Posted at 4:40 p.m., Thursday, June 28, 2007
McLachlin shoots 2-under 70 at Buick Open
Advertiser Staff
Former Honolulu resident Parker McLachlin shot 2-under-par 70 today and is tied for 46th place in the Buick Open in Grand Blanc, Mich.McLachlin, a Punahou School alum, had three birdies and a bogey. He birdied the par-5 No. 7, par-5 No. 13 and the par-3 No. 17. He bogeyed the par-4 No. 12.
Rocco Mediate shot his lowest score on the PGA Tour in four years, opening with an 8-under 64 for a one-stroke lead.
Brett Quigley, Woody Austin and Brian Bateman shot 65s and Jim Furyk was among a group of four another stroke back, in a tournament up for grabs without Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh in the field for the first time since 2001.
Mediate credited Cindi Hilfman, a physical therapist in Los Angeles, for turning his life and career around since they connected in February.
The five-time PGA Tour winner had only one top-10 finish last year, ending the season a career-low 206th on the money list.
Mediate was ranked 176 and 114 the previous two years after finishing between 22nd and 37 from 1999-2003.
