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Different plans, similar scores for Southern Am leaders

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photo Seth Reeves hits a tee shot during the 108th Southern Amateur Championship golf tournament on Wednesday at the Honors Course.

The options abound at The Honors Course.

It’s part of what Pete Dye intended when he designed the course in the early 1980s to honor amateur golf.

Some of the best amateurs in the country took advantage of the those options and found success on Wednesday during the first round of the Southern Amateur. Most did not.

Only 20 players broke par on day, and golfers took vastly different approaches on a pristine day for mid-July to reach their final scores.

Grayson Murray hit driver off the tee three times and shot a 6-under 66 to take the first-round lead. M.J. Maguire pulled driver at least 10 times by his math and is tied for fourth at 3-under.