<p>American JJ Henry took advantage of soft greens and near-perfect scoring conditions to fire a sizzling 11-under-par 60 in Thursday's opening round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas. <br /><br /></p>.<p>With barely a breath of wind in the high Nevada desert, Henry sank two lengthy putts to finish birdie-eagle for a course record at the TPC Summerlin and seize a one-shot lead over Argentina's Andres Romero, who recorded two eagles. <br /><br />Americans James Driscoll, Jonathan Byrd and Jeff Overton opened with 63s while former US Open champion Webb Simpson carded a 64 as more than half the field dipped under par at a PGA Tour event known for low scoring. <br /><br />Henry, however, commanded the spotlight in the second event of the PGA Tour's 2013-14 season as he scorched his back nine in seven-under 28 after starting the round at the par-four 10th. <br /><br />Having reached the turn in four under, he birdied the second, fourth, fifth, sixth and par-three eighth, where he rolled in a 20-footer, to get to nine under for the round. <br />He then signed off in style, draining a 55-foot putt for eagle from just off the green at the ninth before raising his putter high in celebration. <br /><br />Gangjee recovers<br /><br />Rahil Gangjee overcame a miserable start to knock down as many as five birdies over last 10 holes to become the best-placed Indian at the halfway stage of the $800,000 Venetian Macau Open.<br /><br />The 35-year-old from Kolkata, two over after first two holes, finally ended at four-under for the day and was two-under for 36 holes with rounds of 73 and 67 and was placed tied 15th.<br /><br />As many as 10 Indians made the cut, but Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa surprisingly missed out.<br /><br />Arjun Atwal, returning to Asian Tour after a long hiatus added a 69 to his first round 72 and was tied 25th, alongside Sujjan Singh (70-71) and Anirban Lahiri (73-68).<br />Kapur sixth<br /><br />Making a bid to get into the top-15 of European Challenge Rankings, Indian golfer Shiv Kapur took a big step forward when he fired a four-under 68 in the second round to lie at the tied sixth position in the Foshan Open golf tournament in Foshan City, China. Kapur’s 68 came on the heels of a first round 70 and his two-day total of six-under 138 helped him to stay three shots behind the co-leaders — Tyrell Hatton (66-69) and Sam Walker (66-69).</p>
<p>American JJ Henry took advantage of soft greens and near-perfect scoring conditions to fire a sizzling 11-under-par 60 in Thursday's opening round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas. <br /><br /></p>.<p>With barely a breath of wind in the high Nevada desert, Henry sank two lengthy putts to finish birdie-eagle for a course record at the TPC Summerlin and seize a one-shot lead over Argentina's Andres Romero, who recorded two eagles. <br /><br />Americans James Driscoll, Jonathan Byrd and Jeff Overton opened with 63s while former US Open champion Webb Simpson carded a 64 as more than half the field dipped under par at a PGA Tour event known for low scoring. <br /><br />Henry, however, commanded the spotlight in the second event of the PGA Tour's 2013-14 season as he scorched his back nine in seven-under 28 after starting the round at the par-four 10th. <br /><br />Having reached the turn in four under, he birdied the second, fourth, fifth, sixth and par-three eighth, where he rolled in a 20-footer, to get to nine under for the round. <br />He then signed off in style, draining a 55-foot putt for eagle from just off the green at the ninth before raising his putter high in celebration. <br /><br />Gangjee recovers<br /><br />Rahil Gangjee overcame a miserable start to knock down as many as five birdies over last 10 holes to become the best-placed Indian at the halfway stage of the $800,000 Venetian Macau Open.<br /><br />The 35-year-old from Kolkata, two over after first two holes, finally ended at four-under for the day and was two-under for 36 holes with rounds of 73 and 67 and was placed tied 15th.<br /><br />As many as 10 Indians made the cut, but Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa surprisingly missed out.<br /><br />Arjun Atwal, returning to Asian Tour after a long hiatus added a 69 to his first round 72 and was tied 25th, alongside Sujjan Singh (70-71) and Anirban Lahiri (73-68).<br />Kapur sixth<br /><br />Making a bid to get into the top-15 of European Challenge Rankings, Indian golfer Shiv Kapur took a big step forward when he fired a four-under 68 in the second round to lie at the tied sixth position in the Foshan Open golf tournament in Foshan City, China. Kapur’s 68 came on the heels of a first round 70 and his two-day total of six-under 138 helped him to stay three shots behind the co-leaders — Tyrell Hatton (66-69) and Sam Walker (66-69).</p>