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It's Boston Party Time for Mike

Weir with a 1o-under-par 61

Canadian left-hander Mike Weir set the Deutsche Bank Championship alight with a first-round score of 10-under-par 61 at TPC Boston.
Weir finished the day three shots clear of Vijay Singh, John Merrick, Briny Baird and Heath Slocum.
Weir single-putted all nine greens on the back nine and rolled in seven birdie putts from 10 feet or beyond over the course of the day. In all, he made 140 feet of putts over the 18 holes and was nearly perfect at 17-of-18 from inside 20 feet. He almost holed a 60-footer for an eagle at the last. The ball shaved the hole.
A far cry indeed from the US PGA championship three weeks ago when the Canadian was so upset about his putting that he bent his putter in frustration and had to finish a round putting with a hybrid club.
This time, he knocked in birdies from 16 and 17 feet on the first two holes and started believing he couldn't miss.
"There was no indication on the putting green when I was warming up or whatever that was going to tell me it was going to be like that," he laughed. "It just felt normal. I was knocking in some 10 footers and putting around the hole, and my long putts weren't going in or anything on the putting green.
"Just one of those days where I made about a 15-footer on the first hole and another one on the second hole, and then I had about maybe eight feet on the third, and it looked easy after those first two."
Paul Casey was the best of British (and Irish) with a 68.
Martin Laird had a 70, the same score as Ian Poulter and Brian Davis.
Double major winner this season, Padraig Harrington has gone off the boil big time. He had a 75.

LEADERBOARD
Par 71
Players from US unless stated.
61 Mike Weir (Can)
64 Vijay Singh (Fij), John Merrick, Briny Baird, Heath Slocum
65 Eric Axley, Ben Curtis
66 Jeff Overton, John Mallinger, Charles Howell III, Kevin Streelman, Charlie Wi (Kor), Steve Marino, Anthony Kim, Jim Furyk, Ernie Els (Rsa), Ken Duke, Tim Clark (Rsa)
67 Charley Hoffman, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Tommy Armour III, Chad Campbell, Justin null Bolli, Ryan Palmer, Bo Van Pelt, Sergio Garcia (Spa), Stewart Cink, Angel Cabrera (Arg), Richard S Johnson (Swe), Fredrik Jacobson (Swe), Carl Pettersson (Swe), Brandt Snedeker, Jonathan Byrd, Ryan Moore, D.J. Trahan
68 Patrick Sheehan, Lucas Glover, Steve Flesch, Brian Gay, Andres Romero (Arg), Paul Casey (Eng), J J Henry, Jay Williamson, Camilo Villegas (Col), Johnson Wagner, Jesper Parnevik (Swe)
69 Steve Stricker, Scott McCarron, Pat Perez, Bart Bryant, John Senden (Aus), Tom Pernice Jnr., Nick O'Hern (Aus), Mark Wilson, Chez Reavie, Phil Mickelson, Justin Leonard, Bill Haas, Brett Quigley, KJ Choi (Kor), Ryuji Imada (Jpn), Scott Verplank, Rocco Mediate
70 Billy Mayfair, Kevin Sutherland, Sean O'Hair, Martin Laird (Sco), Boo Weekley, Stuart Appleby (Aus), Brian Davis (Eng), Rory Sabbatini (Rsa), Adam Scott (Aus), Bubba Watson, Jason Day (Aus), Hunter Mahan, Robert Allenby (Aus), Mathew Goggin (Aus), Ian Poulter (Eng), Retief Goosen (Rsa)
71 Dudley Hart, Rodney Pampling (Aus), Lee Janzen, Matt Kuchar, Parker McLachlin, Peter Lonard (Aus), Dean Wilson, Michael Allen, George McNeill, Trevor Immelman (Rsa), Tim Petrovic, Corey Pavin, Stephen Ames (Can)
72 Kenny Perry, Aaron Baddeley (Aus), Ben Crane, Paul Goydos, Tim Herron, Jeff Quinney, Rich Beem, Woody Austin, Glen Day, Cliff Kresge, Steve Elkington (Aus)
73 Nick Watney, Jerry Kelly, John Rollins, Daniel Chopra (Swe), Frank Lickliter II
74 Michael Letzig, Kevin Na, J.B. Holmes, Nicholas Thompson, Fred Couples
75 Steve Lowery, Padraig Harrington (Irl)