Frys.com Open 2015: Thursday Leaderboard Scores and Highlights

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Published: October 16, 2015

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Brendan Steele did not waste any time making his mark at the first event of the 2015-16 PGA Tour season. Steele carded seven birdies in his first nine holes, pushing his way to the top of the leaderboard before finishing with a nine-under 63 at the first round of the Frys.com Open on Thursday.

The 32-year-old California native holds a one-stroke lead over Jhonattan Vegas, who also took advantage of favorable morning conditions to shoot a 64. Harold Varner III and Martin Laird currently sit in third place at seven under, with Varner playing his last three holes at four under.



There was clear separation on the leaderboard between those who played morning and afternoon rounds. Laird and Scott Langley, who is at five under and tied for seventh place, are the only golfers inside the top 10 who began their days after noon. All the others took advantage of a Silverado Country Club course that was softer and more forgiving early in the day.

Steele, who is among the players transitioning away from the controversial belly putter, showed no signs of trouble. Opening on the back nine, he carded birdies on Nos. 11 and 12 before making the turn with a string of five straight birdies starting with No. 14. While it helped that Steele was deadly accurate with his approaches—he missed just one green in regulation—he finally seemed to find comfort on the green.



“Keegan (Bradley) and I have talked about this a lot,” said Steele, who made the switch in 2014, per Ryan Lavner of Golf Channel. "Basically, everybody is thousands of hours of practice behind with the short putter. So that’s where everybody has to kind of catch up. We have to outwork everybody now to pick up those little idiosyncrasies that we’ve missed over the last eight or 10 years.”

Playing the back nine low was key for nearly every player on the leaderboard. Six of t...
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