Uihlein grabs PGA lead in Vegas

LAS VEGAS — Peter Uihlein topped the leaderboard at 8-under 63 on Thursday in the Shriners Hospitals For Children Open, with Jordan Spieth three strokes back in his season debut.

Uihlein birdied six of his final nine holes in the morning round at TPC Summerlin.

“It’s nice to get off to a good start, especially when there wasn’t much wind,” Uihlein said. “I’ve heard mixed reviews on the forecast this week, so nice to get off to a good start and take advantage of good conditions early.”

Seth Reeves shot 64, electing to finish the par-5 ninth after the horn sounded suspending play because of darkness.

“I had to stop because of darkness last week and it’s just, you have rhythm out here when you’re playing good, especially,” Reeves said. “Then when I heard what the restart time was, basically an hour and five minutes before my original tee time. My hotel is 30 minutes away. I’m just like, ‘Man, I’m feeling good. I would rather finish.’ I feel like that will do me better for the morning round, to get an extra hour of the sleep.”

Harold Varner III and Robert Streb were two strokes back at 65.

Spieth shot 66 in his first career start in a domestic fall event.

“It’s gettable without the wind,” Spieth said. “We got really, really good conditions this morning, so and 8-under, certainly thought that was out there. To see Peter shoot that was no surprise.”

Fellow U.S. Ryder Cup player Bryson DeChambeau also was at 66 with Si Woo Kim, Whee Kim, Sebastian Munoz, Sam Ryder and Abraham Ancer.