Of those who finished before the leaders even teed off, only two players managed to break par.

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He closed with a 74 his first time since the Masters last year that he failed to break par in any round of a 72-hole tournament and tied for 37th.

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But he also received perhaps the biggest break of the tournament when his shot into the par-5 13th spun back off the green and was headed down the slope into the tributary of Rae's Creek when it suddenly stopped, a blessing from a day spent in the rain.

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