Tag Ridings, Brendan Steel share early lead at Innisbrook
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Tag Ridings and Brendan Steele survived surprisingly cold conditions and a typically tough course at Innisbrook.
Temperatures were in the lower 50s on Thursday morning, and it felt even colder in a strong wind. Ridings and Steele each managed a 3-under 68 to share the lead among the early starters in the opening round of the Tampa Bay Championship.
Defending champion Luke Donald was kicking himself. He was 4-under for the round until dropping three shots on the last four holes for a 70. Even so, only 10 others from the 78 players who teed off in the morning broke par.
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Past champions Vijay Singh and K.J. Choi were among those at 69, while Ryo Ishikawa was at 71.