Carl Pettersson, tied third behind Rory McIlroy in the US PGA Championship, claimed the first-round lead for the second consecutive tournament at the Wyndham Championship in North Carolina.
The in-form Swede had opened with a 66 at Kiawah Island and went four better in Greensboro, his eight-under-par 62 enough for a one-stroke advantage over Tim Clark of South Africa and David Mathis.
Pettersson holds the course record at Sedgefield Country Club, which he set in 2008, and failed by just one shot to equal it. He lives in nearby Raleigh and is a member of the club.
Winner of the Heritage tournament in April, the 34-year-old has had five top-10 finishes this year and is now the 7/2 favourite with
Paddy Power to go into the FedEx Cup play-offs on the back of another victory.
Clark, who had an eagle and five birdies, is the 7/1 second favourite with
Sky Bet, while defending champion Webb Simpson is 11/1 after a four-under-par round that leaves him four back.
Wyndham Championship collated first round scores (USA unless stated, par 70):
62 Carl Pettersson (Swe)
63 David Mathis, Tim Clark (Rsa)
64 Scott Stallings, Tom Gillis, Troy Matteson
65 Matthew Every
66 Nick Watney, Bud Cauley, Chris Kirk, Jason Kokrak, John Merrick, Gary Woodland, Harris English, Webb Simpson, Arjun Atwal (Ind), Richard H. Lee, Jimmy Walker, Tommy Gainey
67 Colt Knost, Gary Christian (Eng), Blake Adams, Chez Reavie, Charles Howell III, Ryuji Imada (Jpn), Stuart Appleby (Aus), Y.E. Yang (Kor), Bryce Molder, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Davis Love III, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel), Gavin Coles (Aus), Angel Cabrera (Arg), Trevor Immelman (Rsa), Kyle Reifers, Sergio Garcia (Spa), Brandt Snedeker, Josh Teater
68 Nick O'Hern (Aus), Heath Slocum, Matthew Jones (Aus), Justin Leonard, Bill Haas, Kevin Kisner, Henrik Stenson (Swe), Brendon De Jonge, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa), Chris Stroud, Rodney Pampling (Aus), Jason Dufner, Lucas Glover, Chesson Hadley, Kevin Streelman, Alexandre Rocha (Bra), Paul Casey (Eng), D.A. Points, Jeff Maggert, Jamie Donaldson (Wal), Russell Knox (Sco)
69 Robert Karlsson (Swe), Garth Mulroy (Rsa), Jeff Overton, Bill Lunde, Kyle Thompson, Billy Mayfair, Steven Bowditch (Aus), Graham Delaet (Can), Nathan Green (Aus), Dicky Pride, Billy Horschel, Bobby Gates, Michael Bradley, Chris Di Marco, Brian Harman, Will Claxton, Derek Lamely, Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn), Brendon Todd, John Huh (Kor)
70 Charley Hoffman, Scott Dunlap, Matthew Nesmith, Vaughn Taylor, Brian Gay, Patrick Cantlay, Todd Hamilton, Chris Couch, Bob Estes, Roland Thatcher, Boo Weekley, Ken Duke, Daniel Summerhays, Jason Bohn, Tom Pernice Jnr., Kevin Chappell, Charlie Beljan, J.B. Holmes, Andres Romero (Arg), Rocco Mediate
71 Martin Flores, Harrison Frazar, Danny Lee (Nzl), Hank Kuehne, Chad Campbell, Daniel Chopra (Swe), Dean Wilson, Troy Kelly, Roberto Castro, Brian Davis (Eng), Erik Compton, David Sanchez, Billy Hurley III, John Rollins, Jhonattan Vegas (Ven), Ryan Moore
72 Greg Owen (Eng), Matt Bettencourt, John Daly, Ben Kohles, Peter Tomasulo, Jerry Kelly, William McGirt, Jonas Blixt (Swe), Mark Anderson, Charlie Wi (Kor), Brendan Steele, Stephen Gangluff, Miguel Angel Carballo (Arg), Camilo Villegas (Col), Savio Nazarreth, D.J. Trahan
73 Patrick Sheehan, Neal Lancaster, James Driscoll, J.J Killeen, George McNeill, Tyler Rody, Kevin Stadler, Robert Allenby (Aus), Mathew Goggin (Aus), Cameron Beckman
74 Vaita Guillaume, David Toms, Gus Ulrich, David Hearn (Can), David Duval, Steve Wheatcroft, John Mallinger, Edward Loar, Ricky Barnes, Joey Snyder III, Tommy Biershenk
75 Scott Brown, Marco Dawson
76 Tim Herron
80 Sung Kang (Kor)
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