{"id":10319,"date":"2012-04-27T04:33:02","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T02:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/update-1-golf-duke-and-tringale-set-new-orleans-pace\/"},"modified":"2012-04-27T04:33:02","modified_gmt":"2012-04-27T02:33:02","slug":"update-1-golf-duke-and-tringale-set-new-orleans-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-golf-duke-and-tringale-set-new-orleans-pace\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-Golf-Duke and Tringale set New Orleans pace"},"content":{"rendered":"

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* Americans Duke and Tringale open with 65s<\/span><\/p>\n

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* Exhausted Watson cards a one-under-par 71<\/p>\n

(Updates at end of round)<\/p>\n

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April 26<\/span> (Reuters) – Masters champion Bubba Watson struggled
\nwith fatigue as fellow American Ken Duke birdied two of his last
\nthree holes to grab a share of the lead in Thursday’s opening
\nround of the New Orleans Classic in Avondale, Louisiana.<\/p>\n

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While Watson launched his title defence with a battling
\none-under-par 71 in blustery conditions at the TPC Louisiana,
\njourneyman Duke capitalised on a strategy of patience to card a
\nflawless 65.<\/p>\n

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Bidding for his first victory on the PGA Tour where he has
\nbeen a runner-up three times, the 43-year-old Duke rattled up
\nseven birdies to finish level with compatriot Cameron Tringale.<\/p>\n

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“You have to be patient out here,” Duke told reporters after
\nending his round with birdies at the 16th and 18th. “You can’t
\nhit it (to) four, five feet on every hole because there are so
\nmany mounds on the greens.<\/p>\n

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“You have to take your 30-foot putt here, 30-foot putt there
\nand take what it gives you. If you roll one in, you roll one in.
\nI did that a couple of times today.”<\/p>\n

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Americans Steve Stricker and Chris Stroud, Swede Daniel
\nChopra and three-times major winner Ernie Els opened with 66s
\nwhile Ben Curtis, who won the Texas Open on Sunday, was among a
\nsmall group a further stroke back.<\/p>\n

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It was a tough day, though, for defending champion Watson
\nwho was competing in his first event since winning the opening
\nmajor of the year at Augusta National 18 days ago.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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