Lee Janzen off to a confident start at the News Sentinel Open
Lee Janzen fired a bogey-free six-under par 65 on Thursday, to finish in a six-way tie for the second position, heading for the second round of the News Sentinel Open Presented by Pilot, at the Fox Den Country Club in Knoxville.
Janzen started off on the back nine of the course and parred each of the first six holes that he played prior to recording birdies on the 7th (No. 16) and 9th (No. 18) hole.
Another four birdies on the front nine allowed him to settle two strokes behind the leader and his playing partner for the first two rounds, Casey Wittenberg.
According to him, the key to success in Tennessee is to hit the fairways, every time the ball is driven from the tee box. Afterwards, it is easy to attack the pins after getting on the greens.
"You just have to be patient and disciplined and hit the ball in the right spot off the tee," the Florida Southern College alum explained. "If it means hitting one more club into the green that's what you have to do, the greens are soft enough to where that's
okay".
While talking about his playing partner and number two player in the Web.com money list, he stated that Wittenberg’s performance was near to perfection. His calculations off the tee were accurate and his short game was the best of all.
"He's probably wondering why he's not on TOUR," said the two-time U.S. Open champion. "And if you watched him play today you would've been wondering the same thing. Everything was text book, the right line off the tee, solid shots, knocking the pin down,
making the putts. It was a good round".
Overall, it was a low scoring day, as a total of 18 players were settled within a three-stroke margin to the lead.
Shawn Stefani, the winner of last week’s Midwest Classic Presented by Cadillac, carded a one-over par 72 and shared the 107th spot on the leaderboard.
His round included a double bogey, two bogeys and three birdies. The Web.com Tour money list leader Luke List also shared joined Stefani after posting a 72.
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