Golf Channel · Jun 30, 2022
Monday qualifier Chris Naegel in John Deere Classic mix after opening eagle
Monday qualifier Chris Naegel started the John Deere Classic with a bang — and didn't stop there.
Starting off his sixth-ever PGA Tour start on the back nine, Naegel stepped up to TPC Deere Run's par-5 10th and on his third shot, holed out from 102 yards for eagle.
"I wouldn't say (the eagle) like relaxed me," Naegel said, "but I was like, 'Okay, let's go make some birdies now.'"
En route to a 5-under 66 — a new Tour-low round for Naegel by a stroke — that has him T-3, four shots off J.T. Poston's lead, the 39-year-old carded six birdies in total, along with three bogeys on his second nine.