Turnesa, Kuchar share lead in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Marc Turnesa holed out from 159 yards for eagle on the par-4 18th hole to offset a 17th-hole double bogey and maintain a share of the lead Friday in the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

Tied for the first-round lead, Turnesa followed his opening 62 with a 64 to match Matt Kuchar at 18-under 126 - one off the PGA Tour's 36-hole records for total score and relation to par. Kuchar had his second straight 63 at TPC Summerlin.

Zach Johnson, the other first-round leader after winning the Texas Open last week, was third at 17 under after a 65 in sunny, calm conditions. The

Turnesa, a PGA Tour rookie, birdied Nos. 14-16, then dropped two strokes on the par-3 17th after hitting into the water. He got the strokes back on 18 with the eagle after a 300-yard drive.

"I hit a bad shot on 17 and made double," Turnesa said. "Then, on 18, I hit a good shot and got a little lucky as well, and it went in the hole.

"I was a little disappointed but there is so much golf to be played. I was just trying to put a good swing on it on 18 and get it in the fairway and make birdie when I put it in the fairway, so I was a bit surprised. I mean, it looked good. I knew in the air it was going to be close. So when I heard the crowd, it was a good feeling."

Kuchar, who missed the cuts in his last seven starts, had nine birdies - five on his last seven holes - in his bogey-free round.

"It's not often when you can follow up a 63 with another 63," Kuchar said. "To do that was a lot of fun today. There were no bogeys today, and that's a nice thing to not have on your card.

"You've got a stretch there of definitely some birdie opportunities - a drivable par 4, a reachable par 5, and I strung together a couple other nice ones. That last one, at 18, I hit a 7-iron from about 180 to, gosh, a foot and a half.

"I think the last one was the most fun, putting it to a foot and a half. I had made my only bogey yesterday on 18. It was good to get back with a birdie today."