With a stiff breeze blowing across the testinglinks on the edge of the Monterey Peninsula, scoring was tough on the back nine and none of his rivals could mount a serious challenge.
But then he will hone his preparations for Lytham and told gathered reporters after his Congressional win that he faced a testing challenge on the seaside links in northern England.
Englishman Lee Westwood was tied for fourth with South Africa's Retief Goosen on two-under after they shot 70 and 71 respectively on the testing, 7, 204-yard links course.
Last year it launched a search-bar discussion forum website in Vietnam, after testing the waters with a directory (homepage with links), and seems to be picking up traffic, though Google remains the top choice there.