Strong Start

University of Colorado men’s golf assistant coach Pat Grady shot a 2-under-par 70 Thursday and shares second place out of 132 competitors at the National Car Rental Assistant PGA Professional Championship in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

Grady, the Colorado PGA Assistant Professional Champion this year, birdied his first three holes Thursday and finished with four birdies and two bogeys on the day. He trails leader Evan Wartgow of Fort Atkinson, Wis., by two shots.

The tournament will continue through Sunday. The champion this week, if eligible, will earn a berth in the 2017 PGA Professional Championship, set for June 18-21 in Sunriver, Ore.

Here are the scores of all the Coloradans competing in the event this week:

2. CU men’s assistant coach Pat Grady, Colorado National GC 70
69. Somin Lee, Valley CC 76
90. Remington Post, Hiwan GC 78