Brice Garnett

Scott Piercy hits the ball at the 18th hole during the opening round of the 3M Open golf tournament at the Tournament Players Club in Blaine, Minn., Thursday, July 21, 2022. (Erica Dischino/Star Tribune via AP)

3M lead shared by Im, smooth-putting Piercy after 1st round

Scott Piercy shot a 6-under 65 to share the 3M Open lead with Sungjae Im after the first round. Piercy was fresh off several significant changes he made for a late-season boost.

Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Hirokazu Sawamura delivers during the sixth inning of the team's baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Will Gordon reacts after a putt on the eighth hole during the second round of the Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Friday, April 23, 2021. (Max Becherer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

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Garnett, Martin tied for lead at windy Punta Cana

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic (AP) — Brice Garnett returned to the course of his lone PGA Tour victory and played a clean round in a steady wind for a 6-under 66 and a share of the lead Thursday with Ben Martin in the Corales Puntacana Championship.

Garnett-Stallings, Hovland-Ventura share Zurich Classic lead

Brice Garnett and Scott Stallings birdied eight of their last 11 holes, Viktor Hovland and Kris Ventura birdied nine of their final 12, and both teams shot 10-under 62 in Zurich Classic to share the first-round lead Thursday.