Kevin Streelman, Tom Whitney and Rico Hoey are tied atop the leaderboard after the first round of the World Wide Technology Championship on Thursday in Los Cabos, Mexico. The round is effectively but not officially over, as play was suspended due to darkness with one threesome still on their last hole at El Cardonal at Diamante. Streelman, Whitney and Hoey set the number to chase at 5-under 67 with seven players tied one behind them.
The leading trio features a 46-year-old former PGA Tour winner in Streelman, a 35-year-old journeyman in Whitney and a Filipino up-and-comer in the 29-year-old Hoey. Streelman kicked off his tournament with an eagle at the par-5 first hole and was 3 under par through two. After his only bogey of the day at No.
8, he birdied Nos. 10, 11 and 14. He was happy with his performance in Thursday's stiff winds.
"It's a tiring golf course, especially when it blows this hard out here," Streelman said. "You have holes you need to take care of with 1 being one of them, it's kind of a downwind par 5, and 18 in a similar fashion. But then you turn into the wind.
No. 4 we all ripped drivers and had 3-woods in there. So it's just, like I say, every shot is kind of stressful out there.
It's an awesome golf course, it's holding its own clearly." Streelman is seeking his first win since the 2014 Travelers Championship. He hit 16 of 18 greens in regulation Thursday, tied for the best showing of the round.
Whitney had a difficult season, missing 16 of 24 cuts enterin.