Flawless Del Solar bogey free in Bogota

Chilean Cristobal Del Solar leads the Astara Golf Championship at 10-under after a bogey-free 61 first-round over American Robby Shelton at the Fundadores Course in Bogota.

The first round was suspended due to darkness and will resume today with seven players needing to complete the first round.

Del Solar holds a three-stroke lead over Robby Shelton with his second best career low-round score on the Tour. Del Solar’s 57 on the Pacos Course at the 2024 Astara Golf Championship is the lowest 18-hole score in any PGA Tour-sanctioned event.

Shelton, a four-time Korn Ferry Tour winner opened with a bogey-free 64 to hold sole second spot in the leaderboard ahead of five chasing players – Ashton Van Horne, Norman Xiong, Martin Laird, Hunter Eichhorn and Vicente Marzillio – a stroke further.

Van Horne, who is competing via medical extension and making his first start on the Tour since May last year carded 6-under 65 despite a bogey on the par-4 sixth.

Two-time Tour winner Xiong, who finished T66 in last week’s Panama Championship, recorded eight birdies against two bogeys for his first-round 6-under 65.

Korn Ferry Tour winner Laird, also opened with a 65, his best 18-hole score in nine rounds on Tour this season.

Eichhorn, who opened the 2026 season with a T6 finish at The Bahamas Golf Classic, opened with a bogey-free 65.

Marzilio, making his fifth career start on the Korn Ferry Tour and his tournament debut was also bogey-free with his 65 round.

Ian Holt, who became the first player in Korn Ferry Tour history to win two of the season’s first three events, opened his campaign of a third title of the season with a 2-under 69. He had won the last two events on Tour – The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic and The Panama Championship.

With a third victory this season, Holt would earn an automatic promotion to the PGA Tour via the Three-Victory Promotion.

Defending champion Kyle Westmoreland was tied-38 with Holt.

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