SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda (AP) — Alex Noren worked hard on his wedge game and it paid off Thursday in the Butterfield Bermuda Championship with 10-under 61, giving him a two-shot lead among early starters on a calm day at Port Royal.
He set a tournament record with 11 birdies, and his 61 broke by two shots his lowest score on the PGA Tour.
“It was quite easy conditions and there's a lot of wedges out there,” Noren said.
Garrigus hasn't made the cut in a PGA Tour or Korn Ferry Tour event since April 2022, a dubious stretch of 20 tournaments.
The previous PGA Tour record was 59 straight fairways.
Persons:
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Organizations:
Butterfield Bermuda, Port Royal, PGA, PGA Tour, FedEx
Locations:
SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda, Japan, Mexico, Minnesota, Port, Garrigus, Las Vegas