{"id":7119,"date":"2019-09-19T01:57:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T01:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=7119"},"modified":"2019-09-19T01:57:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T01:57:31","slug":"tom-hoge-takes-early-lead-in-sanderson-farms-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/tom-hoge-takes-early-lead-in-sanderson-farms-championship","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hoge takes early lead in Sanderson Farms Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tom Hoge fires off a shot from the green way at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi<\/p><\/div>\n

Tom Hoge is relieved to be back in action on the PGA Tour and is off to a solid start with a clear hand and the scores that go with it. It was only last week at Greenbriar that Hoge finished in the runner up spot behind Joaqu\u00edn Niemann and it was his best finish of his PGA Tour career,<\/p>\n

Now at the Sanderson Farms Championship, Tom Hoge<\/a> shot 8-under 64 on the opening day to lead the pack by one shot after closing with a 45-foot birdie on Thursday. Seamus Power, Cameron Percy and Robert Streb are close behind at 7-under par while Zac Blair, Emiliano Grillo, Zach Johnson, Mark Anderson, An Byeong-hun and J. T. Poston sit tied at 5- under par.<\/p>\n

After the opening round saw thunderstorms bring play to a halt for three hours before eventually suspending the first round until Friday, Hoge hopes to continue his push and widen the gap. Hoge, who at 30, has yet to win a PGA event in 134 starts and only made it once to the FedEx Cup playoffs.<\/p>\n

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