If Arjun Atwal keeps this up, he will have a new PGA Tour card in no time.
Atwal tied a tournament record with a 61 Thursday and took a two-stroke lead at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.
Matching Carl Pettersson’s 2-year-old mark at the par-70 Sedgefield Country Club course, Atwal was 9 under through the first round of the PGA Tour’s final event before the playoffs.
Brandt Snedeker shot 63. John Rollins, Kevin Streelman, Lucas Glover, Boo Weekley, David Toms and Jeev Milkha Singh were at 64, and six players shot 65s during an occasionally wet day that left Sedgefield’s greens soft and its leader board crowded.
It was quite the encouraging start for Atwal, who lost his tour card a month ago and had to play his way into this event in a Monday qualifier across town at Forest Oaks Country Club — where this tournament was held from 1977-2007.
He played that course twice before, finishing sixth in 2004, and wound up shooting a 67 to share first place with three other qualifiers. No Monday qualifier has won a tournament since Fred Wadsworth did it at the 1986 Southern Open.
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“You get used to making a lot of birdies in the Monday qualifier — otherwise you won’t make it,” Atwal said. “I kind of continued that.”
The loss of his card capped a series of events that began when he injured his shoulders a year ago while lifting weights. He received a minor medical extension, but when he came up short on the money list after the Canadian Open, his card was history.
He isn’t eligible for the FedEx Cup playoffs that begin next week in New Jersey, not even if he wins. But he can claim his card for 2011 with a victory — either here or at a fall series tournament — or a climb up the money lists of the PGA or Nationwide tours.
“I prefer to win,” Atwal said with a laugh.
Three more days like this, and he will almost certainly take care of that.
Atwal started his bogey-free round on the back nine, made the turn at 4 under and birdied three of his final four holes, sinking a 7-foot putt on No. 9 to cap things.
His big day also included a rare birdie on the peskiest hole of the day — the 18th.
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