Chris Kirk dialed in for a 63 to lead the PGA Tour’s second stop in Mexico

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Equally simple was explaining his round. He putted for birdie on every hole except the par-3 second at the start of his round, when he left his tee shot out to the right. He pitched that up to 10 feet and made the par.

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His worst swing was on the 156-yard 16th hole when Kirk hit was he described as a “little bit of a chunk pull.” He was left with a 70-foot putt over the ridge and he holed it for an unlikely birdie.

“There was a lot to like, for sure,” Kirk said. “It felt like my swing was in a really good spot and hit a bunch of really nice putts. I’m sorry I’m not going to have a very exciting answer for you, but yeah, it was just a really steady day.”

Scoring conditions were so pure that more than half of the 120-man field broke 70.

Ben James, who has a card locked up for next year as the No. 1 player from the PGA Tour University ranking, was among those at 65. The large group of players at 66 included 19-year-old Blades Brown and Ryan Gerard, who was eligible for the European tour’s postseason event in Abu Dhabi but chose not to travel to the Middle East.

Taylor Pendrith of Richmond Hill, Ont., and Adam Svensson of Surrey, B.C., each had a 68.

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