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Brandt Snedeker's nightmare 84 at Royal Pines

Expert
3rd December, 2015
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Australian PGA Championship favourite Brandt Snedeker started bogey, bogey, double, triple on his way to a career-worst 84 in the opening round at Royal Pines yesterday.

“Just a horrible day, there’s nothing else I can say,” the 2012 FedExCup champion said.

“I wish I could put a positive spin on it, but I got off to a bad start in tough conditions and never recovered.”

Tough conditions alright, with strong winds and driving rain, but Snedeker was still stunned by his eight bogeys, a double, and a triple with just one birdie at his 15th hole.

And to add insult to injury, PGA Australia was too damn lazy to find a head-shot of Snedeker, so there’s just a silhouette beside his card.

It would be a fair estimate there would be countless thousands of Snedeker head-shots around the world – poor form PGA Australia,

Snedeker’s playing partners John Senden and Peter Ulhlein were in the black as well.

Senden shot 73 with two bogeys and a birdie, one of the most consistent rounds in the trying conditions. Ulhlein carded a 75 with a triple, three bogeys, and three birdies.

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Little-known South African Zander Lombard is the first round leader with a superb five-under 67 with a flawless five birdies. England’s Mark Foster’s lies solely in second with a three-under 69 that included seven birdies and four bogeys.

Another South African, Dylan Frittelli, and the leading Australian Ashley Hall share third with two-under 70s.

Another Australian Todd Sinnott has continued his rapid rise. Last week he was ranked 1093 in the world, but his eighth finish at the Australian Open has rocketed him up to 757.

Yesterday Sinnott carded a one-under 71 in a strange card with seven birdies and three double bogeys in four holes late in his round.

Only six golfers broke par which was further proof of the conditions.

Others who had a tough day at the Royal Pines office were defending champion Greg Chalmers (76), Robert Allenby (76), Peter Senior (77), Edoardo Molinari (77), Jarrod Lyle (77), Craig Parry (77), Rod Pampling (78), Cameron Smith (78), Nick O”Hern (81), and Stephen Leaney (82).

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