Chubb Classic: Paul Stankowski, Mario Tiziani Fire 65s to direct the PGA Tour Champions event

With Hawaii and Morocco now in its rear view mirror, the champions of the PGA Tour experienced its first American continental judgment of the 2025 campaign at the Chubb Classic in Naples on Friday.

After sneck out of four of his first holes, Paul Stankowski added four others – in a row – on n ° 12-15 before closing with a ninth sawdust on the day at PAR -5 18^th To open with a 7-sous 65 on the black route of Tiburón Golf Club.

The 65 of Stankowski, its lowest opening score on the champions of the PGA Tour in 80 departures, can be credited – at least in part – to find all the fairway except one of the tee and as a Vervus of 18 in regulations .

Equality for 12th in 2022, its first of the three previous Chubb Classic departures, is its best finish.

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“I am encouraged by the beginning, but a little surprised by the way it was low,” said Stankowski. “The off -season was long and I did not play a lot of golf. I came here really rusty. If you ask my pro-Am partners in recent days, I think I have done two birdies in three days. I came to Florida on Wednesday last week and I played a few laps. I saw my mother for a few days, then I came here and I played Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. So I played six laps in eight days. It was the seventh in eight days. »»

Make your third departure in the CHUBB Classic, and 60^th During the tour, Mario Tiziani followed Birdies out of her first six holes with another at 11, then an Eagle-3 at 12^th Before finishing with six consecutive pars to mark a 7-mine of 65 to claim a share of the head with Stankowski.

Tiziani – Steve Stricker’s brother -in -law – was pleasantly surprised by his performance in the first round.

“I went to Q-School; did not succeed, ”said Tiziani. “I really didn’t play a ton. I went home to Minneapolis and I had the duty of the jury for two weeks. Then I just did the Christmas thing. I went to Hawaii with Steve (stricker) over there, and I just accelerated him in the last two weeks to prepare. »»

A round as Friday says a lot about the overview of how he enters his own champions tour.

“It was an explosion, I have to pinch myself,” he said. “I essentially left the game when I was 40 years old. I had some success here and people were great. I had the opportunity to spend time with the big ones that I didn’t really have the chance to do when I was on the PGA Tour. So I feel super lucky. There is a lot of encouragement of guys here ”

Just making his third start on the champions of the PGA Tour, Freddie Jacobsen in Sweden used the momentum of four consecutive birdies on n ° 5-9 to add three others to n ° 12, 13 and 18 to sign for a 66 .^th.

“This is one of these courses that if you can hunt the ball of the tee, you will probably set up with a lot of chance,” said Jacobsen. “I really tried to focus on the composition of fairways and put good swings on it. It gave me a lot of chance…. And, I did a few.

Released his victory two weeks ago at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship in Hualalai, Ernie Els opened her fifth classic chubb with a 5-me of 67. Level per 11 holes, Els secured the birdies out of five of her last seven holes to enter with the 67.

In his attempt to join Lee Trevino (1990-91) and Bernhard Langer (2022-23) as players to successfully defend a classic Chubb title, the champion of last year, Stephen Ames, used four birdies to compensate Two bogeys and a double bogey to sign for a first round 72.

Of course, with a record of five victories in the event, the plot and the anticipation swirled all week above changing when he entered his 16 years^th CHUBB Classic.

In the first round, the member of the 67 -year -old golf renowned temple, aged two Bogeys with two birdies en route to an equal 72.

The departure times of the second round of Saturday take place from 8:15 a.m. to 12:50 p.m.

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This article originally appeared on Naples Daily News: 2025 Chubb Classic Day 1: Paul Stankowski, Mario Tiziani Lead Pga Tour Champions Event