MEMPHIS — England’s Harry Hall has not missed a cut since mid-March at the Players Championship, has posted eight top-25 finishes in his last nine starts and is statistically the best putter on the PGA Tour, leading the strokes gained category.

It appears that the 28-year-old has been making a strong case for inclusion on the European Ryder Cup team when it heads to Bethpage Black next month in its bid for the first “road” win in the biennial matches since Europe’s miraculous rally at Medinah Country Club in 2012.

That continued on Thursday in the opening round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship when Hall shot a bogey-free six-under 64 at TPC Southwind, bettered in the early going by playing partner Akshay Bhatia’s sterling 62.

Hall, who won last year’s ISCO Championship opposite the Br

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