The Australian carded a four-under-par 68 to share fourth place, four strokes behind American leader Chad Ramey, after the opening round at TPC Sawgrass.
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After surging to six under, Lee recorded back-to-back bogeys to finish his round - but knows it could have been worse.“Wasn’t the best of timing, but I’m happy to get it done and I didn’t actually hit it that bad with the cramp.and needs to retain that top-50 position until April 2 to earn an invitation back to the Masters, where he equalled the front-nine record of 30 shots in the final round last year.
Fellow Australian Cameron Davis, outside the top 100 and needing a big result, also made a strong start with a three-under 69 to be in a tie for 11th.
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