DAVIDSON, N.C. (AP) -- Brett Stegmaier played his first 10 holes in 8 under and shot a 9-under 63 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Web.com Tour Finals' Small Business Connection Championship.
Stegmaier eagled the par-5 18th for a 7-under 27 on his first nine and added birdies on Nos. 1 and 18 at River Run. The 32-year-old former Florida player finished 69th on the Web.com Tour's regular-season money list and earned $31,000 last week with an eighth-place finish in the series opener in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The four-event series features the top 75 players from the Web.