The Players set a new round record
The old record was at 63 strokes, shared by nine players. Hoge crossed this mark with 10 birdies and no bogey in the penultimate race. Thanks to that, he moved up 57 places to T8 with an -8 score and was still in the cup when he was six strokes from the top of the table. The lead position belongs to the world's second golfer Scottie Scheffler. The tournament will close at dawn tomorrow, March 13, Hanoi time.
Breaking the 18-hole mark was a spectacular turnaround for Hoge, who had planned to leave the tournament soon. With 78 strokes in the opening match on March 9, the 33-year-old American player booked a flight Friday afternoon with the intention of returning to Dallas after the second round was completed. But that round, Hoge hit 68 strokes and stood right on the expected cut line. +2. At that time, the filter score was not official because the tournament had 71 players who had not completed the round due to bad weather. With the suspension like that, Hoge changed the flight time to yesterday afternoon.
In the end, the cut line at +2 let him enter the penultimate stage and set a record of 62 strokes with key technical stats including averaging 285.4 yards, hitting 11 of 14 fairways, going to the green on a 16-hole standard and 27 strokes.
"It wasn't until I submitted the scoreboard that I realized I had scored a course record. Today I feel somewhat fortunate and took advantage of the opportunity when the course is soft and the wind is light," Hoge told Golf Channel after finishing work. .
Hoge has been playing golf professionally since 2011, so far has attended 326 tournaments on the PGA Tour but only won one cup, at Pebble Beach Pro-Am 2022. This season, he passed 13 tournaments with three top 10 finishes.
Hoge entered the Players with 33rd place on the world professional golf table (OWGR).
In the tournament with the same position as the major quartet, he was not satisfied with the meals for the players.
"The meal was too healthy. I know the organizers did it because of the tendency to reduce obesity. But too many vegetables," Hoge commented. He also revealed that he scanned the QR code to give suggestions to the event logistics unit.
