Yahoo Sports · May 28, 2015
Golf-Bowditch charges into early lead at Byron Nelson
May 28 (Reuters) - Australian Steven Bowditch, putting superbly, took advantage of a rain-softened layout to charge into an early two-shot lead in the opening round of the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, on Thursday.
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The 31-year-old from New South Wales birdied five of his first nine holes on the way to a sizzling eight-under-par 62 at the TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas.
That left Bowditch two ahead of American Jimmy Walker, a fellow Texas resident who mixed seven birdies with a lone bogey to surge up the leaderboard.
Two more Americans, James Hahn and Ryan Palmer, were a further stroke back after opening with 65s.