Highlights: Akshay Bhatia’s stellar 9-under Valero Texas Open Round 1 | Golf Channel

Watch highlights from Akshay Bhatia’s outstanding Round 1 of the Valero Texas Open, in which he posted a score of 9-under to go up by three strokes early. #GolfChannel #PGATour #AkshayBhatia #ValeroTexasOpen
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so here’s batia coming back for par to
stay in that tie for fifth with Hayden
Springer who’s in with the 69 and batia
just walks it right in nice two put
center cut hor is on the card on that
front nine about batia you said it was
that make Zone here at nine there you go
right in the heart I’ll guarantee you
when he walked up there and he saw it on
that back tier just off the edge he’s
thinking I can make it from there finish
it just like Tommy Fleet with that three
quter finish batia for par able to stay
a four under that tie 4 second which is
Four Strong it’s totally turned his
career around 21 buta off the
green boy how nice is that right there
really well judged coming out of that
light
rough keep that best round in the
afternoon going no problem there good up
and down to get within one at five
under come on
problems it’s very conducive to hit the
shot that he wants to it’s definitely
going to pitch forward this is really
doable
here Smiley’s been working on his short
game working with Gabriel yetep a PGA
Tour winner I watched him practice this
week
and there you go what a round this guy’s
putting together today the guy with all
the shots
loves playing in the wind as we go to 15
a seven under all by
himself Rolling Along coming off his
best finish of the season last week tied
for 11th all four days in the 60s and
he’s at it again this will be a fifth
consecutive round he’s got a couple
options here is he going to drive it in
the slopers you’re going to try to play
it through the air over that Ridge
coming in very low should have a lot of
spin God another great
[Applause]
shot perfect boy that he just visualized
he landed it right on top of the ridge
low trajectory what I saw I nipped it
but he has worked so hard on this part
of his game but I love this shot right
here low trajectory ball first drives it
through
there and just I love the low wedges
that’s watch it land just on top there
and then it takes all that
spin what a beauty yeah Rive off the te
with the driver and he going to pay off
he’s going to get to 800 that’s what the
data says too the closer you can get to
the green the more often or not you’re
going to get it up and down or hit it
close what a shot what a three for batia
and he is now at 8 under
[Applause]
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