin Ray alludes to:



Defending champion Tiger Woods had a rollercoaster afternoon, shooting a round of 71 to sit six strokes off the pace.

Below is a look at those most prominently in the hunt after the first day of action in Dublin, Ohio. For complete scores, visit PGA.com.

Position Player Score 1 Charl Schwartzel
-7 2 Scott Piercy
-6 T3 Josh Teater
-5 T3 Russell Henley
-5 T3 Kyle Stanley
-5 T3 Charlie Wi
-5 T7 Bill Haas
-4 T7 Matt Kuchar
-4 T9 Robert Karlsson
-3 T9 Chris Stroud -3 Note: All statistics and video are courtesy of PGATour.com.

 

Schwartzel got off to a hot start at the HP Byron Nelson Championship two starts ago with a seven-under round and wound up finishing third, but missed the cut at the Crowne Plaza Invitational.

Whatever went wrong for Schwartzel last week was quickly remedied.

The sweet-swinging South African started on the second nine alongside fellow major winners Adam Scott and Ernie Els, who both were off their games in posting 73's.

A three-putt bogey from roughly six feet on the par-four 13th defined an inauspicious even-par through four holes, but Schwartzel found his groove shortly thereafter. With birdies on Nos. 14-17, he was surging up the leaderboard in the morning wave.

To get on that type of run, some luck is involved along with an incredible amount of skill. When making putts of over 20 feet, it's always a bonus, which is what Schwartzel did o...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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