Hole of the day - No. 18

The easiest hole of the day for the boys was -- no surprise -- No. 18, a 536-yard par-5 that yielded nearly as many birdies (41) as pars (43).

It also surrendered three eagles, including one to first-round leader Drew Korte.

Korte: "I saw from the [15th] tee box that the pin was in front, so it was possible. I just busted a drive and had a 7-iron in [from 174 yards] and I hit it a little left. It stayed up in the air and I was kind of worried because it was going left. I was worried it was going to be in that trap, but luckily it stayed up on the fringe."

Korte nailed his 14-foot putt to the back of the cup. "I was trying to make it," he said. "Go big or go home."

The hole wasn't always so kind.

Marshall Talkington, on his way to a 67, had to scramble for a par after hitting into the right rough. It ruined a decent day for Trent Hillis as he had a double bogey after his second shot had the right distance but found the heavy rough on the left; and Chance Campbell came in with a quadruple-bogey nine after hitting into a bunker, finding the rough, hitting a provisional, picking up the provisional, not finding his first ball in the right rough and hitting another ball.

The margin between eagle and worse was slim, as Cory Gaylord found out when his second shot hit just beyond the pin, then rolled down the hill and into the valley. His 80-foot putt for eagle didn't make it back up the hill, so he had a similar putt for birdie. He managed to save par.

"That green is brutal," Gaylord said. "Coming up to the green, I thought I was going to be close. I hit driver, 7-iron [from 205 yards] and the 7-iron never left the flag. I thought it was going to be up there like 2 feet and just tap in and finish your eagle, but that wasn't the case."