53-year-old Davis Love III in 2nd place at Greenbrier after a 63

Davis Love III still can get some solid work done in a PGA Tour event.

Heading into the World Golf Hall of Fame in September, the 53-year-old shot a 7-under-par 63 on Thursday in the first round of the Greenbrier Classic in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., leaving him in second place, two strokes behind Sebastian Muñoz.

Love is looking for his first win since the 2015 Wyndham Championship, which made him the third-oldest winner in PGA Tour history.

Slowed this year by a bad back and a broken collarbone suffered in a January snowboarding accident in Sun Valley, Idaho, Love took advantage of a course softened by overnight rain for his best round of the season.

Players were allowed to lift and clean their golf balls in the fairway because of the wet conditions.

Belgian rookie Laura Gonzalez Escallon birdied three of the final four holes for a 7-under 65 and a share of the lead with Sei Young Kim at the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic in Oneida, Wis.

Tournament host Rory McIlroy was at even par.