Canada's Adam Hadwin part of 4-way tie for lead at Valspar Championship after 1st round

Sam Burns prefers to look at what's next instead of what happened, and that was a big part in how he responded for a 7-under 64 and a share of the lead Thursday in the Valspar Championship, his first time as defending champion.

He used the phrase "flush and move on," and that's what he did. Twice after taking bogey, he took aim at the flag on tough par 3s and make short birdie putts. That featured an 8-iron to 2 feet on the par-3 17th and a 15-foot birdie putt on the final hole at Innisbrook.

Burns shared the lead with past champion Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C., the well-traveled David Lipsky and Jhonattan Vegas, who had a bounce-back of his own variety.

Hadwin, who won the Valspar Championship in 2017, finished with a birdie to cap off a day of remembering why patience is so important to the way he plays. It's all about knowing when to attack for Hadwin, and even a little bad judgment worked in his favour.

WATCH l Hadwin tied for lead after 5 birdies on the back 9:

He went for a front right pin on No. 6 with a pitching wedge when he says he should have taken a safer approach with a 9-iron and leaving a 15-foot putt. No matter he chipped in for birdie. And on his final hole at No. 9, uphill and over a bunker, he had about the same yardage.

"I immediately went to the 9 in that situation, just get it long past the pin, try not to be too greedy," he said. "And I ended up making birdie."

Burns was closing in on the lead set earlier in the day by Vegas when his bunker shot from right of the 16th green came out soft and he missed the 10-foot par. He followed birdie-birdie.

"It's OK to be frustrated," Burns said. "I think it's just what do you do with that frustration? Do you let it carry over to the next shot or do you