David Toms and Camilo Villegas carded matching rounds of nine-under 63 Thursday to share the first-round lead at the Humana Challenge.
Humana Challenge 2012, Leaderboard Update: David Toms, Camilo Villegas Share Lead After Day One
The leaders played two different courses on Thursday. Toms was at La Quinta Country Club, while Villegas played on the Nicklaus Private course at PGA West. Those two courses, along with the Palmer Private course at PGA West, will host the opening three rounds, before the final round is contested on the Palmer course.
Toms played the front nine first and opened with four straight pars. He turned it on from there as he birdied the next four holes to jump up the leaderboard.
The 45-year-old Toms birdied the 10th, then dropped in back-to-back birdie chances from the 12th to move to minus-seven.
Toms converted birdied chances at 16 and 18 to grab a piece of the lead.
Brandt Snedeker headlines a group of four players tied for third place at minus-eight. He stands alongside Bob Estes, Ted Potter, Jr. and Sang-Moon Bae.
Ben Crane is among seven players that share seventh place at seven-under 65.
Here is the full list of pairings. For more on this year’s tournament, head over to the official site of the Humana Challenge as well as PGATour.com. Stay tuned to SB Nation’s Golf Hub for more updates.
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