GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) -- Brandt Snedeker, the top-ranked player at the Australian PGA championship, shot a 12-over-par 84 in the opening round Thursday.
Snedeker, ranked 38th and one of only three players in the top 100 at Royal Pines this week, was 7-over after five holes. Starting on the back nine, he had two bogeys, a double bogey and a triple bogey to start and made the turn in 9-over 45.
On his last nine, he had four bogeys and his only birdie of the day, on the par-4 sixth.
The course played tough early with rain showers and gusting winds.