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Charles Warren leads with record round
Unheralded American Charles Warren fired a course record-equalling 10-under-par 62 to race two shots clear of the field after the first round of the Greensboro Classic in North Carolina on Thursday.
Warren, who has missed the cut in 13 of his last 15 tournaments, started on the 10th tee at the Forest Oaks Country Club and picked up six birdies in a sizzling outward nine.
The 30-year-old added four more birdies on the inward half to tie the course record shared by Davis Love III, Mark O'Meara and Jeff Maggert.
South Korea's K.J. Choi shot an eight-under-par 64 to stand alone in second place, a stroke ahead of American D.J. Trahan.
"That's as close to a perfect round of golf as I've ever played," Warren said.
"I was hitting the ball exactly where I wanted to, the right distance.
"Every putt I got over, I felt I was going to make. I made some long putts, but I left a few short in the jaws.
"I'm not going to sit here and tell you I could have shot 59, but if I was going ever going to shoot 59, today would have been the chance for sure."
Choi's start was almost as spectacular with birdies on his opening five holes.
The South Korean stumbled with a bogey on the par-four sixth but that was the only blemish on an otherwise error-free day as he collected further birdies on seven and nine to reach the turn at six-under.
Choi completed his round with two more birdies on the inward stretch.
"I always have a good feeling when I come here," Choi said.
"This morning when I woke up, I felt like I woke up on the right side of the bed."
Starting on the back nine, Trahan made three consecutive birdies from the 12th before finishing his round in style with an eagle on the par-five ninth.
South African Tim Clark, Japan's Hidemichi Tanaka and Americans John Huston and J.J. Henry carded 66s.
Spain's Sergio Garcia, who won the European Masters in Switzerland earlier this month, had five birdies and two bogeys in a three-under 69.
World number seven Adam Scott of Australia and defending champion Brent Geiberger struggled to one-over 73s.
Charles Warren 32-30-62 -10
K.J. Choi 30-34-64 -8
D.J. Trahan 33-32-65 -7
Tim Clark 31-35-66 -6
John Huston 33-33-66 -6
J.J. Henry 33-33-66 -6
Hidemichi Tanaka 33-33-66 -6
John Rollins 33-34-67 -5
Matt Gogel 34-33-67 -5
James Driscoll 33-34-67 -5
Jonathan Byrd 33-34-67 -5
Daniel Chopra 35-32-67 -5
Joe Durant 35-32-67 -5
Scott Gutschewski 34-33-67 -5
Olin Browne 34-34-68 -4
Geoff Ogilvy 34-34-68 -4
Todd Hamilton 33-35-68 -4
Gavin Coles 35-33-68 -4
Wes Short, Jr. 33-35-68 -4
Justin Rose 36-33-69 -3
Billy Mayfair 34-35-69 -3
Chad Campbell 34-35-69 -3
Tom Lehman 34-35-69 -3
Brian Gay 37-32-69 -3
Darron Stiles 35-34-69 -3
Justin Bolli 34-35-69 -3
Paul Azinger 34-35-69 -3
Billy Andrade 34-35-69 -3
Carl Pettersson 34-35-69 -3
Sergio Garcia 35-34-69 -3
Charles Howell III 37-32-69 -3
Ben Curtis 35-34-69 -3
Duffy Waldorf 35-34-69 -3
Jeff Maggert 33-36-69 -3
Phillip Price 35-34-69 -3
Lucas Glover 36-34-70 -2
Joey Snyder III 37-33-70 -2
Kent Jones 35-35-70 -2
Briny Baird 35-35-70 -2
Brian Bateman 34-36-70 -2
Jonathan Kaye 36-34-70 -2
Tim Herron 34-36-70 -2
Steve Elkington 34-36-70 -2
Stewart Cink 35-35-70 -2
Jerry Kelly 35-35-70 -2
Tim Petrovic 33-37-70 -2
Charlie Wi 35-35-70 -2
Jose Coceres 35-35-70 -2
Dudley Hart 37-33-70 -2
Kevin Stadler 35-35-70 -2
Hunter Haas 34-36-70 -2
Omar Uresti 35-35-70 -2
Tom Gillis 34-36-70 -2
Alex Cejka 35-35-70 -2
Shigeki Maruyama 35-35-70 -2
Robert Allenby 35-35-70 -2
Cameron Beckman 32-38-70 -2
Michael Long 37-33-70 -2
Brett Wetterich 35-36-71 -1
Tag Ridings 37-34-71 -1
Kevin Sutherland 35-36-71 -1
Len Mattiace 33-38-71 -1
Heath Slocum 34-37-71 -1
Jason Bohn 36-35-71 -1
Michael Allen 34-37-71 -1
Patrick Sheehan 36-35-71 -1
Jay Delsing 35-36-71 -1
Todd Fischer 34-37-71 -1
J.P. Hayes 38-33-71 -1
Peter Lonard 36-35-71 -1
Tommy Armour III 37-34-71 -1
Joey Sindelar 35-36-71 -1
Brendan Jones 35-36-71 -1
Jim Gallagher, Jr. 37-34-71 -1
Neal Lancaster 36-35-71 -1
Hank Kuehne 36-35-71 -1
Tom Byrum 37-34-71 -1
Chris Anderson 35-36-71 -1
David Hearn 36-35-71 -1
Skip Kendall 36-36-72 E
Trevor Dodds 36-36-72 E
Lee Janzen 34-38-72 E
Frank Lickliter II 36-36-72 E
J.L. Lewis 36-36-72 E
Corey Pavin 35-37-72 E
Steve Allan 35-37-72 E
Tom Pernice, Jr. 38-34-72 E
D.A. Points 34-38-72 E
Bob Heintz 36-36-72 E
Franklin Langham 34-38-72 E
Chris Smith 38-34-72 E
Jeff Hart 36-36-72 E
Marco Dawson 37-35-72 E
Mark O'Meara 37-35-72 E
Jay Haas 36-36-72 E
Robert Gamez 36-36-72 E
Steve Flesch 36-36-72 E
Jeff Sluman 34-38-72 E
Bo Van Pelt 36-36-72 E
Brandt Jobe 37-35-72 E
Doug Barron 35-37-72 E
Ryan Moore 34-38-72 E
Mark Wilson 35-37-72 E
Tjaart van der Walt 38-35-73 +1
Brent Geiberger 37-36-73 +1
Adam Scott 36-37-73 +1
Jeff Brehaut 35-38-73 +1
Matt Kuchar 36-37-73 +1
Roland Thatcher 38-35-73 +1
Nick Watney 37-36-73 +1
Kevin Na 35-38-73 +1
Jason Allred 37-36-73 +1
Will MacKenzie 36-37-73 +1
Paul Claxton 36-37-73 +1
Steve Lowery 36-38-74 +2
Robert Damron 37-37-74 +2
Loren Roberts 37-37-74 +2
Mark Brooks 38-36-74 +2
Thomas Levet 37-37-74 +2
Scott Hend 37-37-74 +2
Kelly Mitchum 37-37-74 +2
Danny Briggs 39-36-75 +3
Greg Owen 38-37-75 +3
Shaun Micheel 39-36-75 +3
Hunter Mahan 37-38-75 +3
John Daly 36-39-75 +3
D.J. Brigman 39-37-76 +4
Craig Perks 38-38-76 +4
Ryuji Imada 37-39-76 +4
John Maginnes 38-39-77 +5
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