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• His tap-in birdie brought him back to four under par for the tournament.
  — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 19 June 2022
• For the fourth straight year, the No. 1 seed starts out at 10 under par and with a two-shot lead before the first tee shot on Thursday.
  — Doug Ferguson, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2022
• There were 58 players under par on the North and 31 players under par on the South.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2024
• Of the 16 players currently under par, 12 have won at least one PGA Tour event.
  — Mitchell Forde For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 1 July 2022
• Brooks Koepka currently is in the lead at 12 under par.
  — Julie Mazziotta, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2023
• Only nine of the 156 golfers finished under par, and no one else was better than 6-under.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2024
• Both players were 3-under on their rounds, with Fowler at 23 under par for the tournament.
  — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2023
• Through two rounds there were only 15 players under par and some of the biggest names in women's golf won't be around for the weekend, missing the cut at 5 over.
  — Tom Canavan, ajc, 24 June 2023
• Fleetwood has posted a round of 69 to finish the tournament at 4 under par.
  — Brad Thomas, NBC News, 14 Apr. 2024
• Nine players finished 10 under par or better, and Cameron Smith became the first player ever to shoot all four rounds in the 60s.
  — Henri Hollis, ajc, 6 Apr. 2023
• An eagle is two under par — a three on a par 5, typically.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 June 2022
• Patrick Smith/Getty Bradley broke the tournament record at 23 under par, notching his sixth career tour win.
  — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
• Scottie Scheffler, the defending champion, begins the day with a two-shot lead at 13 under par.
  — Andrew Torgan, CNN, 12 Feb. 2023
• Even Mickelson, who’d played miserably since joining LIV, walked up to the green shooting under par.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
• Johnson had entered the day at Portland’s Waverley Country Club clinging to a one-shot lead at 4 under par.
  — Jodom, oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2023
• Nine holes into his round, which had started on the 10th hole, a packed grandstand politely applauded when Fowler made a birdie putt to tie for the tournament lead at three under par.
  — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 15 June 2023
• Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele, who both shot record-breaking first-round 62s, finished five and three under par — and tied for fifth and 10th overall — respectively.
  — Herbert Lowe, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2023
• The pros often post final, four-day scores that flirt with (or exceed) 20 under par—an indication of the layout’s player-friendly design—but that only adds to its charm for the average golfer.
  — Shaun Tolson, Robb Report, 2 July 2022
• By late Thursday afternoon, Bryson DeChambeau was leading the tournament at seven under par.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
• Cervantes played his best round of golf this season at the Mountain Lion invitational, hitting seven under par.
  — Benjamin Yates, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2023
• Harman dominated the course, winning his first major championship at 13-strokes under par.
  — Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 27 July 2023
• Sophomore Isabella Piazza has been a key factor, consistently scoring under par.
  — Benjamin Yates, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024