American Rickie Fowler shot a blistering 8-under-par 63 to seize the clubhouse lead in the opening round of the Australian PGA championship, one of the country's major golf tournaments, which teed off Thursday at the Royal Pines course in Gold Coast.
Fowler told reporters that it was a good solid start.
"I stayed patient and got a few things to go... it was a good day," Fowler was quoted as saying by Xinhua.
"I'll take 8-under every day and walk away with the trophy but there's still a lot to figure out."
There is a host of players nipping at Fowler's heels after a birdie blitz on the first morning with 26 players under par.
Australian Matthew Ballard is 6-under, Nathan Green from Australia's New South Wales, is 5-under while Victorian Jason Norris is on 4-under with South Korea's Kwon Sung-yeoi and Canadian Ryan Yip.
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