PGA Tour Highlights | Round 1 | Bank of Utah Championship | 2026

Scottsdale guy here. Absolutely see him around town good bit. What a shot. 149 yards, probably just a pitching wedge. Trying to work it a little left to right in there. And he does it! What a shot out of Neal Shipley. Shipley for Birdie. And one right to left. Another one! Looked great off the face. Looked like it couldn't miss, and it did. Oh, Ben's putt here. It looks like it has a lot of stuff going on, but overall I think he can play it pretty straight. Great putt. It looked... You know, our worm cam there, down the line camera, saw it hit a very solid putt straight off the face. Go back over to Ben James. Came up short of the green, Richard. And dunks it down for the Birdie! Matt McCarty. Yeah. Really well done there from Matt, knowing he had that backstop over there should he overcook that draw a little. But have a really nice chance at Birdie. Get to two under. That is a perfect spot. That looked like a better swing out of James. Yeah, really nicely done. It's tough when you see a pin. That pin is 38 paces on the green. Taking dead aim. What a shot from Doug Ginn. He's gonna have a great chance to get it to five under par. Jackson Koivun. Now Richard trying to get back on track. Excuse me. It's Michael Brennan now. Really well done. Oh man, what a shot. Harry there. 56 by his name. That's big. Top 60. 51 to 60. Will get into the first two signature events. And that... That one's getting better. Look at this. That's pretty good. Hit it like that. You don't have to worry about... In the hole for Birdie. It's a tough place to get up and down from. Our tracing technology presented by Titleist. The number one ball in golf. Titleist almost disappeared. Great shot there out of Jackson Koivun. Michael Brennan defending champion on the 8th. Yeah, the 8th hole only playing 130 yards. Guys making tons of birdies here. You look at Shipley's number 6th in approach today. 62nd in putting. Out of this first wave. Yeah. That's what we've become accustomed to with Shipley. As this is McCarty. Oh, there we go. He didn't like that three-putt par. President's Cup. Putting is always important, but in match play it's doubly important. So picking one of the better putters on tour was probably a good idea. And if he hits it like that, he can be one of the worst putters on tour and still win a golf tournament. It's Pete back over at Adrien de Monte Cesar. Sounds like a character in the Count of Monte Cristo. Sounds like a birdie to me. But he played everything else the rest of the way. Get your cups up. Barista. That's a jinx there, Scott. Oh, that could, this could work really well. Bocho. About four and a half feet for his bird. Tony mixed things up with a couple other caddies, but has gone back to Giff Nielsen. A little pop there. Get in there. Out of the way, Tony. The putter works off the green for Tony. It's another great read for Nick Taylor. Got that putter working early in this round. Just in front of him. Gonna work left the whole way. Oh, just straightened out right at the end. I didn't see that coming. Looked like it was going to miss just low, but what a putt for Eric Cole. Two-time PGA Tour winner. Long par 4. 498 yards. His approach on the way. This pin just tucked on the right side there. Oh, that's a quality shot. Tough to get close to with a long iron. Everything kind of working against you there. First three rounds, putting's okay, but the last rounds where he's really improved his putting this season. Oh, you bet. Oma drops it for Birdie. This is Pearson Cootie now at the 7th for Eagle. Catching up with Austin Smotherman. It was runner up earlier this season at the Cognizant Classic. He's a two under. Can he match the line and the speed? And he's filling it up. Two birdies his last three holes. Smotherman. Yeah, wasn't his best wedge shot in here. About 30 feet going up the slope. Might go left at the end. It's a really crisp strike. Oh, yeah. Getting in there tight. Nearly got it to drop. Jump a couple holes ahead on the 12th. Libioda. Curls it in. Good starts to the Black Desert Championship. Or Black Desert Resort Bank Utah Championship. It's Kevin Roy with his approach to 12th. Just a moment ago. Majestic in flight. There's a backstop there. Might trickle on back. Yeah, this could get really good. Run the zip line towards the hole. Oh, yeah. Good to the last drop. Up ahead at the green now. Van Rooyen has this for Birdie. Downhill ever so slightly. Might move just a smidgen to the left. Oh, it did. That looks good. How about that? Much needed birdie. Back to back. 17th. Just playing 149 yards today. See the pin way over on the right side. This certainly was off on a great line. Have a look at that pitch mark there, folks. No more than about 10 inches or so from the hole. Yeah, this is a fun hole here. A lot of guys making birdies. A couple eagles already as well today. Hello. That thing came down like a nine-iron. What a shot. Boston Bracken, the amateur from nearby St. George, Utah. 265 in. Anything right of this hole will feed in. We'll see some pretty close here at 18, and that's what this is going to do here. Really nice. The veteran Kevin Struman on the par 3 third. 194 yards. This is kind of like the six that Riviere with the bunker in the middle of the green here. Ah, it's really nice. That left. Bracken. For eagle. An eagle three. A 31 this first nine holes. He's going to cruise to the front side. Four back. Dunlap. Cops that big tear that kind of rejected his approach shot. Just rattles it in. That was carrying some speed. He's two shots off the lead. Uh, within how many feet? There you go. That's why you keep going, kids. Our tracing technology is provided by TrackMan. On a good line. Is it ever on a good line? How about those shots? Climbing to the top tier on this drivable par 4. Yeah, not too bad a start for him. George Smith, the Englishman on the 8th for birdie. Slides it in. He's now at 500 par. And his first campaign on the PGA Tour. Back-to-back birdies now on 7 and 8. One hole to go on his first round. Pretty aggressive line. Maybe a little bit right where the other two balls are. Oh, but a much more solid strike. Carries all the way up there. How about that shot from Max Homa? That'll be inside 10-12 feet. It might have been a little chatty PT in that one. Yeah. It'll get a little better. Clever. Very clever. You see that big ridge kind of running across it. He has to deal with it. Decided to fly it past it. Use the slope. Oh, David Lingmuth! What a two! Tony Finau, Fairway Wood. You can see how blind that tee shot is. Just a great line. Watch. Geez! That flew up there. That could have hit somebody right in the dome. You could see how Max Homa tapping in. He didn't see that ball coming up. Tracing Technology is presented by Titleist. The number one ball in golf. Went a little against the grain there. Did Eric Coley. Hit a big cut. Usually likes to draw everything, but Stop. Stop. We love it. We saw this hole earlier. This pin just kind of up on a little perch in the back part of the green. You can chase something back there. That lands on the down slope and that will get there. Oh, right there! From three back to a share of the lead. How's that last stretch? It's kind of a nice little breather for these guys. Kevin Roy is six under on his day. Make it seven! He joins a large group. One shot off the lead with a par five. Eleventh hole now. Par four. Blanchett for Birdie. Stretch. And down it goes. Tell you what, these greens are rolling really nice for late in the afternoon. Roy in the go zone on 18. And there is a little ridge that runs kind of north-south through this green. It's about five paces right of this hole that you can work a golf ball in off of, but he's going pretty much straight at it. Pin high.