Posted at 1:28 p.m., Thursday, September 20, 2007
McLachlin shoots 2-under in PGA tournament
Advertiser Staff
Former Honolulu resident Parker McLachlin shot a 2-under-par 70 today at he Turning Stone Resort Championship in Verona, N.Y.McLachlin, a Punahou School alum, bogeyed hole No. 1 but then birdied three in a row to cap a 2-under front nine.
He had two birdies and two bogeys on the back for a 34-36 total.
He is tied for 51st place.
Jeff Gove and Chad Campbell each shot 7-under 65s, one stroke off the Atunyote Golf Club course record.
They were one shot ahead of Steve Flesch, John Senden, Matthew Goggin and Brendon de Jonge. Both Goggin and de Jonge bogeyed their final holes to drop from the lead.
John Rollins, who won the final B.C. Open here just over a year ago with a closing 64, shot 67 and was tied for seventh with John Mallinger, Robert Allenby, Matt Hendrix, and Tag Ridings.
Turning Stone, with a purse of $6 million, kicks off a new seven-tournament run called the PGA Fall Series that will decide the final money leaders list. The top 125 players retain fully exempt status to play on Tour in 2008, and the Fall Series determines Nos. 31 through 125. (The top 30 were already decided through the FedEx Cup playoffs.)
