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August 19th, 2010

Craig Barlow Off to Strong Start at Wyndham Championship

This week marks just the ninth start of the season on the PGA TOUR for Craig Barlow, who has split his season between here and the Nationwide Tour. That said, he’s done a decent job of being competitive on the big tour with a tie for fifth in Reno, just one missed cut and an opening-round 66 Thursday to sit just two shots off the current lead.

Barlow, like much of the morning wave, played in a wave of steady drizzle that soaked the course but also softened it.

Obviously soft conditions normally is good for scoring, but it rained on us like 10 or 11 holes today,” Barlow said. “It was tough this morning in the sense that you were just — I’m soaked right now so you were just trying to stay dry.”

This is also Barlow’s first trip to Sedgefield, where he expects scores to be low. Not exactly a surprise given that just two years ago, Carl Pettersson shot a tournament-record 21-under 259 that was highlighted by a 61.

“I’m happy with 4 under,” Barlow said. “That being said, I have plenty of things to improve on.”