Jason Dufner shoots 64 to take 2-shot lead in CareerBuilder

“I’m excited for this year”, Dufner said. I got a great break and sometimes those things happen and you need them to happen to win. Lingmerth managed a best of the day 65 in the final round this time out and was keen to take the positives from his performance.

He said: “It was pretty tough”. “This is what we work to do. My mindset’s at a point where, no matter what happens out there, good swings, bad swings, I know that I can shoot good scores”.

He has a 23-under total and a two-shot lead over former USC star Jamie Lovemark, who posted his third consecutive 65 on his 28th birthday, picking apart the PGA West Stadium Course with seven birdies.

Phil talking about face awareness and why he’s going to keep getting better as he gets older. “I was pleased with the way I played the entire round. I still expect to get in contention and have a good weekend, but a lot of iron shots are 12, 15 feet off”.

“I was a little disappointed with that”, Dufner said. “It’s been a good start”.

American Dufner won his fourth PGA Tour event after parring the second extra hole with Lingmerth sending his ball into the water.

Lovemark teed off on 10 and enjoyed a round highlighted by an eagle at the par-four first, where he holed a shot from 105 yards out.

“I don’t worry about zones and talking about stuff like that”, Dufner said.

Moving back to the PGA West TPC Stadium Course, which was once deemed too hard for the PGA Tour, made many wonder whether the West Coast Swing’s first stop was going to remain one of the lowest-scoring on tour. It will be important for him to get off to a good start alongside Dufner on Sunday.

“I’m playing good, I’m not having any trouble, I feel relaxed out there”. “I’m confident with whatever club I’ve got in my hand”. Jerry Kelly reacts to a missed birdie putt on the 16th green during the first round of the CareerBuilder Challenge golf tournament Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. He will play La Quinta on Saturday, and return to the Stadium Course for the final round Sunday. Mickelson, who admitted entering this week that he may be one week away from truly contending, finished T3, four shots out of the playoff. You get some uneven lies here and there…. “I played unbelievable. I think I shot 24 or 25 under for the six rounds”. But he didn’t hit his approach shots very close and ranked only 30th in strokes gained putting.

Graham DeLaet of Weyburn, Sask., shot 71 to finish tied for 42nd at 12-under-par. “Every shot was at the flag”, Na said.

Lovemark seeks his first PGA crown as well. He teamed with Brandt Snedeker to win the unofficial Franklin Templeton Shootout last month, and finished in the top 10 in his two starts prior to CareerBuilder.