Villegas fires 63; South Course awaits

Camillo Villegas leads the Buick Invitational following an opening-round 63 complete with eight birdies, one eagle, and a really sweet argyle sweater (left) that even matched his belt.

In all seriousness, that is some scary-good golf and a stunning head start for Villegas, who tees off at 8:50 a.m. on the much tougher South Course at Torrey Pines today.

Aussie youngster Aaron Baddeley and Davis Love III each posted 66 on the North Course Thursday to fall three back and remain in the hunt for the Buick title.

Of the top 15 players on the leaderboard Friday morning, 14 will play the South Course today, meaning the Tour could be in for a pre-weekend shuffle with its traditional two-course, four-round event.

DL-Three has been playing as well as anyone in recent weeks and I think Villegas must be careful protecting a substantial lead before Saturday.