The team of fellow Aussies Marc Leishman and Jason Day took the first-round lead at the QBE Shootout at Tiburon Golf Course in Naples, Fla., with a score of 56, 16-under, in the scramble format for the Friday. The event began on Dec. 10th with a total purse of 3.6 million. Leishman/Day were one shot shy of tying the event record low making 12 birdies, and two eagles, without any bogeys. The eagles came from Leishman twice holing out without putting, on the par-5 6th, and the par-4 10th holes. “The one on six, I had a pretty good read off (Day),” Leishman said. “It was a very straightforward chip, but obviously it still takes a little bit of luck for it to actually go in the hole. And then the one on 10, the guys all hitting in front of me, it was on a little knoll I guess you’ll …
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