{"id":293626,"date":"2011-03-04T07:26:37","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T07:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/04\/wind-in-levins-sails\/"},"modified":"2011-03-04T07:26:37","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T07:26:37","slug":"wind-in-levins-sails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/04\/wind-in-levins-sails\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind in Levin’s sails"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blustery conditions make going tough in Florida<\/h3>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\tBy Tony Curtis<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 Last updated: 5th March 2011\u00a0\u00a0 \"Subscribe<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Levin: One-shot lead<\/p>\n

First round leaderboard<\/b>
USA unless stated<\/i>
-3 S Levin
-2 K Stanley
-2 C Schwartzel (Rsa)
-2 G Chalmers (Aus)
-2 Y.E. Yang (Kor)
-2 S Appleby (Aus)
-1 J Overton
-1 M Kuchar<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for collated scores<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Spencer Levin conquered the blustery conditions in Florida to set the early pace at the Honda Classic.\n<\/p>\n

With players struggling to cope with the strong wind at Palm Beach Gardens, Levin’s three-under 67 was enough to give him a one-shot lead at the top of the leaderboard before play was suspended.<\/p>\n

A total of 12 players were left to complete their rounds when bad light forced the abandonment of the day’s play.<\/p>\n

And Levin, who registered four birdies and one bogey, admitted a conservative approach had been his secret to coping with the 20-30mph winds.<\/p>\n

He said: “It’s a different kind of golf. You get in a par mode, where you just have to take what the course gives you.”<\/p>\n

Conditions<\/h4>\n

Former champion YE Yang heads the chasing pack on two-under alongside Stuart Appleby, Kyle Stanley, Greg Chalmers and Charl Schwartzel.<\/p>\n

“You can actually look at the scores and determine how you’re going to play and what you’re aiming at, what score you’re aiming at,” said Yang.<\/p>\n

“So I thought probably just breaking even would be good in these conditions and I played like that, and I played conservative, tried to play even, tried to par. And it worked out quite well.”<\/p>\n

The only other players to break par were Jeff Overton and Matt Kuchar on one-under.<\/p>\n

Lee Westwood, who is chasing a return to the top of the world rankings, finished with a level-par round, while Luke Donald, the winner of last weekend’s WGC-Accenture Match Play, shot a 73.<\/p>\n

Donald is joined on three-over by Northern Irish pair Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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