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Tour rookie contending at Sanderson Farms in home state; gets recognized after round

After Hayden Buckley fired a career-best 67 Thursday at the Sanderson Farms Championship, his second start since getting a PGA Tour card, he got a glimpse of what life on Tour is like.

Playing in his home state of Mississippi at the Country Club of Jackson, which is about three hours south of his hometown, Tupelo, Buckley grabbed a smoothie at Smoothie King Thursday night and was recognized by a friend of a friend.

"I picked up a smoothie last night and ran into a familiar face and we had a mutual friend," Buckley said. "So that was kind of funny, kind of getting recognized a little bit more, I guess that's part of the PGA Tour, but we are in my home state and I guess a lot of guys follow it, it just shows you how many people support you and really follow your career.