The Official 'Double P' Blog

Pat Perez hung tough the majority of the day in the opening round of the Buick Invitational, but the day's final hole proved to be the back breaker.

PP opened with a birdie on #10 and rode -1 the first five holes of the day. An errant drive on #15 resulted in a few extra shots, causing a double bogey. -1 quickly became +1.

Perez hung tough with a back-to-back pars, but a bogey on #18 had him +2 at the turn.

On the front nine, it was five straight pars to maintain and stay strong at +2 on a very difficult South Course at Torrey Pines. A clutch birdie on #6 had Perez back on +1 on the day. Back-to-back bogeys on #7 and #8 were even tolerable with a birdie opportunity on #9 - a par five.

Unfortunately, another errant tee shot on the day's final hole found its way into the trees and never came down. After an extensive search, PP headed back to the tee box, absorbed the penalty strokes and battled his way to a triple bogey. The result, an opening round 78.

Up Friday, the North Course and a yeoman's effort to scrap his way into playing this weekend. Stay tuned tomorrow. Tee time is 9:30am.