Rocco Mediate had a hole-in-one on the par-3 third hole and shot a bogey-free 7-under 64 on Thursday to top the leaderboard in the first round of the Frys.com Open.
Paul Goydos, Bo Van Felt and Ryuji Imada opened with 65s, and John Mallinger, Michael Letzig, Shaun Micheel and Will MacKenzie had 66s. Jamie Lovemark also was 5 under with two holes left.
U.S. Ryder Cup player Rickie Fowler shot a 69.
The tournament, the third of five Fall Series events, is in its first year at CordeValle Golf Club after three seasons at Grawhawk in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Svoboda, Jobe share lead at Miccosukee
At Miami, Andrew Svoboda and Brandt Jobe carded 8-under 63s to share the first-round lead at the Miccosukee Championship. Svoboda used a pair of eagles in the morning to grab the clubhouse lead while Jobe hit 16 greens during the afternoon to join him at the top in the Nationwide Tour event.
Trio on top at Portugal Masters
At Vilamoura, Portugal, Robert Karlsson and Johan Edfors of Sweden and Maarten Lafeber of Netherlands led the Portugal Masters after shooting first-round 64s.
Karlsson and Edfors had bogey free rounds, while Maarten had six birdies over his last nine holes to atone for an earlier double bogey.
Alexander Noren of Sweden was one shot back in fourth, tied with Mikko Ilonen.
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