MIAMI (AFP) – Viktor Hovland fired a seven-under-par 64 to take a one-shot clubhouse lead on Thursday as play was suspended at the PGA Tour’s RBC Heritage tournament in South Carolina.
Hovland, fresh from a seventh place finish at the Masters, finished with back-to-back birdies to complete a bogey-free first round at Harbour Town Links on Hilton Head Island.
That left him alone atop the leaderboard, one clear of Brian Harman on six under. Jimmy Walker and England’s Aaron Rai were out on the course also on six under when play was suspended due to darkness.
Teeing off on the back nine, Hovland started slowly with four straight pars before building momentum near the turn with three birdies in four holes, including a 16-foot birdie putt on the 17th, his eighth hole.
He rolled in another long birdie putt from 18 feet on his 12th hole and then added three more birdies down the stretch to head the leaderboard.
