Åberg in the lead at Torrey Pines, Rozner well started, Pavon in the tough

Title holder of the Farmers Insurance Open, Matthew Pavon suffered in the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open, on the most difficult of the two tournament layouts, the South Course. On the North Course, Antoine Rozner started very well, as did one of the big favorites of the tournament, Ludvig Åberg, already in charge.

Seven greens in regulation, many pars saved in the battle, Matthew Pavon was not at the party for his big return to the South Course, where his personal history changed a year ago and that of French golf with it, where Tiger Woods has won six times, where the Tiger won a cult US Open in 2008.

At +2 after only four holes, the Bordeaux player quickly struggled on the course that the players who made the cut will find on Saturday and Sunday. But the 36th in the world rebounded well to the point of going under par at 13. The end of the round was again painful with few fairways hit and erratic iron play. Fortunately, the putter was warming up (3rd overall, +3.302 de stroke gained).

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With a score of 73, Matthieu Pavon only occupies 100th place, but he will have the opportunity to make a comeback this Friday on the North Course, which is much more scoreable.

Åberg impresses

The American Danny Walkerauthor of a 65 on the South Course, achieved an authentic feat by hitting all the greens in regulation, a first in this tournament on this course since 2019 (performance then signed by Martin Laird) !

He is 2nd in the ranking behind Ludvig Åbergwho martyred the North Course with a 63.

The Swede, 6th in the world, is one of the big favorites for the tournament. His perfectly adjusted big game worked wonders this Wednesday in San Diego.

“I like this kind of course where you have to hit the drive often and be precisedetailed Åberg who hit 16 out of 18 greens in regulation. said. Torrey Pines is truly a wonderful place with all the views. And San Diego is my favorite city.”

Hideki Matsuyamathe leader of the FedExCup and also favorite of the tournament with his status of world No. 4, also started his week well by shooting 68 on the South Course. But other headliners struggled on this demanding course which was played on average more than 2 shots more than the North Course (72,487 against 70,218). So Max Homa exploded with a 77.

Rozner can believe it

Also competing on the South Course for this first day, Victor Perez did well with a good 71 which gives him hope of crossing a new cut, after his 34th at the American Express.

Pour Antoine Roznerthis could be a great first. His excellent 67 on the North Course, with six birdies and a single bogey (and 15 'regular' greens), allows him to approach the challenge of the South Course with a little margin. He is 8th in the provisional ranking. The Racingman will remember had already started strong at theAmerican Express (67 already) but he did not know how to make it happen. This time, he put even more chances on his side.

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