The Official 'Double P' Blog

The always rowdy FBR Open (...it'll always be the Phoenix Open) is underway and Pat Perez got off to a rather solid start, going -2 for an opening round 69.

Today's 69 was PP's best opening round at the FBR since his rookie season (2002) when he opened with a 71. His best overall round at the FBR came on Friday in 2006 when he followed up Thursday's 74 with a second round 68.

Perez opened with five straight pars today, before netting back-to-back birdies on #6 and #7. Two more pars had him -2 at the turn.

A quick birdie on #13 was followed up with a bogey-par-birdie stretch. Four more clutch pars had Perez -3 entering #18, but an untimely bogey on the day's final hole put him back at -2 on the day.

Friday's tee time is set for 7:49am local time. Check out the live leaderboard and follow Double P's scorecard tomorrow.