Paul Casey three shots behind leader Dominic Bozzelli after first round
 
USA-based Englishmen Paul Casey and Greg Owen were just three shots off the pace at the CareerBuilder Challenge as American rookie Dominic Bozzelli claimed the first-round lead in La Quinta.
Web.com Tour graduate Bozzelli had six birdies and holed his approach from 110 yards on the 14th for eagle to shoot an eight-under-par 64 on the Stadium Course.
The first three rounds are split over three courses before a 54-hole cut, and Venezuela's former winner Jhonattan Vegas and American Patton Kizzire both made seven-under 65s on the Nicklaus Tournament layout.

US Masters 2017,7th April, 13:00pm

US Masters 2017 Outright

Outright Winner

Outright Winner

Jordan Spieth

8/1

Jason Day

8/1

Rory McIlroy

8/1

Dustin Johnson

11/1

Hideki Matsuyama

12/1

Adam Scott

20/1

Bubba Watson

22/1

Henrik Stenson

25/1

Justin Thomas

25/1

Tiger Woods

25/1

Justin Rose

28/1

Rickie Fowler

28/1

Phil Mickelson

33/1

Patrick Reed

40/1

Branden Grace

50/1

Charl Schwartzel

50/1

Danny Willett

50/1

Louis Oosthuizen

50/1

Paul Casey

50/1

Brandt Snedeker

66/1

Brooks Koepka

66/1

Jimmy Walker

66/1

Lee Westwood

66/1

Matt Kuchar

66/1

Sergio Garcia

66/1

Matthew Fitzpatrick

80/1

Thomas Pieters

80/1

Zach Johnson

80/1

Shane Lowry

100/1

Alex Noren

100/1

Bryson Dechambeau

100/1

Byeong-Hun An

100/1

Daniel Berger

100/1

Jim Furyk

100/1

Marc Leishman

100/1

Ian Poulter

125/1

J.B Holmes

125/1

Jason Dufner

125/1

Martin Kaymer

125/1

Andy Sullivan

125/1

Rafa Cabrera Bello

125/1

Russell Knox

125/1

Tyrrell Hatton

125/1

Emiliano Grillo

125/1

Bill Haas

125/1

Victor Dubuisson

150/1

Webb Simpson

150/1

Charley Hoffman

150/1

Kiradech Aphibarnrat

150/1

Billy Horschel

150/1

Chris Wood

150/1

Graeme McDowell

150/1

Jamie Donaldson

150/1

Kevin Kisner

150/1

Luke Donald

150/1

Ryan Moore

150/1

Smylie Kaufman

150/1

Ernie Els

200/1

Anirban Lahiri

200/1

Bernd Wiesberger

200/1

Harris English

200/1

Keegan Bradley

200/1

Kevin Na

200/1

Si Woo Kim

200/1

Thorbjorn Olesen

200/1

Angel Cabrera

250/1

Bernhard Langer

250/1

Fred Couples

500/1

£10 Free Bet, No Deposit Needed

Hudson Swafford and Harold Varner III, the latter a recent winner in Australia, were also on seven under after 65s over the La Quinta CC course.

American rookie Dominic Bozzelli           

Having started on the back nine, 25-year-old Bozzelli birdied the 11th before his two on the par-four 14th sent him soaring up the leaderboard.

ADVERTISING

inRead invented by Teads

After another gain on the 18th, Bozzelli finished with four birdies in his last six holes - the highlight a 22-footer on the sixth.
 Casey made six birdies against a single bogey on the La Quinta course for a 67 that left him in a share of 11th, alongside compatriot Greg Owen.
"I'll take it," said the former European Ryder Cup star after gains at the fifth, sixth, eighth, 11th, 16th and 18th.

                                           

"It was really good; it wasn't fun starting out with that rain but we got lucky that it laid off. I'm very happy to get off to a decent start because you know that scoring is going to be low this week.
"The ball striking feels good, the putting is something that I'm always working on because there is an opportunity for it to be so much better and it was poor last week."
Scot Martin Laird is T25 after a 68 at the Nicklaus Tournament venue.
Five-time major winner Phil Mickelson was a shot behind Casey and Owen on four under, but defending champion Jason Dufner could only manage a one under 71.

TO VIEW ALL THE SCORES

CLICK HERE