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Hossler rains birdies to take Wyndham lead, Power in touch

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Beau Hossler used a sizzling starting stretch on his way to a 10-under-par 60 in the weather-delayed first round of the Wyndham Championship on Friday.Hossler's bid for a sub-60 score was denied when he had pars on the final three holes at water-logged Sedgefield Country Club."Probably the highlight of the round was just mid-irons," Hossler said. "A few6 irons I hit really close, 5 iron I almost made a hole-in-one.

It was one of those days where it felt like kind of everything went right."Hossler holds a two-stroke lead on Billy Horschel, who is at 8 under with two holes still to finish Saturday to complete his first round.

The opening-round was moved to Friday because of rain and then postponed by darkness with a number of competitors still on the course.Ireland's Seamus Power is among those who have to come back to finish their second round.

He sits on -2 through 13, while Shane Lowry managed to finish his round, signing for a 70 that leaves him on level par for the tournament.Canada's Nick Taylor, through 14 holes, is at 7 under and alone in third place.

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