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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- The celebrity watch at the AT&T
Pebble Beach National Pro-Am took place everywhere but the top of
the leaderboard Thursday. Kent Jones birdied the two most famous par 3s at Pebble Beach
and kept bogeys off his card for a 6-under 66 and a one-shot lead,
an encouraging start for someone who has played 270 tournaments on
the PGA Tour without finishing in the top five. Nationwide Tour grad Roland Thatcher was a shot back along with
Q-school grad Brad Adamonis and John Mallinger, third at Pebble
Beach last year as a rookie. The star gazing took place at Poppy Hills, and while it didn't
always produce great golf to match the spectacular sunshine on the
Monterey Peninsula, it was entertaining. Defending champion Phil Mickelson was on the verge of shooting
himself out of the tournament until a birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie
burst enabled him to recover with a 71 and stay in the game. Greg
Norman, playing on the PGA Tour for the first time in 18 months,
was holding steady until a four-putt on the 13th hole for a double
bogey. He finished with a 76.<
^Indian Masters= NEW DELHI -- India's Jyoti Randhawa shot a 7-under 65 to
take a two-stroke lead in the Indian Masters, while Ernie Els
followed his Sunday loss to Tiger Woods in Dubai with a 75 that
included a 9 on the par-5 18th. Randhawa had two eagles in his bogey-free round on the Delhi
Golf Course. England's Richard Finch and Ireland's Damien McGrane
(67) opened with 67s in the event sanctioned by the European and
Asian tours.
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