Nick Dunlap of the US traces up a putt on the eighth inexperienced through the first spherical of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course on November 09, 2023 in Southampton, Bermuda. (Picture by Marianna Massey/Getty Photos)
The ultimate pairing off the primary tee throughout Thursday’s opening spherical featured a glimpse on the recreation’s future.
First is Sam Bennett, the current Texas A&M grad who received the 2022 U.S. Beginner. Then there’s Fred Biondi, the 2023 NCAA particular person champion from Florida who turned skilled this summer time. Then there’s Nick Dunlap, one of the best beginner in golf this summer time who received the 2023 U.S. Beginner at Cherry Hills Nation Membership outdoors of Denver.
And for Dunlap, a sophomore at Alabama, he acquired off to a sizzling begin.
Dunlap was on his seventeenth gap when the horn went off. He was 3 beneath by 16. The seventeenth, a par 5, is taking part in as the simplest gap within the first spherical.
