Day 1 Recap | 2023 PDGA Champions Cup
Watch as Grant Zellner recaps the first day of the 2023 PGA Champions Cup from Appling, Georgia. The action got off to a hot start at Shadows of the Georgia Pine, with players battling through challenging conditions. Haley King's off-course improvements paid off on the course today, propelling her into third place with a strong 600 par effort. Cat Merch, meanwhile, showcased mental strength, overcoming two bogeys to shoot seven under par and take second place. Kristen Tatar led the field with a hot round of 900 par, while Nicholas Antela made a comeback, moving into the top three after a birdie-filled closing stretch. James Conrad also impressed, shooting 10 under par with no bogeys in sight. The stage is set for Friday's action at WR Jackson, where Isaac Robinson will lead the charge from the featured card.
Watch Day 1 highlights from the 2023 PDGA Champions Cup, where top players clashed in an epic battle for victory.
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Shadows of the Georgia Pine lengthen as we come to a close on day number one of the 2023 PGA champions cup from Appling Georgia the action started off hot with the fpo around early in the morning and continued throughout the afternoon I'm Grant Zellner with a recap Katrina Allen undaunted by a slow start which included a bogey at the fourth ends up five under par and Solo in Fourth Place she'll play from the lead card on Friday Haley King has dedicated herself to off the course improvements in both Fitness and injury recovery those improvements paid off on the course today as Haley King plays her way into the top three with a 600 par effort playing from just the second card out early in the morning cat merch a seven under par round overcoming a couple of bogeys including one which started her day off mental strength the key to cat merch going seven down and playing her way into second place the field chases none other than Kristen Tatar a 900 par effort is the hot round at the new configuration of WR Jackson Kristen Tatar steady on the day one of just a couple of players to go bogey free on the undulating course Christy Tatar will lead the way into Friday as the morning progressed into the afternoon the mpo field took on the WR Jackson layout the story for Nicholas antela two bogeys through his first four holes but then ten birdies in his closing 11 including at one point nine birdies in a row Nicholas joined at nine under par by Silas Schultz overcoming a couple of bogeys of his own and playing his way into the top three James Conrad noted that his round during the Monday qualifier which got him into the 2023 Champions Cup gave him confidence as he attacked the same course today shooting three shots better than he did on Monday a 10 under par bogey free effort places James Conrad in second heading into Friday but the story of the day in Appling Georgia Isaac Robinson already playing on the featured card Isaac goes out in front of the largest Gallery shooting an 11 under par effort the hot round of day number one at WR Jackson hard to believe we're only halfway to halfway at the 2023 PDGA Champions Cup and you have...
