Thursday’s PRO GOLF RESULTS

SAFEWAY OPEN

NAPA, CALIF.

Brendan Steele opened his Safeway Open title defense Thursday with a 7-under 65 for a share of the lead with Tyler Duncan and Tom Hoge in the PGA Tour’s season opener. Lucas Glover, Chez Reavie, Emiliano Grillo and Jamie Lovemark were two shots back at 67. Steele had an eagle, six birdies and a bogey. Last year at Silverado, he birdied the final three holes to overcome a four-shot deficit and beat Patton Kizzire by a stroke for his second PGA Tour title. Duncan, making his first start as a PGA Tour member, also had six birdies, an eagle and a bogey. Hoge, beginning his fourth PGA Tour season, had seven birdies. He had a back-nine 30 with six birdies. Phil Mickelson, the 42-time PGA Tour winner beginning his 27th PGA Tour season, birdied the 18th from 7 feet for a 69. The 47-year-old Mickelson, playing in his 91st PGA Tour event since his last title at the 2013 British Open, had five birdies and two bogeys.

ALFRED DUNHILL LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP

ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND

Paul Dunne picked up where he left off at Newcastle-upon-Tyne as he led the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship with Nicolas Colsaerts after the first round. Four days after winning the British Masters, Dunne shot a 5-under-par 67 in the three-course event on the Old Course. Colsaerts’ 67, which represented a strong recovery after a triple-bogey 7 at the third, came at Kingsbarns. Five players were in a tie for third at 4 under, including defending champion Tyrell Hatton, his fellow Englishman Oliver Fisher and Ireland’s Shane Lowry. They also began at St. Andrews. Ten players were on 3 under, including England’s Ben Evans and Scot David Drysdale, who recorded the best scores at the third course being used, Carnoustie, along with Joakim Lagergren.

Associated Press