Seung-Yeol Noh of South Korea is alone atop the leaderboard after the first round of the Barracuda Championship on the PGA Tour ($3.8 million purse).
Seung-yeol Noh carded three eagles, five birdies and two bogeys for a 23 after the first round at Tahoe Mountain Club (par-71, 7,480 yards) in Truckee, California, USA, on Monday (July 21).
The tournament is played on a modified Stableford format that awards points based on the performance of each hole.
An eagle is worth five points, a birdie two points, a par zero points and a bogey one point.
Seung-Yeol Noh (KOR), who started on the 10th hole, eagled all three par-5s to take sole possession of first place.
He is six points behind second-place Bo Hosler (USA) with 17.
The last time Noh won a PGA Tour event was at the Zurich Classic in April 2014, more than nine years ago.
After finishing the 2021-2022 season ranked 187th in the FedExCup standings and not earning a regular tour seed for the 2022-2023 season, Noh has a chance to rebound by competing in this tournament.
Noh’s best finish this season was a tie for 15th at the RSM Classic last November.
Korean-American James Han (USA) is eighth with 14 points, 카지노사이트넷 while Kim Sung-hyun is 80th with four points.
With one point, Kang Sung-hoon (USA) is outside the top 100.
The Barracuda Championship is a tournament for players who are unable to compete in the Major Open in England during the same period.
