February 2, 2012
(Reuters) – American world number six Webb Simpson used a red-hot putter to charge into an early one-shot lead in Thursday’s opening round of the Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, Arizona. Simpson, the highest-ranked player in the field, sank several putts from between 12 and 15 feet on the way to a six-under-par 65 in relatively calm conditions at the TPC Scottsdale. The 26-year-old mixed seven birdies with a lone bogey at the par-four sixth to finish a stroke in front of compatriots Derek Lamely, Kevin Na and Harrison Frazar, and Australian Jarrod Lyle
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