GREENSBORO, NC — Davis Thompson vaulted up the Wyndham Championship leaderboard Saturday with a 5-under 65 and put himself just outside the FedEx Playoff bubble.
But it was an albatross on the fifth hole and a broken driver on the 14th that defined his moving day at Sedgefield Country Club.
After four pars to open his round, Thompson hit an 8-iron 186-yards into the par-5 fifth that rolled onto the back of the green, took an adventurous ride on the Donald Ross green and found the cup for a 2.
"Kind of got off to a slow start and then, you know, making an albatross usually helps get things going," Thompson said.
It was the second double eagle of Thompson's career, he claims, the other coming on the 16th at Bay Hill during a Palmer Cup event while at the University of Georgia. He has never recorded a hole-in-one on the PGA Tour, but said he wouldn't trade one for an albatross.
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But it was an albatross on the fifth hole and a broken driver on the 14th that defined his moving day at Sedgefield Country Club.
After four pars to open his round, Thompson hit an 8-iron 186-yards into the par-5 fifth that rolled onto the back of the green, took an adventurous ride on the Donald Ross green and found the cup for a 2.
"Kind of got off to a slow start and then, you know, making an albatross usually helps get things going," Thompson said.
It was the second double eagle of Thompson's career, he claims, the other coming on the 16th at Bay Hill during a Palmer Cup event while at the University of Georgia. He has never recorded a hole-in-one on the PGA Tour, but said he wouldn't trade one for an albatross.
#fifth #greensboro #championship
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