Hugo Bernard, a member of Team Canada’s National Amateur Squad, finished T3 at the Murat Cup International Men’s Championship of France at Chantilly Golf Club in Vineuil-Saint-Firmin, France, from May 19-21.

After an opening-round 75 (+4), Bernard rebounded with three straight rounds under par, including a 5-under 66 in the third round.

On Sunday, Bernard carded a 2-under par 69 to finish two shots back of Britain’s Josh Hilleard, who beat Frenchmen Pierre Pineau on the second playoff playoff hole.

The third-place finish is Bernard’s third top-10 result at a major international amateur competition in 2017.

The 22-year-old finished T7 at the South American Amateur at Martindale Country Club in Buenos Airees, Argentina from  January 19-21 and closed T9 at the Terra Cotta Invitational at Naples National Golf Club, in Naples, FL., from May 5-7.

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Lexi Thompson shot a 6-under 65 on Sunday to finish off a wire-to-wire victory in the Kingsmill Championship with a tournament-record 20-under 264 total.

Thompson broke the tournament record of 19 under at Kingsmill’s River Course set by Annika Sorenstam in 2008. The victory came in Thompson’s third event since she lost the ANA Inspiration in a playoff after being penalized four strokes for a rules violation reported by a television viewer during the final round.

ICYMI: @Lexi Thompson’s winner’s interview with @GolfChannel’s @JerryFoltzGC @KingsmillLPGA pic.twitter.com/ROh8EtnHtQ

— LPGA (@LPGA) May 22, 2017

The victory, Thompson’s eighth, gave her at least one in five consecutive seasons. That matches top-ranked Lydia Ko for the longest streak on tour.

#LPGAWinnerSelfie with @Lexi Thompson @KingsmillLPGA pic.twitter.com/XjjBwpBXtC

— LPGA (@LPGA) May 22, 2017

In Gee Chun, playing with Thompson, shot a bogey-free 67, but was no match for the leader, finishing five shots back. Thompson also was bogey-free and finished the tournament with just two bogeys, both on the par-3 17th hole.

“I had great round today,” Chun said, “… but she play was so good. Really enjoyed play with her. So I learn a lot from her today.”

Thompson began the day with a three-shot lead and quickly added to it, rolling in long birdie putts on the par-4 first hole and the par-5 third.

Chun used birdies on the third, par-4 fifth and par-5 seventh to get within two shots, but Thompson answered with a birdie at the par-4 ninth and then made three birdies in a four-hole span on the back nine. She eclipsed Sorenstam’s record with a birdie on the par-5 15th, pushing her lead to five shots.

With this birdie putt on 14, @Lexi Thompson’s lead goes back to 4 @KingsmillLPGA.

Tune in now @GolfChannel pic.twitter.com/CzfSnfl5RO

— LPGA (@LPGA) May 21, 2017

Angela Stanford closed with a 66 to finish third, and Danielle Kang was fourth after a 68.

The top-ranked Ko began the day five strokes off the lead, and shot 73 to tie for 10th at 7 under. She is winless since last July.

Smith Falls, Ont., native Brooke Henderson was the top Canadian, finishing in a tie for 15th, at 5-under par. Henderson recorded four straight under par rounds. After going out in a 1-under par, 35 on Sunday, she was unable to make any birdies on the back nine, carding a 1-under par 71.

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Billy Horschel won the AT&T Byron Nelson with a par on the first playoff hole Sunday after Jason Day pulled his 4-foot par putt left and past the hole.

That miss by Day almost wasn’t even needed for Horschel, whose 36-foot birdie chance was rolling straight toward the centre of the cup before stopping just short. He won for the fourth time on the PGA Tour and for the first time since taking the 2014 Tour Championship for the FedEx Cup title.

With a 1-under 69, including a 60-foot birdie putt at the 14th hole, Horschel matched Day at 12-under 268. Day had a 68.

.@JDayGolf JUST misses and @BillyHo_Golf has won the @ATTByronNelson!

It's his first PGA TOUR victory since 2014. ? #QuickHits pic.twitter.com/iqqsGB1fCe

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 21, 2017

Third-round leader James Hahn finished a stroke back after shooting 71. He just missed a miraculous eagle at the 18th hole that would have gotten him in the playoff with his playing partners.

Because of early morning rain that delayed the start Sunday, threesomes were used instead of the usual weekend twosomes. No one outside of that final group made a real charge to contend with the final trio.

The playoff wrapped up the Nelson’s 35th and final tournament in Irving. The event will shift next year to the new links-style Trinity Forest Golf Club south of downtown Dallas.

The tournament was first played in Irving in 1983, but its roots go back to 1944 as the Texas Victory Open at Lakewood Country Club, where Byron Nelson won a year before his streak of 11 PGA Tour victories in a row. In 1968, the tournament became the first named after a PGA Tour player.

Day, who got the first of his 10 PGA Tour victories at the 2010 Nelson, had the lead alone only once. He pitched in a 78-foot shot from the rough by the greenside bunker for a birdie at the 477-yard 15th, after two horrible shots to get in that position. His tee shot went into the rough to the far right under the trees, and his approach set up an awkward stance.

Making birdie from THERE? Ridiculous!

WHAT A SHOT! #QuickHits pic.twitter.com/yJl4JdtT5M

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 21, 2017

But at the par-5 573-yard 16th, the easiest hole at TPC Four Seasons, Day’s wayward tee shot hit a spectator. After making sure the woman was OK, his approach shot settled pin high on the green but a 9-foot birdie chance curled by the hole. Horschel, who earned $1.35 million, also got to that green in two, and two-putted from 44 feet for a tying birdie before they both parred the last two holes.

Hahn almost matched them at 12 under when his approach from 122 yards at the 18th hit on the green, spun back and skimmed over the edge of the cup. He made the 4-foot birdie putt to finish alone in third, ahead of Jason Kokrak.

.@JamesHahnPGA needed to hole THIS to have a chance at a playoff.

WOW! ???

The reactions say it all. #QuickHits pic.twitter.com/Ic1ezB3PMF

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 21, 2017

Kokrak went into the weekend with a five-stroke lead, the largest ever after 36 holes at the Nelson. But he shot 72 on Saturday and closed with a 70 to get to 10 under.

Dustin Johnson, the No. 1 player in the world, had a closing 69 to tie for 13th at 6 under.

Defending champion Sergio Garcia had birdies on six of his last eight holes Saturday to get within four strokes of the lead. But he was as quickly out of contention after giving back four strokes in a three-hole stretch early in the final round when he missed three putts of 5 feet or less on Nos. 2-4. His closing 74 put him 4 under and tied for 20th.

During the stretch when Hahn fell behind his playing partners, Horschel rolled in a 60-foot birdie putt at the par-4 14th after his poor approach that led him to toss his club in the air.

Hahn was leading alone again for the first time since the second hole, by one stroke over his playing partners, after making a 15-foot birdie off the fringe at the 312-yard 11th hole to go to 13 under.

After Day and Horschel bogeyed the 452-yard 12th, Hahn missed a chance to extend his lead there. But his 5-foot par putt curled around the cup, the first of his three consecutive bogeys that knocked him out of the lead for good.

Nick Taylor, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was the top Canadian, finishing T9, after a bogey free, 5-under par 65 on Sunday. Taylor will jump 15 spots in the FedEx Cup rankings from 85th to 70 thanks his third top-10 of the season.

His best result of the season was a T8 at the Wells Fargo Championship, from May 4-7 at Eagle Point Golf Club, in Wilmington, N.C.

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Albin Choi, a veteran of the Team Canada Young Pro Squad, finished T5 at the Web.com Tour’s BMW Charity Pro-Am Classic presented by Synnex Corporation, after Sunday’s final round was cancelled due to inclement weather.

The Toronto product finished at 15-under par, four shots back of the 54-hole leader, crowned champion Stephan Jaeger of Germany.

After 36 holes, Choi was in a tie for 14th, thanks to rounds of 66-67. On Saturday at Furman University Golf Club in Greenville, S.C., Choi fired another 66 to climb nine spots up the leaderboard.

This is Choi’s first top-10 of the 2017 Web.com Tour season, after having three in 2016. With his 5th place finish, Choi will jump from 129th to 64th on the Order of Merit. He is looking to improve on his 69th place finish in 2016.

A graduate of North Carolina State University, Choi has been on the Team Canada Young Pro Squad since 2014, and has spent a total of seven years on Team Canada.

Fellow Canadian Ben Silverman, finished T17 at 11-under par after a third-round 70 (-1).

Corey Conners, of Listowel, Ont., who came into the week 23rd in the Order of Merit and in position to obtain his PGA Tour card, dropped to 26th, just outside the top-25, after finishing T57.

Merritt, B.C., native Roger Sloan, the other Canadian inside the top-25 on the money list coming into the week, right at 25th, missed the cut and will drop to 28th.

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Lexi Thompson remained in position for her first victory since a rules infraction cost her a major title, shooting a 2-under 69 in tricky wind conditions Saturday to take a three-stroke lead over In Gee Chun into the final round of the Kingsmill Championship.

Thompson is playing her third event since losing the ANA Inspiration in a playoff after being penalized four strokes for a rules violation that a TV viewer reported.

“I’m as determined as any other person out here,” Thompson said. “We all want to win. I have a little bit more drive now I would say, but I’m just going to go out there and be confident and see where it goes.”

The long-hitting Florida player had three birdies and a bogey – on the par-3 17th – to reach 14-under 199 on Kingsmill’s River Course.

“Pretty solid, just was all over the lips today on the greens,” “ Thompson said. ”But I put some good strokes on a lot of my putts, so that’s all that matters. Hopefully, bring that into tomorrow.“

She has led after all three rounds, opening with consecutive 65s.

“Same mindset as the last three days,” Thompson said. “All I’m focusing on is my own game and sticking to my routine and committing to my lines off the tees and just having fun with my caddie in between shots.”

Chun had a 67. The two-time major champion had six birdies and two bogeys.

“I love tough courses,” Chun said. “Today was tougher because the wind was from a different direction.”

Canadian Brooke Henderson shot a 69. The Smiths Falls, Ont., native is tied for 15th place, 10 shots behind Thompson. Hamilton’s Alena Sharp is 13 shots back.

Top-ranked Lydia Ko was five strokes back at 9 under after a 70. Trying to hold off So Yeon Ryu and Ariya Jutanugarn for the No. 1 spot, Ko is winless since July.

“It was really tough out there with the wind action being opposite to what we’ve played the last couple days,” Ko said. “I thought the forecast said it was going to be light breeze. If this is light breeze, I don’t know what windy is.”

Sei Young Kim (66) and 2015 winner Minjee Lee (67) also were 9 under.

Gerina Piller, second entering her third straight round alongside Thompson, had a 74 to drop into a tie for ninth at 6 under.

The second-ranked Ryu, the ANA winner, was 4 under after a 72. The third-ranked Jutanugarn, defending the first of her five tour victories last year, had a 70 to also reach 4 under.

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James Hahn shot a bogey-free 6-under 64 on Saturday to take the lead after three rounds at the AT&T Byron Nelson, where Jason Kokrak’s record advantage disappeared.

Hahn settled for a 12-under 198 total after his eagle chance at the 16th and a birdie putt at 17 both stopped just inches short. The two-time PGA Tour winner was a stroke ahead of Billy Horschel, who birdied his last three holes for a 66 to take second place alone.

Jason Day had his own string of birdies, five in a row midway through his round and then a 60-footer at the 17th, during a 63 that was the best of the day and got him to 10 under. The fourth-ranked player in the world was tied for third with Kokrak, who shot a 72 after setting a Nelson 36-hole record with a five-stroke lead.

“It’s really cool to hear the crowds roar like that again.”@JDayGolf made his move on Saturday.#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/Um2l5zoHld

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 20, 2017

Cameron Tringale and Sergio Garcia also finished with birdies on Nos. 16-18. Tringale was fifth at 9 under after a 67, with defending Nelson champion and Masters winner Garcia tied for sixth at 8 under after a 64 that also included three straight birdies at Nos. 11-13.

Top-ranked Dustin Johnson shot a 71 with five bogeys and four birdies to reach 5 under, seven strokes off the lead and tied for 19th. He had started the day in a six-way tie for third and six strokes behind Kokrak.

Hahn shared the first-round lead after an opening 64, but slipped back with a 70 on Friday before another impressive round for him at TPC Four Seasons that included a 65-foot chip-in birdie at the par-4 No. 3 hole. This is Hahn’s fourth Nelson, and he has shot 64 or 65 in half of his 14 rounds there.

Why roll it in when you can dunk?

Right, @JamesHahnPGA?#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/gAai3xOCIV

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 20, 2017

The last birdie for Day in his long streak came after driving the green at the 311-yard par-4 11th and two-putting from 37 feet.

Day’s only bogey came when he blasted out of greenside bunker at the 14th, then pushed his 4-foot par chance just left of the home and 2 1/2 feet past. When his 60-footer at the par-3 17th caught the left edge of the cup and dropped in, Day lifted both arms into the air, pumping his right fist while still grasping the putter in the other hand.

Electric! ??@JDayGolf is now tied for the lead.#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/dN5Miqe2hQ

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 20, 2017

About the same time Day’s 16-foot birdie try at No. 18 curled just under the hole, causing him to wince, Hahn went to 11 under for the lead with his 13-foot birdie at the 15th hole.

Hahn then added another birdie at the 527-yard par-5 16th after come up just short of an eagle on the easiest-playing hole at TPC Four Seasons.

Kokrak had his first bogey in 34 holes after missing the fairway at No. 3, then three-putting on the sloping green. He quickly made up that stroke with a 15-foot birdie at No. 4 and was back to 12 under with a five-stroke lead. But his advantage was down to one by time he finished his next hole, the par-3 5th, with a triple bogey.

Garcia beat Brook Koepka in a playoff last year to become the first two-time Nelson winner since Irving became the tournament’s home in 1983. Day, who won the Nelson in 2010, could match that Sunday in the last round at TPC Four Seasons before a move to the new Trinity Forest Golf Club in south Dallas next year.

The top Canadian is Winnipeg’s Nick Taylor, who is T36, at 2-under par.

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Albin Choi, a veteran of the Team Canada Young Pro Squad, is T5 heading into the final round of the Web.com Tour’s BMW Charity Pro-Am Classic presented by Synnex Corporation.

After three rounds, the Toronto product is 15-under par, four shots back of the 54-hole leader—Germany’s Stephan Jaeger.

After 36 holes, Choi was in a tie for 14th, thanks to rounds of 66-67. On moving day at Furman University Golf Club in Greenville, S.C., Choi fired another 66 to climb nine spots up the leaderboard.

On Saturday, Choi birdied the first hole then gave it right back with a bogey on the second. After back-to-back birdies on three and four, Choi recorded four straight pars, before another birdie on nine, to make the turn at 3-under par.

On the back nine, Choi poured in three more birdies—without dropping any strokes—carding a 6-under par, 66 to put him in position to record his first top-10 of 2017.

In 2016, Choi had three top-10s on the Web.com Tour, including a T8 finish at this event. He is looking to improve on his 69th place finish on the Order of Merit last season.

A graduate of North Carolina State University, Choi has been on the Team Canada Young Pro Squad since 2014, and has spent a total of seven years on Team Canada.

Fellow Canadian Ben Silverman, is T17 at 11-under par after a third-round 70 (-1). Corey Conners, of Listowel, Ont., who is currently in the top-25 of the Web.com Tour’s Order of Merit and in position to obtain his PGA Tour card, is T57.

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Fred Funk shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to take the second-round lead in the Regions Tradition.

The 60-year-old Funk, seeking his first PGA Tour Champions individual title since 2012, had a one-stroke lead over Scott Parel in the first of the 50-and-over circuit’s five majors.

Funk birdied three of the five par 3s at Greystone, the last on No. 17, and finished at 12-under 132. That followed a string of three birdies that ended at No. 14, and set up a third-round pairing for the two friends.

“The irony is Scott and I have become really good buddies and I’ve never played with him yet,” Funk said after his lowest round of the season. “I was just thinking, ‘Boy, it would be nice to play with him in the last round, last group.’ I’ve got him, so that works out really good.

“I think combined we’re not 6 foot, but that’s OK.”

The 5-foot-5 Parel, who turned pro at 31 and went through Q-school in 2016, shot a 66.

Parel gained entry after Fred Couples withdrew late last week. He made a long putt to save par on No. 18, extending his bogey-free streak to 32 holes.

Parel said his 7:30 a.m. start “was a perfect tee time.”

“I had a great pairing, twosomes, set your own pace,” he said. “Greens are fresh. That’s about right where you want to be.”

The third round Saturday will have a two-tee start because of expected bad weather.

Scott McCarron, part of a four-way tie for the first-round lead, was three shots back after a 70. He three-putted the final hole for par.

“I had 45 feet just coming down the hill and almost made it,” McCarron said. “I thought I made it, but the ball just rolled out about six feet past actually and then (I) missed the next come-backer. The breeze is coming back in your face so it’s a tough drive, and with that hole location being on the front of the green, it’s tough to get it close.”

He had his second eagle of the week on the par-5 13th.

Funk had an up-and-down week in preparation for the major. He said he had eight birdies and no bogeys Monday and two days later “played horrible” in a pro-am.

“I was really bad,” Funk said. “My whole body shut down. I couldn’t swing. No matter what I did, my body wouldn’t let me do what I wanted to do. And I got about 10 hours sleep that night and got worked on a little bit and I’ve been fighting. My back’s been getting really tight. I felt a lot better (Thursday) and I felt good today, so hopefully it will hold out.”

Kenny Perry (70), Jeff Sluman (71), Kevin Sutherland (68) and Miguel Angel Jimenez (71) were 8 under

Perry, the 2014 winner, had a bogey on the final hole that could have been worse. He had to take a drop after his second shot went into the hazard. Perry was grateful that he was warned against his initial spot “because somebody would have called in, ‘Hey, that guy just had an illegal drop.”’

Defending champion Bernhard Langer was five shots back after his second straight 69. Insperity Invitational winner John Daly was 2 under after a pair of 71s.

St. Catherine’s Ontario native, Rod Spittle, is T8 at 7-under par. The 61-year-old, former insurance salesman has two top-10s on the Champions Tour this season, and one career victory, at the 2010 AT&T

His best result this season was a T3 at the Chubb Classic in February at the TwinEagles Club, in Naples, FL.

Spittle went out in a 1-under par 35, on the front nine, before recording an eagle, two birdies, and a bogey, to card a 4-under par, 68.

Fellow Canadian, Stephen Ames, is T32, after an even par, 72.

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Lexi Thompson shot her second straight 6-under 65 on Friday to take a three-stroke over playing partner Gerina Piller into the weekend at the Kingsmill Championship.

Thompson is playing her third tournament since losing the major ANA Inspiration in a playoff after being penalized four strokes for a rules violation that a TV viewer spotted.

“I feel great with where my game is at,” Thompson said. “I am just trying to keep my thoughts very simple, focus on doing my routine and picking small targets out and committing to my shots. If I do that, my game is in a good spot.”

The long-hitting Florida player had six birdies in a bogey-free round on Kingsmill’s River Course. She waited out a rain delay in the middle of the round.

“Always stalls you a bit,” Thompson said. “Wasn’t too loose on the first iron shot that I hit, but, it was a beautiful day out. Not much wind. Hopefully, we get some good weather this weekend.”

“I feel great with where my game is at.” @Lexi has a 3 shot lead heading into the weekend ? Watch her 2nd round interview @KingsmillLPGA: pic.twitter.com/aUyPv7F8OC

— LPGA (@LPGA) May 20, 2017

Piller shot a 67, closing birdie-bogey-birdie-bogey. Winless on the LPGA Tour, she chipped in for her birdie on 17.

“I feel like my putting is really great right now,” Piller said. “Just excited for tomorrow. … Hit the fairway, hit the green, make the putt. Keeping it as simple as possible.”

“I feel like I belong out there and I feel like my game is as good as anyones.” @Gerinapiller 3 shots off the lead @KingsmillLPGA pic.twitter.com/L4k62foCXe

— LPGA (@LPGA) May 19, 2017

Piller will play alongside U.S. Solheim Cup teammate Thompson again Saturday.

“She’s a great ball-striker and hits it far,” Piller said. “This course definitely suits the long-ball hitters, especially now. The greens are firming up and getting a little quicker. To have a shorter iron in is definitely an advantage.”

Top-ranked Lydia Ko was four strokes back at 8 under after a bogey-free 67. Trying to hold off So Yeon Ryu and Ariya Jutanugarn for the No. 1 spot, Ko is winless since July.

“There is a lot of golf to be played,” Ko said. “All I need to do is focus on my game and be excited for the weekend.”

Ryu, the ANA winner, was 5 under after a 67. Jutanugarn, defending the first of her five tour victories last year, was 3 under after a 67 playing in the group with Thompson and Piller.

Candie Kung joined Ko at 8 under. Kung eagled the par-4 sixth in a 66.

In Gee Chun (66) and Vicky Hurst (67) were 7 under, and Angela Stanford (66), Shanshan Feng (67) and Brittany Lincicome (70) were another stroke back. Chun rebounded after an opening bogey on the par-4 10th.

“Walking to the (next) tee I said, ‘Forget it, start again,” Chun said. “I tried to stay patient and made a lot of birdies.”

The South Korean player is one of five major champions in the top nine, joining Thompson, Ko, Feng and Lincicome.

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While big-hitting Jason Kokrak has an AT&T Byron Nelson record five-stroke lead through 36 holes, he knows that is only halfway with plenty of other players who could make a weekend charge.

That includes top-ranked Dustin Johnson. But not local favourite Jordan Spieth after he missed the cut Friday for the first time at the tournament where he made his debut as a 16-year-old high school junior.

“Yeah, a bit shocking that’s how it happened,” said Spieth, who missed the cut by a stroke after a 5-under 75 that included a 9 at the par-5 16th hole after he hit two tee shots out of bounds.

Kokrak, ranked 128th in the world, shot a bogey-free 8-under 62 for his career-best scoring round and matched the Nelson’s 36-hole record at 12-under 128. No one has ever had a bigger lead there after two rounds than his five strokes over Billy Horschel (65), who finished with three consecutive birdies.

“It’s 36 holes. You’ve got the No. 1 player in the world chasing you, you’ve got x-number of other players that are outstanding players,” Kokrak said, when asked about having wiggle room. “Same game plan, just give myself birdie opportunities.”

.@jaykokrak playing nearly flawless golf today.

He leads by 5. #QuickHits pic.twitter.com/CVB81lTwS9

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 19, 2017

Maybe as surprising as Kokrak’s big lead halfway through the last Nelson to be played at TPC Four Seasons is the 23-year-old Spieth, the 2015 Masters and U.S. Open champion, done playing this week.

Spieth also missed the cut last week in The Players Championship. He last missed consecutive cuts in 2015.

With a 3-over total after the horrendous 16th hole, and needing at least one birdie, Spieth’s 17-foot birdie try at No. 17 curled by the cup, and he missed a 14-footer on 18.

“It didn’t need to happen. Just playing fine and I tried to just, you know, press it to try to reach the green in two, and then I tried to do it again,” Spieth said, referring to the par-5 16th.

Kokrak finished with a nice par save after driving way right at the 18th. The ball landed in the rough closer to the first fairway with a temporary concession stand between him and the hole. He didn’t take potential relief because that line would have put him directly behind a tree, but he hit the ball back in the fairway short of the green before chipping to 6 feet.

“I made a lot of birdies out there but it was nice,” Kokrak said. “Just keeping a clean card is always a goal. … It was nice to get it up and down.”

The only other time Kokrak had the 36-hole lead in 146 career PGA Tour starts was at the 2016 Northern Trust Open, where he ended up with a career-best tie for second.

Johnson had his second consecutive 67 and was tied for third with Byeong Hun An (bogey-free 66), Bud Cauley (67), Cameron Tringale (68), Jhonttan Vegas (68) and first-round co-leader James Hahn (70).

Sergio Garcia, the Masters champion who is defending his second Nelson title, birdied six of his last 15 holes for a 65 to get to 2 under. He opened with a 73, and was at 4 over for the tournament after his only bogey Friday on his third hole.

This is Johnson’s third PGA Tour event since a freak fall forced him to miss the Masters with a bruised back after winning three consecutive tournaments before that. He tied for second at the Wells Fargo Championship in his return to the tour two weeks ago, and then had a career-best 12th place finish at The Players Championship.

“The game is still not quite as sharp as it was leading into Augusta, but it’s getting there,” Johnson said. “It’s getting close.”

His only bogey was at his final hole, the 431-yard ninth hole, when his approach landed in rough between a bunker and the green after the wind shifted on him.

Spieth first played a PGA Tour event at age 16 on a sponsor’s exemption in the 2010 tournament, and tied for 16th _ still his best Nelson finish. He missed his high school graduation ceremony in 2011 to play after making the cut again.

After an opening birdie Friday, Spieth missed a 3 1/2-foot par putt at the par-3 second hole. He had five bogeys and four birdies, plus saved par from a drop at the edge of a curb after his tee shot at the 316-yard 11th hole rolled to a stop on a neighbourhood street, before the quadruple at No. 16.

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