Parnevik shoots 63 for 1-shot lead in Oasis Championship

BOCA RATON — Jesper Parnevik shot a 9-under 63 on Friday in the Oasis Championship to take a one-stroke lead over Bernhard Langer.

Parnevik had four straight birdies on Nos. 4-7 on his final nine on The Old Course at Broken Sound. The 53-year-old Swede won the 2016 Insperity Invitational for his lone PGA Tour Champions victory.

He took the first-round lead a day after going into “panic mode” while struggling with his game.

“I probably tried 40 putters just this week and probably 50 different strokes,” Parnevik said. “Nothing was working. At the last second, I said, ‘I’ll do everything opposite from what I think. If I slide my hips like crazy, I feel like I’m hanging back — bam, that works.’ So I did that, which felt terrible but was unbelievable. I’m mostly shocked right now.”

Langer closed with birdies on Nos. 17 and 18.

“It’s a three-day event,” he said. “You can’t afford to have a mediocre day somewhere. You need three good rounds if you want to win the tournament. I played fairly solid golf most of the time, a couple of good up-and-downs, a couple long putts, so [I’m] very happy with it.”

Langer won the 2010 event and finished second last year, two strokes behind Mark Calcavecchia.