Wyndham Clark Leads Phoenix Open

January 31, 2020 3:49 am

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Wyndham Clark beat darkness – and everyone else Thursday at TPC Scottsdale.  Playing in the second-to-last group off the 10th tee, Clark shot a career-best 10-under 61 to take the first-round lead in the Waste Management Phoenix Open.  He had eight birdies in a 10-hole stretch from No. 12 to No. 3, added two more on Nos. 7 and 8 and putted out for par on No. 9 just after sunset. Clark was a stroke off the course record of 60 set by Grant Waite in 1996 and matched by Mark Calcavecchia in 2001 and Phil Mickelson in 2005 and 2013.  Billy Horschel was second, holing nearly 200 feet of putts in an afternoon 63. Horschel had an eagle and six birdies.  J.B. Holmes was another stroke back after a roller-coaster start, highlighted by a hole-in-one.