Tiger Woods made an OK start in Thursday's first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro Am, but it was Danny Lee, Dustin Johnson and Charlie Wi who grabbed the headlines. Callaway RAZR Fit Driver


Two eagles helped New Zealand young gun Lee fire a bogey-free 9-under 63 at the Pebble Beach Golf Links where Sunday's final round of the event will be played to match long-hitting American Johnson, the winner of this event in 2009 and 2010.

Johnson, who under went knee surgery late last year, also posted his 63 at Pebble Beach Links.

The duo are tied with South Korean Charlie Wi who carded his 9-under 61 at the easier par-70 Monterey Country Club and are five shots clear of Woods who shot a 4-under 68 at Spy Glass Hill in his first appearance on the US PGA Tour this year and his first in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am in more than a decade. Callaway RAZR Fit Driver

Lee, who at 18 became the youngest player to win a European Tour event with his victory in the 2009 Johnnie Walker Classic, eagled the 11th and then the second after teeing off on the 10th hole.

He then covered his final nine holes in five-under 31 to join Wi and Johnson as the early leaders in this pro-am event that features many celebrities playing alongside the professionals on three different courses on the first three days.

"I had some good breaks," Lee, 21, told the media afterwards. "I holed out from a 100 yards away (on 11) - and this after I was in the left bunker in a very tough place to get up and down.

"I had to pick up slack to stop the ball, and Callaway RAZR Fit Driver picked up slack and went in," smiled the South Korea-born New Zealander, who first hit the headlines when he won the 2008 US Amateur

"After that, I got good momentum going and I played really nicely."