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Henry and Dudley Hart joined Daly at 65 at Pebble Beach. Jim Furyk, former Pebble winner Brandt Snedeker and Chesson Hadley were at 7-under 64 at Monterey Peninsula, while J.J. Hicks finished with an approach into 18 feet for eagle on the 18th and joined him at the top. Even though he made just one birdie on the par 5s - and that was a 20-foot putt - he shot 8-under 64. 10) and then stuffed a wedge to 5 feet for birdie on the next hole. Holmes, coming off a playoff loss at Torrey Pines, holed out a wedge from 123 years on his opening hole (No. Holmes and Hicks both played Pebble Beach and got their charge at different ends of their rounds. Of the three courses, Pebble typically is the biggest pushover in benign conditions. Ever since I've been a pro, I've never seen it look that pretty.'' I can't remember any day when Pebble was so subdued. I have five gimmes for birdies, made a couple of par putts. ''I drove it well, hit irons well,'' he said. The sign for each group in the pro-am has the player and the team score, and when the standard bearer put a red 7 next to Daly's name, the volunteer said, ''Daly is at 7 under? On his own?'' That's why Daly could only laugh when he heard what a volunteer said as he finished up with a 15-foot birdie on the par-5 18th. John Daly with a 65? That's a bigger surprise than abundant sunshine and aqua waves. He has missed the cut straight times after playing this tournament as a rookie in 1991.

Open, he took a 14 on the 18th hole - three balls in the ocean, one out-of-bounds - for an 83 and headed for the airport. He once went 11 holes without making a par on his way to an 86.