David Skinns opens with a 60 to lead Sanderson Farms Championship
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — David Skinns of England set a personal best and a course record with a 12-under 60 to lead the Sanderson Farms Championship. And he couldn't help but be a little disappointed Thursday.Skinns ran off six birdies on the back nine and six more on the front nine at the Country Club of Jackson, and he faced one last birdie putt from just inside 10 feet on his final hole. It never had a chance, missing on the low side.Skinns, a 42-year-old from England, still had a three-shot lead over Michael Thorbjornsen.“How many 9-footers are you going to get to shoot 59?” Skinns said. “I'm sure I'm not going to get many. Tough not to be a little bit disappointed, but I really want to just look back on how in control mentally I felt, how I kept attacking. Wasn’t really thinking about the future at all, which is kind of the thing I’m going to take away from today.”The future is a big part of the Sanderson Farms Championship, one of eight PGA Tour events in the “FedEx Cup Fall” that determines the 125 players…
3 Oct 22:54 · iNFOnews.ca