Low-and-behold: Landry shoots 63, leads in K.C. area
Published 7:47 pm Friday, July 28, 2017
- Andrew Landry, originally of Groves, lines up a putt attempt during Friday’s first round of the Web.com Digital Ally Open in Overland Park, Kansas. (Photo courtesy Web.com Tour)
Andrew Landry celebrated his move to the top of the Web.com Tour money list by shooting a career low round on that tour of 8-under par 63 Friday in the opening round of the Digital Ally Open in Overland Park, Kan.
And he did it despite a bogey on his first hole of the day — the par 4,
10th — on the Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate.
His blazing finish, highlighted by a 30 on his second nine holes of the day,
resulted in a one-shot lead over four players.
“Kind of a shaky start,” Landry said. “I was sort of sluggish after laying
around all day Thursday because of the rainout. “My back was tight, I felt
tired. To be honest, I didn’t feel like playing.”
An eagle at the par 5, 15th got the juices flowing for the Port Neches-Groves ex. That moved him to two under, after he’d gotten to even with
a birdie on 13. Over his last 13 holes, Landry made seven birdies and an
eagle. The only blemish was a second bogey at the par-4 fourth.
It was his second consecutive competitive round with a total of eight
birdies, but Landry wasn’t sure whether it was his low round on the Web.com Tour. A records check revealed his previous best was 64. He did that two weeks ago in Utah and in 2015 in Nova Scotia.
“It was a great round but I didn’t do anything super special,” he said. “I
was just real solid in everything. I think I missed one putt that I thought I
should have made. Other than that, it was just hitting fairways and giving
myself good birdie looks.
Landry, playing only his second tournament with a new Ping G400 driver,
averaged 311 yards off the tee and hit 13 of 14 fairways. He took only 24
putts, the longest of which was a 20-footer for eagle.
“I was a little shaky with that driver the first couple of rounds last
week, but I got comfortable with it on Sunday,” he said. “As wet as this golf course was, I am really pleased with averaging 311 yards.”
The eagle that jump-started his round came after he pured a 4-iron to 20
feet from 228 yards.
Because of the 7-inch rain that flooded the Kansas City area on Wednesday
night, the first two rounds of the tournament were backed up one day. A
36-hole finale is set for Sunday.
“It’s been a while since I’ve done one of those,” Landry said. “I start
late on Saturday, so there will be a quick turnaround. I just need to keep
playing the way I am. It would be sweet to put up another W before I take next week off.”