LOS ANGELES – Charley Hoffman fired five birdies in a five-under par 65 to break free atop a crowded leaderboard at the US PGA Tour Charles Schwab Challenge, where world number one Scottie Scheffler struggled.
Hoffman had a one-stroke lead over five players at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, where Kim Seong-Hyeon, Martin Laird, Davis Riley, Brian Harman and Tony Finau were all in the clubhouse on four-under before Hoffman rolled in a 34-foot birdie at the 13th for the solo lead. Hoffman , chasing a fifth PGA Tour victory but his first since the 2016 Texas Open, had opened with a two-putt birdie at the par-five first and added birdies at the third, eighth and 11th.
Charley Hoffman of the United States lines up a putt on the 16th green during the first round of the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club on May 23, 2024, in Fort Worth, Texas. AFP PHOTO'It was weirdly, like, easy,' Hoffman said. 'I didn't really put myself in any bad positions out there, hit a lot of fairways, hit a lot of center of the greens and had putts for birdies, which is nice.'Which usually, I would say, is not my MO,' added Hoffman.
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