Australian Cameron Percy and Argentina’s Andres Romero fired matching seven-under 65s to share the first-round lead of the PGA Tour’s Puerto Rico Open on Thursday.
Percy had nine birdies and two bogeys at Trump International Golf Club, while Romero mixed two bogeys with seven birdies and an eagle to set up a one-stroke lead over qualifier Jon Curran and sponsor invitee and fellow American Blayne Barber.
Two-time major winner Angel Cabrera was among a group of nine players a further shot back at five-under 67.
Starting on the back nine, Romero was on fire and at nine-under through 15 holes, before bogeys on the seventh and eighth dropped him back a few pegs.
“I had a good feeling about my game, and today I just felt confident on each and every shot I hit,” Romero said.
“I felt I couldn’t miss and, thank God, I’m putting well again,” he said.
Percy started on the first and opened with back-to-back birdies to get things going, and finished strong with four birdies in his last seven holes.
The Australian’s round featured just 27 putts, 10 on the back nine, all the more impressive given that he used a new putter after his son took his usual putter, forcing a change as he searches for a maiden win.
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