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Howell, Schniederjans shoot 63 to share John Deere lead

SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — Charles last year through the Web. those good days.”
Howell III and Ollie Schnie- com Tour. Howell and Schniederjans
derjans each shot 8-under “I haven’t had a great start are coming off injuries.
63 on Thursday to share the really all year on the first “I had nine weeks off prior
first-round lead in the John round,” Schniederjans said. to the Quicken Loans with
Deere Classic. “I have had some decent a rib injury, and it was my
Playing alongside local fa- first rounds and good Fri- first injury — knock on wood
vorite Zach Johnson, How- days, but this is the first re- — I’ve had in my career,”
ell birdied seven his first ally goof round I’ve had on said Howell, making his
nine holes and added a Thursday. It’s nice to get off 11th at Deere Run. “I went
birdie on No. 7 in his morn- to a good start and hope- to Quicken Loans quite
ing round at rain-softened fully keep it going.” honestly not prepared to
TPC Deere Run. The two- Johnson was two strokes play well. I had only been
time PGA Tour winner lost a back at 65 along with Rory hitting balls for four or five
playoff to Kyle Stanley two Sabbatini, Patrick Rodg- days prior to that event. Ex-
weeks ago in the Quicken ers and Chad Campbell. pectations were extremely
Loans National. Johnson, from Cedar Rap- low and I played well.”
“This morning without traf- ids, Iowa, won the 2012 Schniederjans has been
fic, they were rolling like tournament. fighting a pulled muscle in
carpet,” Howell said. “This “With this Monday, Tues- his back since Colonial in
morning was absolutely day, Wednesday rain we late May.
the best scoring we’ll see had, it’s one of those you “It kind of lingered and
all week, which would also feel like you got to keep I tried to play through it,
lead me to believe that the pedal down,” Johnson and then ended up tak-
tomorrow morning you’re said. “The course is still nice. ing like 15 days off without
going to see some low I was surprised we didn’t hitting a ball and still is sort
scores as well. Here, it’s play it up today. I techni- of there,” Schniederjans.
about minimizing bogeys cally only had 1 1/2 mud “Kind of have to have
as much as you can and balls probably, so that was maintenance. ... It’s been
take advantage of the pretty good considering.” fine the last three weeks,
holes that you need to.” He holed a 24-foot birdie but my game has been
Schniederjans birdied five putt on his second-to- getting better as the days
of his last eight holes in his last hole to get within two have gone on, too.”
Charles Howell III tees off on the seventh hole during the first lowest round of the PGA strokes. Bubba Wastson, the two-
round of the John Deere Classic golf tournament Thursday, July Tour. The 24-year-old for- “I’m very comfortable with time Masters making his first
13, 2017, in Silvis, Ill. mer Georgia Tech star this golf course, essentially Quad Cities start in seven
Associated Press earned a PGA Tour card any condition,” Johnson years, opened with a 69.
said. “All that being said, Fifty-year-old Steve Stricker,
you still have to execute. the winner from 2009-11 at
(Thursday) was one of Deere Run, had a 73.q

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