Four aces in one morning on Nationwide

Tour's Utah Championship

US Nationwide Tour history was made on the first day of the Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank at Willow Creek Country Club, Sandy. Four holes in one were scored in the morning session, all on the front nine - the most ever in a single round on America's No 2 men's pro circuit.
Peter Tomasulo (67) started the "one-run" when he holed a 7-iron at the 203yd second hole.
Forty minutes later, Chris Stroud (67) repeated the feat at the same hole with a 6-iron.
Brian Stuard (69) made the third ace of the day when he holed a 7-iron at the 191yd seventh hole. Jonathon Fricke (68) rounded out the four aces with a 7-iron, at the 176yd fifth hole.
The last time three aces were made on the same day in a Nationwide Tour event was during the first round of last year's Albertson's Boise Open. Four aces were scored on the same day, on the same hole, at the 1989 U.S. Open at Oak Hill.
Tournament leader David Branshaw did not get near to a hole-in-one, but he did equal the tournament record, shooting an 8-under-par 63 to take a one-stroke lead over Kyle Thgompson and Brendon Todd.
Tied for fourth at 6-under 65 are Colt Knost, Bubba Dickerson and Dave Schultz and Australia's Mark Leishman.
Nine players are tied for eighth at five under, including 48-year-old Bobby Clampett, who attended Utah's Brigham Young University, and local hero Daniel Summerhays.
Tampa resident Branshaw was stung by a bee on the second hole and his finger started to swell. "I guess the bee didn't sting me long enough," joked Branshaw. "The paramedics came out after 10 minutes and told me if I wasn't dead by now then I'd be OK."
Branshaw was seemingly unaffected by the inconvenient sting as he reeled off three birdies before three-putting the ninth hole to make the turn at 3 under.
"I hit a really poor 9-iron into the green there," said Branshaw. "I blocked it 60 feet right and it's not difficult to three-putt from there on that green."
A play-off loss last week and a tie for third at the Nationwide Tour Players Cup have Branshaw at No. 17 on the money list, and he is looking to secure his place in the top 25 and earn his way back to the US PGA Tour.

"I'm just trying to get into contention every week and let things take care of themselves," said the New York native. "I'm going to learn more from being in contention than running away with the tournament. There's nothing like being in the hunt."
Todd started his round eagle, birdie, birdie, birdie, birdie to tie Michael Putnam (2006) for the best birdie-eagle streak at the Utah Championship and equal the best streak on Nationwide Tour this year. A bogey at the ninth halted his run but birdies at holes 10, 12, 13, and 14 got him to 9 under and the tournament lead. A bogey, par, bogey finish dropped Todd to 7 under, a shot off the lead.
Thompson chipped in at the 10th hole for eagle then followed that with a 50-footer for birdie on No. 11. He has spent the year on the US PGA Tour, where he has made six cuts from 19 events, after finishing 14th on last year's Nationwide Tour money list, but he did play the Nationwide Tour Chitimacha Louisiana Open earlier this year where he finished second.
"It's been a bit of a challenge on the US PGA Tour," said Thompson. "I'm definitely a rookie out there, but my game is coming around. I have a little more comfort out here because I know all the courses."
Knost, one of three multiple winners this year, is refreshed after the week off last week. He started on the back nine and had a stretch of five birdies in six holes in the middle of his round, including a 20-footer on the 18th hole that broke six feet.
"Other than that putt on 18, everything else was pretty close," said Knost after his bogey-free round. "We had a good group today. It was fun. Pete (Tomasulo) had an ace. I almost made it right in front of him. Then he banked it off the hill and it went in. It was awesome."