Augusta National will be a tough test for the 10th and final tournament of the regular season, but a few Waves got off to good starts, most notably Clay Feagler with a 4-under 68 and Joe Highsmith with a 3-under 69.
Only two other Waves finished below-par on the day, as Johnny Mac Arthur and William Mouw had 2-under 70s.
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Leaderboard: 1. Clay Feagler 68; 2. Joe Highsmith 69; T3. Johnny Mac Arthur 70; T3. William Mouw 70; T5. RJ Manke 72; T5. Sahith Theegala 72; 7. Joey Vrzich 73; 8. Frederick Wedel 74; 9. Joshua McCarthy 75; T10. Kevin DeHuff 76; T10. Cody McManus 76; T12. Roy Cootes 77; T12. Derek Hitchner 77; T12. Austin Murphy 77; T12. Andrew Putnam 77; 16. Josh Anderson 80.
- Feagler was at even-par after 11 holes, but had birdies on four of the next five. He had six birdies in his round.
- Highsmith had the only eagle on the day, and it came on the par-4 ninth hole. He had five birdies, three coming on the final four holes.
- Given the difficulty of the course, this was Mac Arthur’s best round of the season. He had four birdies and zero bogeys through 16 holes but unfortunately went bogey-bogey on the final two.
- Mouw had a very clean round with three birdies and just one bogey.
- Manke had a remarkable start with 15 straight pars. He birdied 16 to end that streak, but also bogeyed 18 to fall back to even-par.
- The average score on the par-72 course was 73.9.
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