Camilo Villegas stormed to an opening-round lead at the Valero Texas Open with a brilliant eight-under-par 64 at TPC San Antonio on Thursday.
With lots to play for ahead of next week’s all-important Masters, Villegas made a flying start with a number of players making their intentions clear from the start.
The Colombian opened up a two-shot lead by the end of play, South Korea’s Sung Kang and American Cameron Tringale in T2 on six under.
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Jordan Spieth was also quick out of the blocks and continued to show improvement with another excellent round of golf.
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— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 2, 2021
Spieth, who will return to Augusta National as a former champion next week, went five under for his opening round at the Texas Open.
He will start Friday’s second round in T4, alongside Hideki Matsuyama and Seung-Yul Noh.
South Africa’s Erik van Rooyen and Charl Schwartzel both carded respective rounds of one-under-par 71 where they finished Thursday’s action in T22, while Branden Grace went three over for his first round.
