AKRON, Ohio — Former teenage prodigy Danny Lee birdied three of his first four holes en route to a one-shot lead in the opening round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Thursday.
On a day when Jordan Spieth finished five strokes off the pace, the 25-year-old Lee, who won his first PGA Tour title in a playoff for the Greenbrier Classic last month, fired a five-under-par 65 at Firestone.
He ended a challenging day one ahead of American Jim Furyk and Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell.
Texan Spieth birdied his final hole for a 70 in the third of four World Golf Championships (WGC) events to be held this year.