From the early wave and beginning on 10 tee, World No. 370 Trey Mullinax walked off with birdie toward a bogey-free 7-under 32-33=65 in R1 of the opposite-field Barbasol Championship to sit T2, one shy of clubhouse leader Ricardo Gouveia.
The 30-year-old has been slumping since a T24 seven starts ago at the Mexico Open at Vidanta, where he was in a six-way T1 after a 7-under showing in R1 (64-69-73-69). Since, he’s missed four of six cuts with no top 30s, and arrived 140th in the FedExCup standings with two top 25s in 23 events and one top 10, a T4 at the Sanderson Farms back in October. Today, the Alabama alum rang up seven birdies on 14 greens in regulation, including three straight out of the gates, and recorded 1.988 SG: Tee-to-Green and 2.818 SG: Putting, highlighted by three scoring conversions from between 15 and 26 feet, and a par-saver at 15 (6'2") after hitting his first tee ball OB. This is his third Barbasol with a best of T55 on debut in 2017 during his rookie campaign (68-65-73-70). See link below to post-round comments.