2021 Mayakoba leaderboard: Matthew Wolff units course report, leads Aaron Sensible by two after Spherical 1
For the second consecutive season, a former Oklahoma State famous person is the story on the World Broad Know-how Championship at Mayakoba. One yr after his former OSU teammate (Viktor Hovland) received for the second time on the PGA Tour, Matthew Wolff leads by two as he seems to be for a second Tour victory of his personal.
Wolff shot a El Camaleón Golf Course report 61 Thursday at in a spherical that included 5 birdies on both facet of the golf course and no blemishes in anyway. He is up two on Aaron Sensible and three on Chris Kirk (who aced his first gap of the day) and a handful of others.
Let’s dive deeper into Wolff’s spherical and his probabilities of successful to finish what has been an odd yr for him and try who might make just a little run at him over what must be a really enjoyable subsequent 54 holes.
1. Matthew Wolff (-10): After a chaotic 2021 general, Wolff emerged a number of weeks in the past on the Shriners Youngsters’s Open with a runner-up end to Sungjae Im. It was his greatest efficiency in a yr and offered a ton of hope for the long run. The momentum has carried over into Mayakoba, which is extraordinarily thrilling contemplating Wolff’s expertise degree and ceiling. Toss a suddenly-thriving Wolff into an already loopy contingent of golfers on the high of the Official World Golf Rankings, and anticipation for 2022 solely will get turned up.
“I don’t want to say [I’m back],” Wolff stated. “I’m really confident in my game right now and I’ve proven over time when stuff goes well and I am confident I can kind of carry it over. So right now my swing feels really good, my head’s in a good spot and I’m just happy to be out here regardless of the result. I’m just, you know, like I said, I’m just happy. I’m blessed to be out here. And it’s not easy and there’s a lot of up-and-downs, but you’ve just kind of got to go with it and that’s something I’m learning as I’m getting older and being out here longer.”
2. Aaron Sensible (-8): No one is extra happy with Sensible’s efficiency than … nicely, me. He was my one-and-done pick this week and got here in off two consecutive top-10 finishes. He shot 29 on the entrance facet of the golf course and 63 general even with a bogey on the again facet. His greatest stuff will not be fairly nearly as good as Wolff’s, however based mostly on how he is been taking part in, I believe he’ll be round and really a lot within the combine till the top of this week.
“I just feel like I have pretty good vibes around here,” Sensible stated. “Every now and again you find those courses where you just come and you’re comfortable the moment you’re on the grounds and this is one of those for me. I feel like I make my fair share of putts around here, I hit good iron shots and I get a lot of wedge opportunities, which is really good. At the end of the day you’ve still got to play good golf, but just coming here, I just feel happy, I feel good vibes and I feel like that translates into the golf.”
T3. Talor Gooch, Chris Kirk, Billy Horschel, Sergio Garcia (-7): How about Kirk beginning his occasion with an ace on a par 3?! He made one other eagle on his fourth gap and was 5 beneath by means of 4 holes! He performed the subsequent 14 in simply 2 beneath for the 64, however six birdies and two eagles portends nicely for the remainder of the week for him.
T7. Joel Dahmen, J.J. Spaun, Russell Henley, Invoice Haas (-6): Fairly a crew right here. Haas’ final high 10 anyplace got here on the 2019 John Deere Traditional. He is at the moment ranked No. 744 on the planet, which might be his lowest year-end rating since 2003.
T11. Ian Poulter, Andrew Landry, Chez Reavie, Rickie Fowler, Adam Lengthy, Sepp Straka, Brandt Snedker, John Huh, Andrew Novak (-5): The season of Oklahoma State golfers returning to kind continues! Fowler performed within the remaining pairing on the CJ Cup at Summit a number of weeks in the past, only a week after Wolff practically received Shriners, and he is thriving once more this week. As at all times, it is about limiting errors for him. He made eight birdies Thursday, which isn’t uncommon for him (he is inside the highest 40 in birdie common this season). If he can determine how you can clear up the opposite stuff, we’ll see him actually contend for the second time in three tournaments as this weekend unfolds, which, like Wolff’s good play, could be thrilling going into 2022.
