Saturday March 9, 2013
Percy and Romero take charge in Puerto Rico
RIO GRANDE (Puerto Rico): Australia’s Cameron Percy and Argentina’s Andres Romero each fired a seven-under 65 on Thursday to seize the lead after the first round of the US$3.5mil US PGA Puerto Rico Open.
Percy, seeking his first US PGA title, made nine birdies against two bogeys at the Trump International resort while Romero, whose only PGA crown came in 2008 at New Orleans, fired seven birdies and an eagle against a pair of bogeys.
Americans Jon Curran and Blayne Barber shared third on 66 while a group of nine players on 67 included Argentina’s Angel Cabrera, Canada’s Brad Fritsch, Puerto Rico’s Rafael Campos and former US Amateur champion Peter Uihlein.
With 65 of the tour’s top players at the World Golf Championships event at Doral in Miami this week, the Puerto Rico event offers a title chance to some of the PGA’s unheralded standouts.
Romero began on the back nine and had back-to-back birdies at the 12th and 13th holes, then added birdies at the par-three 16th and par-five 18th ahead of his eagle at the par-five second.
The 31-year-old South American followed that with birdies on three of the next four holes before stumbling back with bogeys at the par-four seventh and par-three eighth holes.
Percy, whose best US PGA showing was a runner-up finish at Las Vegas in 2010, opened with back-to-back birdies before a bogey at the fourth, then answered with birdies on three of the next four holes. — AFP
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