Trace Crowe Shoots 62 to Lead Round 1 at the Austin Championship at Barton Creek
Trace Crowe's 10-under 62 put him two shots clear of Erik Van Rooyen after the first round of the Austin Championship presented by Compliance Solutions at Omni Barton Creek, with Blades Brown another shot back at 7 under.
AUSTIN - Trace Crowe shot a 10-under-par 62 on Thursday to lead the first round of the Austin Championship presented by Compliance Solutions at Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa, according to Sportradar's Round 1 summary, read by this desk Thursday afternoon with the round still listed as in progress. Crowe's 62 is the number the rest of the field is chasing into Friday.
Erik Van Rooyen sits second at 8 under after a 64, and Blades Brown is third at 7 under after a 65 - the same finished scores the PGA Tour's leaderboard snapshots read this cycle showed for both men. Rafael Campos and Kevin Yu appeared at 6 under in those snapshots. Because the round was still listed as in progress when the leaderboard was read, this file carries the top of the board as it stood Thursday afternoon; the completed Round 1 standings belong to tonight's sports file.
The Austin Championship runs Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 12-15, and it is the week's hometown stop for Austin golf: a PGA Tour field playing a Hill Country course in the city itself. Thursday's play shared the Barton Creek grounds with an honor for the next generation of the professional game - Ben Crenshaw's presentation of the Korn Ferry Tour Rookie of the Year award to Tommy Morrison, which this station filed separately this morning.
Round 2 is scheduled for Friday, with Crowe's two-shot cushion the story of the morning pairings: Van Rooyen and Brown are close enough that a single low round flips the lead, and the cut line will take shape by Friday evening. The Sports Desk updates this file when the completed first-round standings and Friday's second-round scores are verified.
