| Classic of New Orleans kawg-round leaderboard |
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| -27 J Blixt (Swe) & C Smith (Aus), K Kisner (US) & S Brown (US); -23 K Kraft (US) & K Tway (US); -22 J Spieth (US) & R Palmer (US) |
| Xaiv lwm tus: -14 K Reifers (US) & A Johnston (Eng); -13 G Ogilvy (Aus) & kuv Poulter (Eng) |
Americans Kevin Kisner thiab Scott Brown carded ib tug 12-nyob rau hauv zaum kawg puag ncig ntawm 60 mus rau noj lub Classic of New Orleans pab kev tshwm sim rau hauv ib tug ua si-off rau hnub Monday.
Long-term cov thawj coj Jonas Blixt thiab Cameron Smith coj ib tug plaub-txhaj koob tshuaj tivthaiv lead mus rau hauv lub kawg puag ncig ntawm fourballs.
Tab sis Kisner thiab Brown birdied 10 ntawm cov thawj 11 qhov thiab Kisner ces tawg nyob rau hauv rau ib tug dav dawb hau ntawm lub xeem.
Smith tau Birdie lub xeem yuav tau koom nrog lawv nyob hauv 27 nyob rau hauv thiab cov plaub cov txiv neej yuav rov qab mus rau ib tug cia li tuag ua si-off.
Australian ntiaj teb no muaj pes tsawg tus 112 Smith holed los ntawm ob txhais taw rau lub kaw Birdie, tab sis tsaus ntuj nram qab no ncua sij hawm ntawm ntau tshaj rau cov sij hawm vim hais tias ntawm thunderstorms ntawm TPC Louisiana midway los ntawm lub round meant cov kev ua si-off yuav tsis muab qhov chaw nyob rau hnub Sunday.
Sweden tus Blixt - lub ntiaj teb no tus xov tooj 256 - thiab Smith tau coj outright tom qab lub thib ob thiab thib peb rounds thiab tsis poob ib tug txhaj koob tshuaj tivthaiv thoob plaws hauv lub 72 qhov, muaj ib puag ncig nyob rau hauv lub revamped pab hom alternating nruab nrab foursomes thiab fourballs.
Qhov kawg tee lub sij hawm twb mus lawm tom ntej rau 8:16 am zos lub sij hawm (14:16 BST) nyob rau hauv ib tug los tuav lub kwv yees huab cua thiab txawm tus mob siab heev nag xob nag, nws nyob cov kev sib tw - cov thawj nom PGA pab kev tshwm sim txij li thaum 1981 - yuav ua kom tiav.
Tab sis Kisner lub 31-mev nti, nyob ze rau 12 teev tom qab nws pab pawg neeg tau teed tawm, rattled lub pin thiab poob rau hauv lub khob, lub ntsiab lus lub players yuav rov qab mus rau lub par-tsib 18th yuav pib cov kev ua si-off thaum 9 am zos lub sij hawm (15 : 00 BST) rau hnub Monday.
"Zoo, peb paub peb yuav tsum tau muaj nws," Kisner hais tias. "Tag nrho cov kuv tau sim ua yog kom paub tseeb tias kuv tsis tau tawm nws luv luv, thiab kuv yuav tsis pom ntau npaum li cas. Kuv paub tias nws twb tawg ib tug me ntsis txoj cai, thiab thaum nws ntaus tus chij, kuv hais tias, 'Tsis txhob koj tuaj tawm ntawm muaj. '
"Ib tug neeg yuav tsum tau txais kub nyob rau hauv thiaj li yuav caum peb hnub no, thiab lawv tau ua," hais tias Blixt, ib ob-lub sij hawm PGA ncig saib khiav. "Peb tsuas muaj mus tawm no qab thiab ua kom tawm mus muaj thiab ua Birdie los yog dav dawb hau rau 18 tag kis thiab sim thiab yeej no kev sib tw," nws ntxiv ntawm cov zoo dua-pob ua si-off.
Americans Kelly Kraft thiab Kevin Tway twb peb tom qab combining rau ib tug 61 uas tshuav lawv nyob rau 23 nyob rau hauv.
Yav tas los lub ntiaj teb no tus naj npawb ib Jordan Spieth thiab cov phooj Texan Ryan Palmer yog ib tug ntxiv stroke rov qab tom qab xo ib tug 64.