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June 23, 2008

Watson carries his team to CVS lead

BARRINGTON _ Bubba Watson birdied each of the first three holes, starting he and his partner, Camilo Villegas, on the way to a 10-under 61 and the first-round lead in the CVS Caremark Charity Classic today.

Watson, who leads the PGA Tour in driving distance, also had an eagle on the par-5 eighth. Villegas had three birdies early on the back nine so that the team was 10-under through 15 before finishing with three straight pars.

That was good enough to lead the $1.5 million tournament by one stroke over four other teams.

Rocco Mediate, making his first appearance since his runner-up finish to Tiger Woods in the U.S. Open, combined with Charles Howell for a 62. Co-host Billy Andrade and Davis Love III, Paul Goydos and Tim Herron and the duo of Nick Price and Charles Howell also had 62.

The LPGA team of Laura Diaz and Nicole Castrale received some of the biggest cheers of the day. Only the second women’s team to compete in the 10-year-old event, they were at 9-under through 17 but bogeyed the final hole for a 63.

Here at the hole-by-hole scores for each team:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 total
Par 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 36 3 5 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 35 71

Quigley/Quigley 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 32 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 31 63

Goydos/Herron 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 4 33 2 4 3 4 4 4 3 2 3 29 62

Watson/Villegas 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 30 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 31 61

Faldo/Rose 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 33 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 33 66

Andrade/Love 3 4 4 3 2 4 3 4 4 31 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 31 62

Diaz/Castrale 4 4 3 4 2 3 4 4 4 32 3 5 3 3 3 3 4 2 5 31 63

Faxon/Jacobsen 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 36 3 5 3 4 5 4 4 3 3 34 70

Howell/Price 4 4 4 3 2 4 4 4 3 32 2 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 30 62

Henry/Cink 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 34 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 31 65

Mediate/Snedeker 4 3 3 3 3 3 5 3 4 31 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 31 62

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