Qualifier Peter Kuest makes flying start at Rocket Mortgage Classic

Qualifier Peter Kuest carded an eight-under par round of 64 on Thursday to share the lead with Taylor Moore after the first round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

It appeared Kuest would hold the outright lead, but Moore poured in his fourth birdie in a five-hole stretch on the 17th to pull even. Moore's birdie attempt on the last, which would have tied the course record, slid just right of the cup.

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Scoring was low at Detroit Golf Club, but nobody went lower than Moore and Kuest, who had to play his way into the field on Monday.

Kuest offset a lone bogey with nine birdies, including going out in 6-under 30 on the front nine. He attempts to become the first Monday qualifier to win on the PGA Tour since Corey Conners at the 2021 Valero Texas Open.

"It feels good. We've got another round tomorrow so we're going to get ready for that and then just take it one step at a time," said Kuest, who added that he probably would have been fishing back home in Utah on Thursday had he not made it through the Monday qualifier.

Kuest will enter Friday tied for the lead with Moore ahead of a slew of players at seven-under.

That group includes rookie Ludvig Aberg, who reached nine-under under during while playing in the morning wave, only to close his round with a pair of bogeys. Also at seven-under is fellow rookie Sam Bennett and Dylan Wu, who carded a pair of eagles during his round.