Three share lead after first round at Phoenix Open

Harold Varner III overcame an early bogey with three consecutive birdies, moving himself in position to tie for the lead Thursday.

He got the job done with a long putt and a dab on the loudest hole in golf.

Varner snaked in a long birdie putt on the par-3 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale (Ariz.) to highlight a 7-under-par 64 that tied hime with Rickie Fowler and Justin Thomas for the first-round lead at the PGA Tour’s Phoenix Open.

Varner set off the rowdiest roars of the afternoon with his 31-foot putt at the hole turned into a stadium, celebrating with the dab toward the sky.“I love entertaining people and what better hole to do it,” Varner said.

After the birdie on No.