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 Leonard, who had a bogey-free round at Mayakoba before wind and rain
caused a 74-minute delay, shared the lead with Australian Aaron
Baddeley, Shawn Stefani and Derek Fathauer.
The first round was suspended due to darkness with 21 players still
on the course.
Tied for second on 66 were former winner D.J. Trahan, Charles Howell
III, Michael Thompson and Patton Kizzire.
Leonard, 43, is planning to cut back on his playing schedule this
season to spend more time with his family after moving with his wife
and four young children from Dallas to Aspen, Colorado.
"We just moved to Colorado in August, and I want to just play the
tournaments that I'm excited to go play and see what I can do," said
12-time PGA Tour winner Leonard, who won his only major at the 1997
Open.
Baddeley, a three-time winner on the Tour but who has lost his card,
qualified for the event by finishing fourth at last week's Sanderson
Farms Championship.
Stefani was runner-up at this event last year to Charley Hoffman.
Former U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell overcame a horrendous
start to shoot 67.
The Northern Irishman pushed his opening tee shot out of bounds,
then put his provisional on a similar line but stayed in play and
scrambled to save double-bogey.
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“I thought I was going to make about a 12 off the first, shake the
lads’ hands on the second tee and say, ‘See you later,’” McDowell
told Golf Channel.
“Golf’s a funny game. Sometimes some of your best rounds start off
with a bogey or a double,” he said.
(Reporting by Larry Fine in New York; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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