(Reuters) - Chile's Joaquin Niemann, who had to skip last month's Masters after testing positive for COVID-19, grabbed a share of the early first-round clubhouse lead at the Mayakoba Classic in Playa del Carmen, Mexico on Thursday.
The former top-ranked amateur mixed an eagle, four birdies and a bogey for a five-under-par 66 in windy conditions at El Camaleon Golf Club where he and Argentine Emiliano Grillo were a shot clear of Norway's Viktor Hovland.
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