The Players kicks off in Florida; Ancer and Ortiz with a discreet start

In the start of The Players PGA in Ponte Vedra, Florida, Mexican golfers Abraham Ancer Y Carlos Ortiz They began their participation in a very conservative way with a position 42 for the Tamaulipas and in box 60 that of Guadalajara, in a first round led by the Spanish Sergio garcia.

With a card of 65 strokes, seven under par from the field, the European is alone at the top of the table, escorted in second place by the American Brian Harman and third place the Englishman Matthew Fitzpatrick, the canadian Corey Conners and the irish Shane Lowry.

Garcia – winner of the Augusta Masters in 2017 in addition to 12 PGA victories – took first place on the completion of his run, even though the round was later unfinished by obscurity – with two eagles, four birdies and one bogey.

In the case of the tricolor, Ancer covered the first 18 holes with two birdies for two bogeys to be par for the course, along with 17 other players among which the Spanish stands out. Jon Rahm, the Venezuelan Jonathan Vegas, korean So Woo Kim and the young norwegian Viktor Hovland.

For his part, Ortiz aggressively sought the flags failing in his putting, failing with five bogeys for just four birdies to stay in position 60 with an over-par hit and putting his cut at risk.

Sharing the square with that of Jalisco is the Chilean Joaquin Niemann and the world number one Dustin Johnson, who committed a double bogey on flag 11, plus two more bogeys, a birdie and an eagle.

Before starting the second round, the 17 players who did not complete their course will go out to finish and then start with the second day of activities.

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