Zunic, Bland lead Garcia in Australia

Australian duo Jordan Zunic and Adam Bland lead the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Pines by one shot ahead of Masters champion Sergio Garcia after the opening round of the European Tour event on Thursday.
Zunic and Bland both fired a six-under-par 66 while Garcia shot a bogey-free five under 67 in wet conditions despite never seeing the course until this week in a round which included two birdies on the back nine and three on the front.
Garcia was joined by four other players – Marc Leishman, Daniel Nisbet, Michael Wright – on 67, including, 58-year-old Peter Senior, who came out of retirement to play in his home event.
For a share of second with Garcia…#AusPGA pic.twitter.com/04vTbZp3Dy
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) November 30, 2017
Garcia led for most of the day until Bland nailed six birdies in seven holes to lead, while Zunic eagled the last hole and join him at six under.
Senior's round was bogey-free in his first fully-fledged tournament in more than a year having retired in November 2016.
🗣️ @TheSergioGarcia on his opening round.#AusPGA pic.twitter.com/8Yuo6POzZ8
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) November 30, 2017
In an interview after his return, Senior said explained his last-minute decision to play.
"I was on the 14th hole at Killara Golf Club in Sydney and we had 15 minutes before the entries closed and I rang Gavin (Kirkman, PGA of Australia CEO) and said, 'Mate, I'm hitting it all right'.
"I said if I'm going to play I'm not going to play like a moron but it was just one of those days," he said.
Leading first round scores:
T1 J. Zunic -6, 66
T1 A. Bland
T3 S. García -5, 67
T3 M. Leishman
T3 P. Senior
T3 D. Nisbet
T3 M. Wright
T8 R. Gibson -4, 68
T8 G. Chalmers
T8 S. Dartnall
T8 L. Herbert
T8 C. Smith
T8 J. Nitties
T8 B. Rankin
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