Johnson’s 29 on the front nine was the lowest nine-hole score in his 493 career PGA Tour starts, and he needed only 10 putts to do it.
“La Quinta Country Club is legitimately one of the purest places we play on the PGA Tour year-in, year-out,” Johnson said.
The 41-year-old 10-time European Tour winner is still seeking his first PGA Tour title.
This course is beautiful.”Hoey — the Philippines-born, Rancho-Cucamonga-raised product of USC — excelled in his fourth PGA Tour start.
Hoey is among the 30 American Express participants who earned their PGA Tour cards from last year's Korn Ferry Tour.
Persons:
— Zach Johnson, Johnson, Sweden's Alex Noren, “, ” Johnson, I’ve, outdid, Rico Hoey, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas, Australia's Min Woo Lee, Si Woo Kim, ” Noren, ” Hoey, USC —, Hoey, Korn, ”, ” Thomas, hasn't, Scottie Scheffler, Rickie Fowler, Wyndham Clark, Bob Hope, ___
Organizations:
Ryder, American Express, La Quinta Country, Quinta Country, PGA, USC, Southern California, Nicklaus, Quinta
Locations:
QUINTA, Calif, U.S, Coachella, Quinta, Philippines, Rancho, Cucamonga, Palm