D.A. Points tied for Puerto Rico Open lead

Bill Lunde, the former Las Vegas winner who is playing his first PGA Tour event in five months, was at 11 under with three holes to play.

“A couple of weeks ago at Innisbrook I three-putted a couple times – six times, in fact – and just cut the momentum out of me and that was kind of a disappointment.

Points is a two-time PGA Tour winner, most recently at the Houston Open in 2013, who has a low priority ranking and had a tough time getting into tournaments after the first month of the year.

The Puerto Rico Open is opposite the World Golf Championships event in Texas, meaning it gets reduced FedEx Cup points and the winner is not automatically invited to the Masters.

Points ended the opening round by holing a 9-iron from the fairway.

On Friday, his 40-foot birdie putt on the opening hole hit the middle of the cup and came back out “They were like, ‘That hole knew you holed out yesterday to finish the round.’ But I stayed patient and really didn’t play poorly, hit a lot of fairways, hit a lot of greens and then finally holed a couple putts coming in.”