PGA Excursion: Kurt Kitayama one forward at Honda Vintage as Danny Willett, Aaron Rai get started strongly | Golfing Information

Kitayama holds a one-shot benefit over Daniel Berger, Chris Kirk and Rory Sabbatini; Willett and Rai each 3 in the back of after the outlet day – watch all week survive Sky Sports activities Golfing

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A glance again at the most efficient of the motion from Spherical 1 of the PGA Excursion’s The Honda Vintage.

English duo Danny Willett and Aaron Rai are each inside of 3 strokes of early chief Kurt Kitayama after the outlet around of the Honda Vintage in Florida.

Willett birdied his opening 3 holes on his method a three-under 67 at PGA Nationwide, leaving the 2016 Masters champion within the crew tied-fifth and involved with Kitayama on the most sensible of the leaderboard.

Rai sits at the similar rating after remaining his opening around with back-to-back birdies, whilst Kitayama set the tempo after beginning with 3 consecutive birdies and including 4 extra in a row on his 2nd 9 to put up a six-under 64.

Danny Willett posted an opening-round 67 on the Honda Vintage

“I do not believe you get an more straightforward day trip right here,” Kitayama stated. “The stipulations of the path are best possible, it is simply in point of fact difficult. I believe the rest below par out this is in point of fact just right. You will have simply were given to look at the wind and notice what occurs.”

Olympic silver medallist Rory Sabbatini and Ryder Cup winner Daniel Berger lie a shot again in 2nd along Chris Kirk, with Willett and Rai are within the crew of 5 avid gamers tied-fifth.

“To come back out right here and no longer make a bogey for 18 holes is a smart get started,” Berger stated. “Simply were given to proceed with that momentum for the remainder of the week.”

Willett adopted a 25-foot birdie on the first via draining a 30-footer on the subsequent and including a close-range acquire on the 3rd, earlier than cancelling out a bogey on the fourth via rolling in from 25 ft on the par-three 5th.

The Englishman ended a run of pars when he holed from 8 ft on the par-four 14th, simplest to fall 3 fall in the back of when he did not stand up and down from a greenside bunker to save lots of par on the sixteenth.

Billy Horschel and four-time main winner Brooks Koepka is within the crew 4 in the back of along England’s Callum Tarren, whilst Lee Westwood and Tommy Fleetwood each opened with a one-under 69.

Koepka is 4 in the back of after the outlet day

“I did not do the rest to in point of fact need to be 4 or 5 below,” Koepka stated. “That is a really perfect rating right here. Simply more or less ho-hummed it round. Like I unhappy, did not in point of fact deserve the rest worse, did not deserve the rest higher.”

Simply 44 of the 144-man box ended below par after the outlet day, with Ian Poulter posting a one-over 71 and Louis Oosthuizen – the highest-ranked participant within the box – suffering to a firsr-round 75.

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