Kyle Stanley started hot and cruised to the top of the leaderboard on Thursday in Puerto Rico.
The 32-year-old made birdie on four of his opening five holes and played the back nine at Grand Reserve Country Club bogey-free, carding an 8-under 64. Stanley holds a two-shot lead after the first round of the PGA Tour’s Puerto Rico Open, an alternate event for players who didn’t qualify for this week’s World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship.
Stanley seeks his third PGA Tour win, with the last one coming at the 2017 Quicken Loans National.
Peter Uihlein, Josh Teater, Emiliano Grillo, Chris Couch, Henrik Norlander and Rhein Gibson are all T-2 at 6 under.
A young, rising star on Tour, Viktor Hovland sits T-14 at 4 under, as does three-time PGA Tour winner Jhonattan Vegas. Defending champion Martin Trainer is 2 over, T-93.
Puerto Rico Open: Leaderboard | Tee times
Second-round action begins at 6:10 a.m. ET from Rio Grande, with coverage on Golf Channel from 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. ET.
