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Bryson DeChambeau's first start since winning the U.S. Open is off to a good start. The long hitter, whose physical transformation has been the talk of the TOUR, shot 59 in Wednesday's pro-am for the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. DeChambeau's round got off to a relatively slow start. He made birdie on the first hole but was just 3 under par after eight holes. A birdie on the par-5 ninth hole gave him a 4-under 31 on the front nine. He turned it on when he made the turn, making birdie on the first six holes of the back nine before an eagle at the par-5 16th. DeChambeau lipped out a putt on 18 for 58. The longest club he hit into any of the par-5s was a 7-iron. He had just 169 yards into the 16th hole. DeChambeau's career-low round is a 62 in the second round of the 2019 3M Open, where he finished runner-up to Matthew Wolff. DeChambeau got revenge at Winged Foot, where he overtook Wolff with a final-round 67. DeChambeau, Wolff and Cameron Champ are paired together in the first two rounds at TPC Summerlin. The lowest round at TPC Summerlin in competitive play is 60, shot by J.J. Henry in 2013 and Rod Pampling in 2016. DeChambeau has a good history at TPC Summerlin, winning the 2018 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open and finished fourth last year. "I wanted to come back to this tournament because the Shriners have been so great to me for the past couple years. Winning their event and being part of my foundation I felt like I had to come back and support the event. It’s just the right thing to do," DeChambeau said Wednesday. "I love the golf courses here, too." A 59 will only increase his affection for TPC Summerlin.

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2023 Fortinet Championship, Round 2 Top 10 win probabilities: 1. Max Homa (T1, -12, 40.1%) 2. Danny Willett (T1, -12, 18.4%) 3. Justin Lower (T3, -10, 6.8%) 4. Byeong Hun An (T3, -10, 6.4%) 5. Sahith Theegala (T5, -8, 4.2%) 6. Matt Kuchar (T5, -8, 3.7%) 7. Taylor Moore (T5, -8, 3.5%) 8. Robby Shelton (T8, -7, 1.0%) 9. Tom Hoge (T16, -5, 0.9%) 10. Ben Martin (T8, -7, 0.7%) Top Strokes-Gained Performers from Round 2: Putting: Danny Willett +4.1 Around the Green: Dylan Wu +2.4 Approach the Green: Trey Mullinax +3.4 Off-the-tee: Austin Eckroat +2.4 Total: Danny Willett +7.9 NOTE: These reports are based off of the live predictive model run by @DataGolf. The model provides live “Make Cut”, “Top 20”, “Top 5”, and “Win” probabilities every 5 minutes from the opening tee shot to the final putt of every PGA TOUR event. Briefly, the model takes account of the current form of each golfer as well as the difficulty of their remaining holes, and probabilities are calculated from 20K simulations. To follow live finish probabilities throughout the remainder of the Fortinet Championship, or to see how each golfer’s probabilities have evolved from the start of the event to the current time, click here for the model’s home page.

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