Tolles fires 62 to lead Wichita Open
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08/07/2008 -
Wichita, KS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tommy Tolles fired a nine-under-par 62 Thursday
to grab a one-stroke lead with the first round of the Wichita Open suspended
due to darkness.
Tolles' 62 missed both the course record and the 18-hole tournament record by
a single stroke.
There was nearly a three-hour weather delay on Thursday which eventually
forced play to be halted for darkness with 24 players left on the course. The
round will resume Friday at 8:15 a.m. (et). The second round will start as
scheduled at the same time.
Bob May, who lost to Tiger Woods in a playoff at the 2000 PGA Championship,
carded an eight-under-par 63 and is tied for second with Aaron Watkins, who
has completed 14 holes of his opening round.
Chris Anderson, Joe Daley, Scott Gardiner and Jeff Klauk are tied for fourth
at minus-seven.
Tolles played the back nine first and climbed the leaderboard with steady
play. He drained his first birdie at the par-four 11th, then collected back-
to-back birdies from the 15th.
The two-time Nationwide Tour winner made the turn at five-under thanks an
eagle on the par-five 18th.
Tolles birdied the par-five second and made it two straight as he also birdied
the third.
"I was hoping the weather would skirt around us," admitted Tolles, who was
six-under when the delay hit. "I'm getting older so I came in for a nap."
Birdies on the sixth and eighth got Tolles to minus-nine.
"I remember the round, yes - and no, the course doesn't suit me," said Tolles
of his opening 65 on the North Course at Crestview Country Club last year.
"I've spent my entire life trying to hit the ball straight and there are more
doglegs here than our last three venues combined."
May also played the back nine first. He birdied the 10th and 14th before
running off three straight birdies from the 17th. May moved within two of the
lead thanks to birdies on four and five. He closed with a birdie on the ninth
to finish one back.
"It was a solid round of golf," May admitted. "Nothing great, but nothing
bad."
Tied with May is the 26-year-old Aaron Watkins, who played golf at Kansas
State. He flew up the leaderboard with five birdies in his first six holes
from the 10th.
Watkins then eagled the 18th to make the turn at minus-seven. He parred the
first three holes on the front nine, then birdied the fourth to get within one
of the lead. Watkins parred No. 5 before play was halted for the night.
Hunter Haas, Anders Hultman, Fabian Gomez and Daniel Summerhays are tied for
eighth place at six-under-par 65. They were joined there by Scott Piercy, who
has played 16 holes, and Brendon Todd, who is through 15 holes of the first
round.
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