Golf Capsules
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Brendan Steele topped the Texas Open leaderboard at 8 under through 13 holes Thursday when the first round was suspended because of darkness.
Steele, whose only PGA Tour victory came in the tournament five years ago, was unable to finish the opening round after play was delayed for 3 1/2 hours because of morning rain.
Among those who did finish, Charley Hoffman had a 6-under 66, a stroke ahead of Stuart Appleby and Peter Malnati.
Defending champion Jimmy Walker opened with a 75. Walker had four rounds under par last year in his hometown event to hold off Jordan Spieth in what was his last PGA Tour victory.
Spieth isn't in this year's field, the first time since he turned pro at the end of 2012 that he missed a Texas event.
When Steele returns Friday morning to complete the first round at the TPC Oaks Course, he could make a run at the course record of 63 set by Matt Every in 2012 and matched by Martin Laird in 2012.
SWINGING SKIRTS LPGA CLASSIC
DALY CITY, Calif. (AP) - So Yeon Ryu shot a tournament-record 9-under 63 to take the first-round lead in the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic.
Playing in the first group of the day off the 10th tee, the South Korean player had seven birdies in an eight-hole stretch on the back nine and added two more on the front nine at Lake Merced.
Taiwan's Candie Kung and Japan's Haru Nomura were two strokes back at 65. Kung opened her afternoon rounds with bogeys on 10 and 11, then birdied the next two and made seven more in a nine-hole stretch from the 17th to the seventh.
Two-time defending champion Lydia Ko opened with a 68. Ko already has two victories in California this year, winning the Kia Classic and ANA Inspiration - the first major of the year - in consecutive weeks.
SHENZHEN INTERNATIONAL
SHENZHEN, China (AP) - France's Alexander Levy and South Korea's Lee Soo-min each shot 6-under 66 to share the first-round lead in the Shenzhen International.
Amercian Bubba Watson opened with a 71.