Scott starts strongly in Melbourne
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Adam Scott carded a 67 in the first round of his Australian Masters title defense yesterday and was tied for second spot, two shots behind fellow Australian Nick Cullen.
No. 2-ranked Scott made a bogey on the par-4 eighth, his 17th hole of the day, at Royal Melbourne to drop to 4 under and a share of second place with Germany’s Max Kieffer.
Scott won the Australian PGA last weekend at Royal Pines in his first home event since winning the US Masters. He will team with Jason Day for Australia next week in the World Cup, also at Royal Melbourne, then play the Australian Open the following week at Royal Sydney.
“A 67 around here is a good score,” Scott said. “It was a bit of a slow finish but it was a good way to open up.
“I felt like I left a couple out there but my game was in pretty good shape other than that and four rounds like that might go a long way this week.”
Left-hander Cullen eagled the 304 meter par-4 11th, holing out from 59 meters with a 60 degree wedge. He followed with birdies at the 12th, 13th and 17th to open a three-stroke lead at 7-under but came back to the field with a bogey on 18.
“Any time you shoot 6-under around a course like this you have to be happy,” Cullen said.
Kieffer was also happy with his form on his first visit to Melbourne.
“I love it, it’s great. It’s testing every part of your game,” he said. “My expectations were very low because it’s 10 hours time difference. It is quite a lot and obviously the preparation was not how it should be but it is a good learning experience.”
Zimbabwe’s Brendon De Jonge and Australia’s Peter O’Malley had 68s and were in a group of eight players at 3 under.
Jarrod Lyle, returning to play after his second bout with leukemia, opened with a 72 and was level with Vijay Singh at 1 over.
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