Atwal cards 67 in Verizon golf

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, Apr 14: Arjun Atwal, needing a good result to bolster his sagging form this season, came up with a fine 4-under 67 to lie 10th after the first round of $5.3m Verizon Heritage golf tournament.
Atwal, who has missed four successive cuts and six in last seven starts since FBR Open in the first week of February, had five birdies and just one bogey in his round.He opened at the 10th and went 2-under for the back nine of the course and then his only bogey came on the first, before a hat-trick of birdies from 4th to 6th ensured him a fine day.
Leader in putting averages last season, Atwal has struggled with it this season and is 114th in putting and 155th in birdie average, where he was third last year. In the first round, his putting seemed somewhat better for this year with 27 putts.