Sam Saunders opens 2-shot lead at Riviera
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Sam Saunders played bogey-free at Riviera on Thursday for a 7-under 64 that gave him a two-shot lead among the early finishers at the Genesis Open.
This is how Saunders prefers to be in a starring role — on a golf course making birdies, not as the composed grandson of Arnold Palmer giving a rock-solid eulogy for the King at his memorial service last October.
Saunders had what he felt was his best round at as a pro at a tournament that Palmer won three times, though never at Riviera.
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Dustin Johnson was among those two shots behind.
Jordan Spieth and Jason Day played in the afternoon and were racing to finish because of a fog delay in the morning. Of greater concern was a storm system approaching California.