Tim Clark shoots impressive 63
The leaderboard at the Wyndham Championship had a home grown look as round one of the championship came to a close at Sedgefield Country Club. The leaderboard was led by the Swede, Carl Pettersson. He shot a flawless round of 62 to lead the tournament by
1 shot.
The surprise performance of the day came from the South African, Tim Clarke. Tim has been a student Campbell University, David Mathis also is an alumni of the Campbell University.
The South African shot a magnificent round of 63 as he surprised everyone with his show at the Sedgefield Country Club.
The headlines were dominated by Carl Pettersson who has been a previous winner here in 2008. His flawless 62, coming off from an excellent show at the PGA Championship means that he will head to the Barclays with a good run of form.
"I think this game is very streaky," Pettersson said. "We get on a good run, you have got to keep going and it seems like when you are playing well, you never think you are going to play bad. When you are playing bad, you never think you are going to play
well".
Tim Clark who had some local support as well played excellently, he was right there from the first tee. The South African held his nerve on crucial putts and shot very well all day long. If he manages to keep in pace with Carl, then things will get really
interesting in the final round.
"I have got to keep pace with Carl," Clark said. "When he goes low, he really goes low. If I am able to hang in there, it is going to be a lot of fun".
Clark finished his first round with impressively. He made a 33-foot putt on the ninth hole.
The defending champion Webb Simpson showed signs of improvement as he sits four shots adrift of the leader. Simpson is coming off from a long break and it will take some time before he gets back into his rhythm.
David Mathis looked determined to make it into the top 125 list after he was tied at the second spot after round one ended.
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