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Neal Shipley gave his forgettable rookie season on the PGA Tour a glimmer of hope Friday when he got off to a torrid start and finished with a 9-under 62, giving him a one-shot lead over Ben Kohles in the inaugural Biltmore Championship Asheville.
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he → give → Asheville
Kohles closed the gap in a hurry with an eagle-birdie finish for a 63 as he tries to erase memories of a pair of close calls and chases his first PGA Tour title.
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he → close → title
The Biltmore Championship Asheville is the first of eight tournaments in the FedEx Cup Fall that determine the top 100 in the FedEx Cup who keep full cards for next season.
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who → determine → season
Shipley earned his card off the Korn Ferry Tour, but he has missed 11 cuts in his 19 tournaments this year and is likely headed back to the Korn Ferry Tour unless he turns it around quickly.
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he → earn → it
A victory, of course, would not only give him a two-year exemption, it would secure him for the more lucrative Championship Series in 2028 when the tour revamps its schedule.
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tour → give → schedule
A score like this — matched by Ricky Castillo, who was four shots behind in third place — was sorely needed for Shipley.
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who → match → Shipley
“I had a great year last year,” Shipley said.
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Shipley → have → year
“Start of the season wasn’t really what we wanted.
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we → want → what
Been kind of clawing back to get my game back where it should be.
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it → claw → ?
I feel like a lot of that work is finally showing.
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lot → feel → work
It’s weird.
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It → ’ → ?
Golf is one of those sports where you don’t get instant gratification.
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you → get → gratification
You got to work for a long time to see results.
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You → get → results
“I feel like I’m seeing kind of the fruits of that labor,” he said.
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he → feel → labor
“And really pumped about where we are right now.”
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we → pump → ?
He opened with two birdies, and then hit his second shot to 10 feet on the par-5 third hole.
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He → open → hole
He went out in 6-under 29, kept bogeys off his card all day and had three more birdies on the back nine.
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He → go → nine
Shipley has played the par 5s in 9 under through 36 holes, key to The Cliffs at Walnut Grove where the longest of the par 5s in the second round was at 536 yards — that plays closer to par 4s in the modern era of power.
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that → play → power
Kohles had a great chance to win the John Deere Classic until pulling his approach into the water on the 18th hole.
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Kohles → have → hole
He also made bogey on the closing hole of The CJ Cup Byron Nelson who years ago, losing by one shot.
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He → make → shot
Now he has another opportunity after hitting 9-iron for his second shot on the par-5 17th to 20 feet for eagle, and closing with a 15-foot birdie.
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he → have → birdie
“I keep putting myself in these positions.
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I → put → positions
That’s all I can ask for,” Kohles said.
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Kohles → ’ → ?
“We work so hard to get in these spots, so I feel like I’ve learned a lot the last few months. ...
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I → work → lot
I know I can do it, it’s just a matter of going out and doing it.
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it → know → it
So we’ll see what the weekend has in store.”
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weekend → see → store
Jacob Bridgeman had a 67 to lead the seven players who will be at the Presidents Cup next week at Medinah.
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who → have → Medinah
That still left him six shots behind Shipley.
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That → leave → Shipley
It wasn’t a great showing for the Internationals, with Nick Taylor the only one of their five Presidents Cup players to make the cut.
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Taylor → make → cut