Valley’s Joe Tucker Leads RI Stroke Play Championship After Round 1
Valley Country Club’s Joe Tucker fired a bogey-free four-under par 68 to lead the Rhode Island Stroke Play Championship after round one on Monday at Alpine Country Club.
Tucker leads Aquidneck Club’s Teddy Murphy and Austin Cilley by one shot heading into Tuesday’s final 36 holes.
The top 42 players and ties made the cut into Tuesday’s final rounds.
Overall, there were seven players who fired under par rounds on day one.
The cut ended up being four-over par.
Tucker’s Round
Tucker opened the round by birding Alpine’s par-5 second hole to get to one under par right off the jump.
After a string of pars, Tucker dropped a birdie putt on the eighth hole and saved par on the tough par-3 ninth hole to make the turn at two under par.
On the back side, Tucker dropped birdie putts at 11 and 12 to get to four under for the day.
He would parr out the rest of the way to shoot 68 and take the solo lead.