PACIFIC PALISADES, California — Colombia's Camilo Villegas rebounded from missed cuts in his last four PGA Tour starts to seize a three-shot lead at the Northern Trust Open on Thursday, while world number one Jordan Spieth made a terrible start.
Villegas soared to the top of the leaderboard with an eight-under-par 63 at Riviera Country Club as Spieth spluttered to a 79 that included eight bogeys and a double on his final hole.
"I've shot in the 80s a couple times on Tour," Spieth told reporters. "In the course of a career, I imagine it's going to happen.