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The Eight-Under Blitz: Inside Jacob Bridgeman’s Yokohama Statement

A surgical opening 63 from the American leaves Jordan Smith and Kanagawa’s marquee field chasing shadows in round one.

Yokohama Country Club in autumn is usually a setting for measured, deliberate ball-striking, where tight tree-lined corridors demand patience above all else.

Bridgeman’s opening salvo was an exercise in precision over panic. In a field stacked with international talent and local heavyweights, the Clemson product took immediate control…

The nearest threat emerged from across the Atlantic. England’s Jordan Smith mounted a clinical pursuit, carding a seven-under 64 to keep Bridgeman squarely in his sights.

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A surgical opening 63 from the American leaves Jordan Smith and Kanagawa’s marquee field chasing shadows in round one.

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