Percy ties for the lead at Houston Open
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Percy ties for the lead at Houston OpenPercy ties for the lead at Houston OpenCameron Percy shot a 5-under 67 late Thursday afternoon to tie Kevin Stadler for the first-round lead and extend a streak at the tournament for players from Down Under.#x An Aussie has led or shared the first-round lead in Houston every year since 2006, when the event moved to the Tournament Course at Redstone.Ray BanAn Australian has won here six times, including Stuart Appleby in 2006 and Adam Scott in '07.Percy, a Tour rookie, would be more of a long shot, considering some of the big names in the field. Percy arrived in Houston ranked 173rd in putting average and the extra practice on the green this week paid off on Thursday."A friend of mine sat me down Tuesday, he looks at my stats," Percy said. "He said, 'Cam, you've got to do something about your putting. It's just woeful, only 70 percent, maybe from 3 feet.' I spent hours and hours on the putting green Tuesday and Wednesday,Compact fluorescent lamp, and it's made a little difference"Stadler took advantage of an early tee time and posted his 67 more than an hour before Percy teed off.Vaughn Taylor and James Driscoll —Ray BanStadler's playing partners in a morning threesome — were a stroke back along with fellow morning starter Kevin Sutherland and Anthony Kim, #xwho played in the afternoon when the wind picked up and gusted to 30 mph."I thought it was going to die down," Percy said, "but it never did."Phil Mickelson, Padraig Harrington, Lee Westwood and Scott topped a group two strokes back at 69.Ernie Els, coming off consecutive victories at Doral and Bay Hill, opened with 70. Fred Couples, who has won three straight starts on the Champions Tour, shot a 71.Several top players have come to Houston because they view the Tournament Course at Redstone as an ideal dry run for next week's Masters. Organizers have groomed the #x7,457-yard layout to simulate the conditions at Augusta National,Ray Banwith fast greens, shaved mounds, light rough and the fairways mowed toward the tee.相关的主题文章：
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