{"id":336824,"date":"2011-03-25T02:20:48","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T02:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/25\/barcelo-leads-after-rd-1-at-chitimacha-louisiana-open-pgatour-com\/"},"modified":"2011-03-25T02:20:48","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T02:20:48","slug":"barcelo-leads-after-rd-1-at-chitimacha-louisiana-open-pgatour-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/barcelo-leads-after-rd-1-at-chitimacha-louisiana-open-pgatour-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelo leads after Rd. 1 at Chitimacha Louisiana Open (PGATOUR.com)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BROUSSARD, La.\u2014Rich Barcelo<\/a> fired a 6-under 65 Thursday morning and grabbed the first-round lead at the Chitimacha Louisiana Open, the first domestic stop on the 2011 Nationwide Tour schedule. Barcelo closed with a 35-foot birdie putt on his final hole to separate himself by one stroke from a trio of others.<\/p>\n

Scott Gardiner<\/a>, Aaron Watkins<\/a> and Carl Paulson<\/a> all posted 5-under 66s at the Le Triomphe Country Club course and share second place.<\/p>\n

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Bob Heintz<\/a>, Matthew Giles<\/a>, Michael Thompson<\/a>, Fran Quinn<\/a> and 2003 champion Brett Wetterich<\/a> are knotted at 67, two strokes back.<\/p>\n

Barcelo was one-over through his first seven holes on the back nine, but then turned things while battling a wind that changed the complexion of the course.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was playing 180 degrees different today than it did Tuesday in the practice round,\u201d said Barcelo, who is making his eighth start in this event dating back to 1999. \u201cI\u2019ve been here a lot and I\u2019ve seen all the wind conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s wind came out of NNE and turned some difficult holes on the back nine from lions to lambs. The 485-yard, 14th usually plays into a headwind and was the second-toughest par-4 on Tour last year, yielding only 16 total birdies over four days. The field chalked up a record 15 birdies there today.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hit 3-wood into the green for my second shot there the other day,\u201d said Barcelo. \u201cToday, it was a 9-iron.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barcelo\u2019s lead was threatened during much of the afternoon by Paulson, a 40-year-old veteran who has played very little competitive golf over the past five and half years thanks to a series of back problems.<\/p>\n

Paulson opened his round with back-to-back birdies before he aced the 199-yard, 3rd hole with a perfect 5-iron. It was his first hole-in-one since the second round of the 1999 Cleveland Open.<\/p>\n

Paulson got to 7-under through 15 before suffering two bogeys on his final three holes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think mentally I got a little tired but that will sharpen up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

So will the field as players begin to get their sea legs under them to begin the year. The Tour opened with tournaments in Panama and Colombia, both of which were plagued by weather. The latter, the Pacific Rubiales Bogota Open, was hampered by daily thunderstorms that eventually forced the tournament to be cut to 36 holes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to get any momentum going because you have to go home for a couple of weeks,\u201d said Watkins, who posted a second-round 65 to match the course record in South America and was within striking distance when officials were forced to cancel the third round. \u201cIt\u2019s tough because when I go home I usually sit on the couch for four or five days. I putted good the last round in Colombia, which gave me a little momentum coming into this week.\u201d<\/p>\n

First-Round Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Thursday\u2019s weather: Mostly sunny skies, highs in the low 80s with winds ENE 7-15 mph.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Leading money winner Brenden Pappas<\/a> had five birdies and a triple-bogey today while shooting a 2-under 70. Pappas captured the weather-plagued Pacific Rubiales Bogota Open, which was shortened to 36 holes, two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Veteran Mike Heined of nearby Lake Charles, LA, is making his 16th start in this event, which is celebrating its\u2019 20th annual visit to LeTriomphe CC. Heinen posted a 1-under 70 in today\u2019s opener. Heinen, who teed it up in the tournament\u2019s inaugural event in 1992, has made the cut 13 times in his previous 15 starts with his best finish a runner-up in 2002.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Paul Claxton<\/a> (5-over 76) is also no newcomer to Lafayette. Claxton is making his 15th career start here this week. The Georgia native won the tournament in 2001 and was also runner-up in 2007. He has made the cut in eight of his previous 14 starts.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Jake Younan-Wise<\/a> had a pair of eagles on the front nine today. He eagled the par-5, 1st hole and the par-5, 5ith hole. Those were the only sub-par holes for the former Texas Tech Red Raider, who wound up shooting a 4-over 75.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Carl Paulson recorded an ace today at the 199-yard, 3rd hole. Paulson used a 5-iron for his hole-in \u2014one, the 15th in tournament history.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Carl Paulson needed only eight total strokes for his first three holes, which covered 1,140 yards. Paulson started his day birdie-birdie-eagle and was 4-under through three holes.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The 485-yard, 14thhole was the second-toughest par-4 on the Nationwide Tour last year. The hole, which normally plays into the wind, yielded only 16 birdies over four days and had a scoring average of 4.430. With the wind at the players\u2019 backs today, the hole gave up 15 birdies and played to a scoring average of 4.273. Friday\u2019s forecast is for the winds to shift SSE at 10-20 mph, with gusts to 25 mph.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The 14th hole was changed in 2006 from a 540-yard, par-5 to a 485-yard, par-4. In the past five years, there have been an average of 5.4 birdies on that hole per round. Today, there was an all-time, single-round high of 15 birdies registered. This was only the third time in 21 total rounds, since it was changed to a par-4, that double-digit birdies were recorded. There were 11 in the opening round in 2007 and 10 in the opening round in 2009.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The 555-yard first hole, playing straight down wind today, was the easiest hole on the course. The hole yielded 11 eagles and 79 birdies on the day compared to 47 and 6 bogeys. The hole played to a scoring average of 4.336.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Martin Flores<\/a> uncorked the day\u2019s longest drive, a 377-yard shot at the 485-yard, 14th hole. Flores ranked No. 11 on the PGA TOUR in Average Driving Distance (300.7 yards) and his longest drive of the year was a 365-yard shot at the Reno-Tahoe Open.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Scott Gardiner (66) celebrated his 35th birthday on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Jeff Brehaut<\/a> withdrew prior to the start of the round and was replaced in the field by Frank Lickliter II<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Todd Bailey<\/a> withdrew during the first round due to a back injury.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Rich Barcelo (65) had 14 one-putt greens today only 20 official putts for his round. Fran Quinn (67) had 21 total putts. On the other hand, John Mallinger<\/a> (75) had 20 putts on the front nine and 37 total. He finished at 4-over par despite hitting 15 greens in regulation.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aron Price<\/a> (68) was a perfect 13 of 13 in fairways hit.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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