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Florida swing in full force with PGA Tour and LPGA Tour
By The Associated PressMarch 2, 2021 GMT
PGA TOUR
Prize money: $9.3 million. Winner’s share: $1.67 million.
Television: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 12:30-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2:30-6 p.m. (NBC).
Defending champion: Tyrrell Hatton.
FedEx Cup leader: Patrick Cantlay.
Last week: Collin Morikawa won the WGC-Workday Championship and Branden Grace won the Puerto Rico Open.
Notes: Bay Hill was the last PGA Tour event with full fans before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down golf for three months. The tournament is allowing 25% capacity this year. . This is the second PGA Tour event in three weeks with elite status that offers a three-year exemption to the winner. The other was the Genesis Invitational at Riviera. Still to come is the Memorial in June. . Bay Hill was supposed to start the Florida swing until the World Golf Championship last week was moved from Mexico City to Bradenton. . None of
SAN DIEGO (AP) Patrick Reed birdied his first three holes and finished with a bogey-free 8-under 64 on Thursday for a share of the lead with Alex Noren after the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open.
Reed, Noren and Scottie Scheffler who was one stroke back all played Torrey Pines’ easier North Course and will play the South Course on what could be a wet Friday. Heavy rain was forecast for overnight and into the second round at the municipal course overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
Peter Malnati and Ryan Palmer each shot 66 for the lowest scores on the South Course and were in a group of 12 at 6 under. Malnati capped his round with an eagle on the par-5 18th. After a 321-yard tee shot, he hit his approach to 16 feet and made the putt.