Tiger Woods’ ex-caddie leaves Adam Scott for LPGA Tour

The Asia Swing kicks off in Kuala Lumpur where Pat Perez starts his title defense at the CIMB Classic. 2017 FedExCup champion Justin Thomas and Ryan Moore, both two-time winners of the event, will try to claim the trophy for a third time. The field also features Kiradech Aphibarnrat, who just recently became a full-time TOUR member, and Keegan Bradley who broke a winless drought at last season’s BMW Championship. Here’s how to follow all the action from Asia.  Leaderboard Round 1 tee times HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN (ALL TIMES ET) TELEVISION: Wednesday-Thursday, 10:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m. ET (Golf Channel). Friday-Saturday, 11 p.m.-3 a.m. (GC). NOTABLE GROUPINGS 8:30 p.m. off No. 10: Cameron Smith, Emiliano Grillo, Ernie Els 8:50 p.m. off No. 10: Justin Thomas, Pat Perez, Ryan Moore 9:20 p.m. off No. 1: Byeong-hun An, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Shubhankar Sharma 9:50 p.m. off No. 1: Brandt Snedeker, Paul Casey, Marc Leishman  MUST-READS Power Rankings Featured Groups The Flyover

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SILVIS, Ill. — J.T. Poston shot a 9-under 62 on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead in the PGA TOUR’s John Deere Classic. Coming off a second-place tie last week in Connecticut, Poston eagled the par-5 second and had seven birdies in a bogey-free round at TPC Deere Run. “It’s, obviously, why you practice and why you work as hard as you do on your game,” Poston said. “Any time you can have those rounds where you really get it going low and mistake-free, bogey-free is a bonus. It’s why you work at it and why you practice the way we do.” Canadian Michael Gligic was second at 64, playing in the final group of the day off the first tee. Vaughn Taylor and Christopher Gotterup followed at 65. Ricky Barnes, Denny McCarthy, Chris Naegel and Dylan Frittelli shot 66. “Been struggling a little bit physically and haven’t been putting very well,” Taylor said. “But coming into here I told myself, `You know, I know this course, how to play it. Just go do it.’ That’s kind of how I did today. Just tried not to think about too much and just play golf.” Poston won the 2019 Wyndham Championship for his lone PGA TOUR title. “I would say for the last few months it’s been in a good spot,” Poston said. “Just hadn’t quite seen the results. Then, Hilton Head I had a good week. Wells Fargo, good week. Last week, playing well. So I think it’s starting to kind of come together and see the results and see the shots and kind of building that confidence back into my ball-striking.” Iowa native Zach Johnson, the 2012 winner, opened with a 69 in afternoon wind in his 20th consecutive start in the event. “That’s as hard as I’ve seen this golf course play in a long time,” Johnson said. “Granted, you got some roll, so if you land it in the fairway it was going to bounce, which is fun. But it was hard.” Defending champion Lucas Glover shot 74.

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How it works: Each week, our experts from PGATOUR.COM will make their selections in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf. Each lineup consists of four starters and two bench players that can be rotated after each round. Adding to the challenge is that every golfer can be used only three times per each of four Segments. Aside from the experts below, Fantasy Insider Rob Bolton breaks down the field at this year’s Hewlett Packard Enterprise Houston Open in this week’s edition of the Power Rankings. For more fantasy, check out Rookie Ranking, Qualifiers and Reshuffle. THINK YOU’RE BETTER THAN OUR EXPERTS? The PGA TOUR Experts league is once again open to the public. You can play our free fantasy game and see how you measure up against our experts below. Joining the league is simple. Just click here to sign up or log in. Once you create a team, click the “LEAGUES” tab. Then click on “FEATURED,” and then on the PGA TOUR Experts league that populates. SEASON SEGMENT

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