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Jimmy Walker didn't make every birdie putt he saw during the first round of the Houston Open on Thursday.
It only seemed that way.
Walker tied the course record with a 9-under 63 to take a two-shot lead over Josh Teater and Nick O'Hern. He needed only 23 putts, the fewest of any player on the first day, to make up for several erratic tee shots.
"I'm not going to say like, 'Oh, every time I hit the green, this one is going in,'" Walker said. "I just kept stroking it. I felt like I kind of got back to feeling that stroke that I was using earlier in the year, when I was putting so good and playing so good."
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