Jimmy Walker tied at T2 after the first round
AT&T National returned to Congressional Golf and Country Club after two years and straight away, after the opening round, there were surprise leaders on the leaderboard.
Expected to do well in the tournament, the likes of Hunter Mahan, Tiger Woods, Jim Furyk and Nick Watney were not seen at the top of the leaderboard.
In fact, it was Bo Van Pelt leading the pack, with his 4-under, after the opening round. Not far behind is the three-time major winner, Vijay Singh, and along with him, Jimmy Walker and Brendon de Jonge are sitting at 3-under.
Jimmy Walker came into the tournament with a low profile, not many people knew him. So far this season, he has not performed well but after the first round at the AT&T National, it seems that the guy knows how to put up a good show.
Jimmy is currently tied at T2 with Vijay Singh and Brendon de Jonge. All three are just one stroke behind the leader Bo Van Pelt.
This season, Walker featured in 17 events and he managed to make the cut in 13 of them, good enough but the problem is he has only 3 top-ten finishes.
The prospect looks bright for Walker here, at the Congressional Golf and Country Club, if he continues to play the way he did.
Walker scored four birdies and a bogey on the 18th hole. It was a pretty consistent performance by the American.
Meanwhile, Tiger Woods had a quite first day, he finished with 1-over and needs to have a spectacular second round if he wants to contend for the title.
Nick Watney, the defending champion and Hunter Mahan both had decent opening rounds, both of them closed the day with 1-under and are just three shots adrift of the leader, Bo Van Pelt.
Youngsters like Beau Hossler also performed under the challenging conditions. Hossler had a par score at the end of the first round.
Since the US Open, Hossler has had a major fan following and at the AT&T National, there was a huge crowd following him around.
It surely was a proud moment for the 17-year-old to have such a large fan following at this young age.
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