Graham DeLaet and David Hearn are paired together right behind the juggernaut group of Tiger, Rory and the throw in Nick Watney...
As good Canadian guys do during the playoffs they showed up on the first tee with their playoff beards well underway and I'm not so sure it was the beards as much as it was the new $150.00 long putter Graham bought from the pro shop bin in Boise.
He used it to great effect in particular with a 40 foot eagle bomb on his final hole (9th) on his way to an -8 64, tied for the lead with Rory McIlroy, BoVan Pelt and Webb Simpson..
Hearn had a -3 69 and is T29 on a day when 60 of the 70 players were below par as the field was allowed to lift clean and place after torrential rain on Wednesday..
pgatour.com..
McIlroy, flawless with his irons, birdied his last two holes for an 8-under 64 and was part of a four-way tie for the lead with Indiana native Bo Van Pelt, U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson and Graham DeLaet, the Canadian who is quietly becoming the Cinderella of these FedExCup Playoffs.
Just three days after McIlroy won the Deutsche Bank Championship, he looked just as impressive in the opening round at Crooked Stick.
"He hits it great, putts it great and top of that, he's just a really nice kid," Woods said in some of his strongest praise ever for another player. "The game of golf is in great hands with him, and he's here to stay."
Woods, who finished two shots behind Monday in Boston, isn't going away quietly. He was only sharp when it came to scoring, making enough birdies to stay in the game, including a 30-foot chip-in on his last hole for a 65
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