Piercy leads CIMB with blistering 62 as Scott Brown nabs another ace
Scott Piercy got off to a blistering start at the CIMB Classic on Thursday in Malaysia, shooting a 10-under 62 at Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club to take a three-shot edge over Hideki Matsuyama.
Piercy made 10 birdies, without a bogey, to take charge and match the single-round tournament record against par. Nick Watney shot 10-under 71 at Mines Resort and Golf Club in 2012.
Five players are tied for third with 66, including Jason Gore, Keegan Bradley, Alex Cejka, Charles Howell III and Cameron Smith. Two-time defending champion Ryan Moore is another shot back, opening with 5-under 67.
Meanwhile, Scott Brown opened with 4-under 68, helped in part by his fourth hole-in-one in the last two years on the PGA Tour. Brown made an ace at the 189-yard 15th hole, earning a BMW i8 sports car as a prize.
In August, Brown made an ace playing alongside Tiger Woods in the final round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club.
Piercy is making his second start of this new PGA Tour season, opening with a T-25 effort last week in his native Las Vegas at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. As with any low round, Piercy saw more putts go in the hole and have things go his way.
”I made the putts I didn’t last week,” Piercy said, “and got a little lucky as well.”
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